Sr. Product Designer

Baselayer • New York, NY

1d • $100,000 - $162,500 • Hybrid

About The Position

As Baselayer’s Sr. Product Designer, you’ll help shape the design systems that power our fintech platform. Working closely with our Lead Designer, you’ll gain hands-on experience across system design, product development, and cross-functional collaboration - building the foundations that ensure consistency, usability, and scalability as we grow.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in UX/UI or digital product design (internship, freelance, or entry-level roles welcome)
• Strong working knowledge of Figma (Auto Layout, variants, components, tokens)
• Detail-oriented and organized - you maintain consistency across files, states, and use cases
• Comfortable taking direction, iterating quickly, and incorporating feedback
• A proactive communicator who collaborates well with product, design, and engineering
• Interest in learning design systems and scaling visual languages

Nice To Haves

• You’re obsessed with clean systems and thoughtful design.
• You love turning patterns, components, and tokens into tools that make products shine.
• You’re comfortable in Figma, curious about how design and code meet, and eager to learn how great design systems scale.
• You care about the details, move fast to get things done, and take pride in the craft that makes every pixel feel intentional.
• You’re excited to execute quickly, learn from feedback, and grow into a systems-minded product designer.

Responsibilities

• Own product design end-to-end — from understanding the problem through research and stakeholder input, to shipping polished UI
• Design screens, flows, and interactions for Baselayer's platform using our established design system and component library
• Translate complex KYB, risk, and compliance workflows into clear, usable interfaces
• Collaborate closely with engineering to ensure designs are feasible, consistent, and ready for handoff
• Use AI tools alongside Figma to move faster on explorations, prototypes, and design-to-code workflows
• Identify and flag UX inconsistencies across the product; contribute improvements to our design system
• Participate in user research and usability testing to validate design decisions

Benefits

• Flexible PTO
• Competitive compensation
• Equity
• Health, dental, and vision premiums covered 100%
• 401(k) with company match
• HSA contributions
• $250 annual gym stipend
• Transparency, radical candor, and giving every team member a voice

What This Job Offers

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