Staff Product Designer

Coast • New York, NY

2d • $205,000 - $230,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Coast is hiring a Staff Product Designer to help build financial infrastructure and product experiences for fleets. The role is accountable for business outcomes as well as design quality and customer delight. Working closely with product managers, engineers, and designers, the designer will define problems, explore and validate solutions, and ship experiences that influence customer behavior and business metrics.

Design at Coast is AI-first and builder-led. The workflow may begin with an LLM, continue in tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex to explore flows and interactions, and move into Figma for systems and polish. Designers prototype early, test with customers, and remain involved through launch and iteration. This role is based in Coast’s New York City office and requires in-person attendance three to four days per week.

Requirements

• At least 6 years of experience as a product designer working on complex products.
• A portfolio demonstrating strong product thinking and design craft, including interaction design, visual design, information architecture, UX writing, and user research.
• Ability to distill problems and feedback into clear, focused solutions.
• Willingness to ask questions, experiment, and advocate for what you believe is right.
• Humility to accept feedback, adapt thinking, and iterate toward the best solution.
• Active use of LLMs such as Claude or ChatGPT in a design workflow.
• Comfort working in tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex, even without writing production code by hand.
• Ability to work with product managers to define success metrics and iterate based on results.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills and comfort collaborating directly with product managers and engineers.

Responsibilities

• Own product work end to end with product managers and engineers: define problems, explore and validate solutions, ship improvements and capabilities that move business metrics, and stay involved through launch and iteration.
• Talk directly with customers to uncover needs and validate assumptions; use LLMs to synthesize insights, identify patterns, and run quick tests to refine solutions.
• Use AI-powered tools to build functional prototypes, work directly with code, and collaborate with engineers to ship UI improvements to production while maintaining design craft, code quality, and user experience.
• Turn complex workflows into intuitive experiences that make the right actions easy and help most customers succeed by default.
• Proactively identify and address usability issues, design inconsistencies, and everyday product “paper cuts,” using AI-powered development tools to ship improvements.
• Champion design quality through critique and collaboration, share AI techniques and learnings with designers, and improve the design system.
• Help hire and onboard teammates who can elevate the team and product.

Benefits

• Competitive salary of $205,000–$230,000 USD and equity.
• Company-sponsored 401(k).
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Flexible paid time off, including vacation, personal well-being time, and paid holidays.
• Paid parental leave.
• $400 accessories allowance for items such as a keyboard, mouse, or headphones.
• Education stipend.
• Financial wellness tools, including a webinar and access to an equity tax advisory service.
• Free lunch on Fridays.

What This Job Offers

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