Founding Designer

Corridor • San Francisco, CA

7d • $180,000 - $220,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

As Founding Designer, you'll be responsible for Corridor's entire visual and product presence. You'll shape our brand identity and how our product feels and works. You'll ship the work that defines how we look and feel to candidates, customers, and investors. This is a 0→1 role with direct impact on both product quality and the go-to-market function and reports directly to the CTO.

Requirements

• Portfolio showing both brand work and product design, with a track record of shipping end-to-end
• Hands-on technical ability: technical fluency to build what you design, ability to write code with or without AI
• Strong product intuition and taste: you think about user needs before being asked
• Ability to translate complex security products into clear, delightful interfaces and messaging
• Strategic thinker who moves fast: you ship iteratively and learn from users

Nice To Haves

• Security, developer tools, or AI codegen background
• Startup experience building a brand and product from zero
• Strong design systems or frontend engineering background
• Familiarity with AI and how design impacts trust in AI products
• Go-to-market understanding

Responsibilities

• Establish Corridor’s brand reputation as the company at the intersection of AI coding and security
• Define and solidify our visual identity and design language (logo, color palette, typography, etc.) and build it yourself
• Working closely with our product, engineering, recruiting, and marketing teams to ensure our brand identity is reflected in our website, marketing presence, recruiting materials, and product experience
• Talk directly with customers, conduct user interviews, and translate insights into intuitive UX and product experiences
• Design product experiences and UI/UX that make product adoption feel natural
• Working directly with founders, owning ambiguous problems, and moving autonomously

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed