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Knit

Founding Product Designer

Knit

. Own design initiatives from problem discovery and early concepts through prototyping, implementation, and iteration .

Posted 10/27/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • United StatesSeniorLead💰 $210,000 - $240,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in product design, focusing on creating and maintaining scalable design systems, conducting user research, and collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams. Proven ability to own design initiatives from concept through implementation while ensuring visual quality and usability.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Product Design ExperienceDesign System DevelopmentUser Research and Usability TestingCollaboration with EngineersB2B SaaS Design Experience

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Hard Skills
PrototypingInformation ArchitectureUser Experience (UX) DesignVisual DesignWorkflow AnalysisDesign Standards EstablishmentDigital Product ShippingAttention to DetailFrontend Development PrinciplesAI-Native Product Design
Soft Skills
OwnershipCollaborationCommunicationProblem-SolvingTradeoff Analysis
Tools & Technologies
Amplitude
Industry Keywords
Enterprise SoftwareData-Heavy ProductsProductivity ToolsConversational InterfacesHuman-in-the-Loop Experiences

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Own design initiatives from problem discovery and early concepts through prototyping, implementation, and iteration
  • Work closely with PMs and engineers to turn ideas into shipped products
  • Make thoughtful tradeoffs and take ownership of product quality
  • Create and maintain Knit’s design system with reusable components, patterns, and guidelines
  • Establish design standards for PMs, engineers, and AI agents
  • Own the visual quality and consistency of the product
  • Evaluate the product to identify usability issues and improvement opportunities
  • Simplify complex workflows and rethink information architecture and interactions
  • Design intuitive end-to-end experiences
  • Conduct qualitative and quantitative research with enterprise customers, researchers, and internal teams
  • Observe users, conduct interviews and usability tests, and use findings to inform designs
  • Use Amplitude to understand user behavior at scale
  • Work directly with the Chief Product Officer, PMs, engineers, researchers, and customers
  • Operate as a hands-on individual contributor with significant ownership and autonomy
  • Potentially build a team and scale the design function over time

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 7+ years of product design experience
  • Track record of independently owning, designing, and shipping digital products from discovery through launch at early-stage startups
  • Experience as a founding or early designer who helped establish company design standards and practices
  • Experience building and maintaining scalable design systems, reusable components, and consistent patterns
  • Experience working in fast-moving environments and prototyping, testing, iterating, and shipping quickly
  • Portfolio demonstrating strong visual taste, attention to detail, and polish
  • Strong UX and product judgment
  • Understanding of frontend development principles and constraints
  • Ability to collaborate closely with engineers and care about implementation quality
  • Experience conducting user interviews, usability testing, and workflow analysis
  • Ability to explain design decisions, discuss tradeoffs, challenge assumptions, and work effectively with cross-functional teams
  • Experience designing complex B2B SaaS, enterprise software, data-heavy products, or productivity tools (nice-to-have)
  • Experience designing AI-native products, including conversational interfaces, agentic workflows, or human-in-the-loop experiences (nice-to-have)
  • Familiarity with consumer research, analytics, or research operations (nice-to-have)

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Equity Options
  • Healthcare (medical, dental, and vision)
  • Additional Coverage
  • Company laptop
  • One-time, onboarding Technology Stipend
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Flexible time-off
  • Hybrid working
  • Competitive salary
  • Commission plan if applicable to role