Associate Product Designer

toast; United States; On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Toast is seeking an Associate Product Designer with a strong portfolio to shape payroll and team management systems, delivering exceptional execution and UI design to simplify payroll-task flows.

You will join a team of designers, product managers, and engineers to turn payroll complexity into intuitive experiences, covering onboarding, payroll readiness, issue resolution, reporting, and compliance. The remote US team collaborates with the Boston hybrid office.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering designs grounded in a design system.
• Ability to process feedback and iterate on UI
• Team collaboration with designers, product managers and engineers.

Responsibilities

• Onboard businesses and employees to payroll readiness.
• Review shifts and labor costs before payroll processing.
• Explain payroll reports, taxes, deductions and payments.
• Process payroll accurately while maintaining compliance.

Skills

Design system

UI design

Collaboration

Job description

Location(s): US (remote), Boston (hybrid)

About Toast

Our focus is on building the platform that helps our customers adapt, take control, and get back to what they do best: building the businesses they love. And because our technology is purpose-built for the industries we serve, customers can trust that we’ll deliver on their needs for today while investing in experiences that will power their future. We build experiences that help make operating and growing a business and delighting their customers easier and scalable. It’s why tens of thousands of locations love Toast.

About this role* (responsibilities)

We are seeking a skilled Associate Product Designer with a strong portfolio and a focus on exceptional execution/craft/UI design to shape the future of Toast's payroll and team management systems. This role involves designing experiences that offer intuitive solutions to a multitude of in-depth customer needs pertaining to payroll. You will be responsible for helping to deliver payroll and team management functionality that improves the lives of both managers and employees by making it easy for them to use and understand payroll-centric tools.

You will join a passionate team dedicated to driving the consistency, integrity, strategy, and vision of Toast's next-generation product experience. This team is located remotely in the U.S.

In this role, you will:

In this role, you will be a central collaborator within a team of designers, product managers, and engineers. You’ll help shape the future of agentic payroll, turning the complexity of paying and managing a team into intuitive experiences that anticipate what customers need, guide them through important decisions, and help them take action with confidence. Your work will span experiences such as:

• Onboarding businesses and employees and getting them ready to be paid
• Proactively preparing customers for payroll and helping them identify and resolve issues
• Reviewing shifts, time, and labor costs before payroll is processed
• Helping customers understand payroll reports, taxes, deductions, and payments
• Processing payroll accurately and maintaining compliance on behalf of customers

Do you have the right ingredients?* (requirements)

• Experience (1-2 years): Demonstrated ability to deliver designs grounded in a design system, process feedback with ease, push for cleaner, easier-to-use UIs and work well with triad