Staircase is hiring for
Product Designer
Product Designer
$42 to $57/hourFreelance
$336 to $456/day
$89k to $120k/yearPermanent
$7,333.92 to $10,000.32/month
  • Design & Creative (5+ years)
    Job department
  • Remote
    Office Policy
  • GMT-13 to GMT-3
    Timezone
  • 12 months
    Project length
ux / ui design
Figma
Adobe Illustrator
Required skills
HTML / CSS
Adobe Photoshop
Design Systems
visual design
Nice-to-have skills

Staircase is an API Platform for the US residential mortgage industry. We were founded by mortgage industry and technology experts with a mission of eliminating friction to technology adoption in the mortgage market to move the industry towards a lower cost, better borrower experience.

Our platform aggregates existing data and technology services into low-code, mortgage-focused API products. By bringing the best technology available to lenders’ fingertips, our platform enables faster, more cost efficient mortgage underwriting. We also support the innovation ecosystem by providing APIs that can be used to build mortgage-focused software and products faster, cheaper, and more securely than ever before.

We are a fully-remote, globally distributed team offering 100% remote flexibility to our employees. Founded in 2019, we are privately held and backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, RRE Ventures, Zigg Capital, along with other notable angel investors.

About the role

About You At Staircase, we are looking for curious, motivated, compassionate, lifelong learners. We are building a world-class team that embodies our values around creative problem solving, continuous learning, ownership and performance. We believe that professional satisfaction comes from being able to express your own creativity and personal style in work that continually pushes your boundaries. As part of our team, you will have the opportunity to craft your role and career to get the most out of yourself, your team, and your experience.

About The Role We are seeking a highly motivated Product Designer to join our growing team. As the first Product Designer, you’ll be responsible for delivering a best-in-class web and mobile user experience. You’ll lead the design of visual components for our platform, our documentation, our product definitions, and anything else our customers interact with. You’ll partner closely with our engineering teams and business leaders to translate customer needs into beautiful customer-focused solutions.

This role is a permanent (W2) position for US based candidates and an indefinite contract for non-US based candidates.

Key responsibilities
  • Build user experiences, articulate specifications, and create assets across our product ecosystem
  • Partner closely with our product teams to develop use cases and high-level requirements
  • Create process flows, wireframes, and visual design mockups as needed to effectively conceptualize and communicate detailed interaction behaviors
  • Analyze user interface problems and create design solutions that meet measurable business goals and requirements
  • Develop and maintain detailed user-interface specifications
  • Present design work to key internal stakeholders regularly
Ideal experience

Minimum Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in UI/UX design
  • Prior experience designing interfaces for consumer-facing software products or web-based tools
  • Experienced in storyboarding, prototyping, building mockups and style guides
  • Experience with best practices for device-based information architecture and design as well as usability principles and techniques
  • Proficiency in a variety of design tools such as Sketch, Figma, Illustrator, OmniGraffle, etc
  • Excellent communication skills with an ability to articulate interactive design concepts across various products to various stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications Bachelor’s degree or equivalent apprenticeship in Visual Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Computer Science or related

Please include a portfolio showcasing your creative visual designs as well as your process for creating great user-centered design solutions along with your application

At Staircase, we are solving a diverse set of problems and we know that embracing diverse perspectives delivers the best results. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where people of all races, cultures, gender identities, ages, religions, orientations, education, backgrounds, abilities and perspectives can contribute and thrive.