# Senior Product Designer

> Raydar · New York, United States · Full-time · Posted 2026-10-13

**Salary:** USD 170,000–220,000

**Workplace:** on_site

## Description

About the company

Our client is a fast-growing software company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Serve as the first designer at an early-stage software company, shaping the user experience of complex professional tools from research through delivery. Blend user insight, usage analytics and quick AI-assisted prototyping to guide design choices. Work side by side with product and engineering leaders, who handle the build.

What you'll do

\- Own the experience across all user-facing surfaces, from daily operational workspaces to management dashboards.

\- Prioritize clear interaction and flow design over visual styling.

\- Lead user research and product instrumentation, drawing on behavioral data, usage patterns, discovery conversations and direct observation of users to choose where to invest.

\- Collaborate with product and engineering partners to translate user needs into well-defined flows and deliver specifications that engineers implement.

\- Design how users interact with AI-driven automation, so they can review actions taken, the reasoning behind them and any uncertainty, and then approve or intervene.

\- Guide an early, rough interface toward a polished, enterprise-ready product, carrying each initiative from discovery to launch.

\- Establish the design system and guiding design principles from the ground up.

\- Prototype daily with AI tools and check whether design changes reduce effort for users.

## Requirements

What we're looking for

\- 5 to 8 years of product design experience, with ownership of UX flows from start to finish.

\- A portfolio featuring dense, technical software used by professionals for many hours a day.

\- Design experience at an early-stage startup; being a first hire or founding designer is a strong plus.

\- Skill at simplifying intricate processes into streamlined, evidence-based experiences that reach production.

\- A UX-first approach grounded in usage analytics and user research.

\- Ability to build prototypes with AI coding tools; front-end engineering skills are not expected.

\- Comfort working independently in a fast-paced startup with no existing design team.

\- Ability to work on-site five days a week.

Bonus points

\- Background at software companies with a reputation for excellent user experience.

\- Experience in compliance-heavy operational fields.

\- Experience designing AI and human-in-the-loop experiences.

\- Prior experience as the first hire in a function.

\- U.S. work authorization.

## Benefits

Compensation and benefits

\- Base salary: USD 170,000 to 220,000 per year

\- Equity

\- Medical and dental coverage

\- Meals provided

Location and work model

\- New York, NY, United States

\- On-site, 5 days a week

\- Full-time

## Apply

[Apply at Raydar](https://apply.workable.com/raydar/j/9408763C1C/apply)

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