adclear - Founding Product Designer
Requirements
• 3-5 years designing complex software that real people use daily under pressure • You've shipped code, understand how systems work under the hood, and don't need engineering to explain why something is hard • Prototypes in code as a default, not a last resort -You are Figma expert and Cursor, Claude Code, or similar are already part of how you work • These aren't hard requirements. They're the things that would make you dangerous in this role. • Exposure to fintech, regtech or another regulated space. A real plus, but not a must. • Comfort in ambiguity and zero-to-one. You've shipped before the problem was well defined, when there was no design system, no clear spec and no playbook to copy. • Experience designing for non-technical operators. You've built for people who use software to get a job done, like compliance reviewers and marketers, not power users who live in the tool. • Fluency moving between fidelities fast. Napkin sketch to clickable prototype in a day, because the fastest way to settle a debate is to make the thing real. • Founders and the CTO are closely involved in the day-to-day, and design has a real seat at the table • Design drives product direction here; it doesn't decorate decisions made elsewhere • The pace is fast and the approach is still being built, and you're one of the people building it • This isn't the right role if you want a fixed formula and a full team handed to you on day one
Responsibilities
• Own the end-to-end product experience: from problem definition and research through to interaction design, high-fidelity UI and shipped product • Work directly with our CTO to shape the roadmap, scope releases and decide what's worth building, wearing a product manager hat alongside your design one • Run your own research: get on customer calls, sit in on compliance reviews, and turn what you hear into clear product direction • Establish the foundations of design at Adclear: the design system, the patterns, the craft bar and the way design works with engineering and go-to-market • Prototype quickly to settle debates, moving from sketch to something real in a day rather than a fortnight • Partner with engineering from design through implementation, staying close as things get built so the shipped product matches the intent • Make complex, regulated workflows feel genuinely simple for the people who have to live in them • WHAT THE FIRST YEAR LOOKS LIKE • In your first 0 to 3 months • You've got deep in the product, the codebase context and the problem space, and you understand who our users are and what makes compliance review painful • You've been on real customer calls and run your own research sessions, and you're bringing insights back that change what we build • You've shipped your first improvements and started to raise the craft bar across the product surface • You've built a working partnership with our CTO and engineering, and you're already influencing what makes the roadmap • You own the product experience end to end and are trusted to make the call on both design and, increasingly, product direction • You've established the design foundations: a system, patterns and a clear point of view that others build on • Your research cadence is a normal part of how the company works, not a one-off, and it visibly shapes the roadmap • You're setting the standard for what good looks like at Adclear and laying the groundwork for the design team that comes after you
Benefits
• Meaningful equity as our founding designer • Private healthcare and dental • Hardware and software budget so you have the tools you want • Monthly gym contribution • A rare chance to define the product and the design function of a fast-growing company from scratch • Send us a link to your portfolio and a short note on the most interesting or surprising thing you learned during a design or research effort. We read every application.
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