Founding Product Designer: Hospitality Tech, Systems

Magic; New York (NY); On-site; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Daily lunch in NYC

Unlimited PTO

Reservations access in NYC

Job summary

Magic is hiring a founding product designer to build the core operating system for modern restaurants. You’ll work with the founder and a small team to craft data-rich, intuitive interfaces across CRM dashboards and guest profiles, turning multi-source data into practical workflows for operators.

You’ll establish design standards, partner with engineering, and shape product direction, with bonus brand design opportunities for GTM initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience designing products from 0 to 1.
• Strong systems design and information architecture skills.
• Ability to simplify complex data models into intuitive user experiences.
• A portfolio showing strong visual taste and attention to detail.
• Comfort designing for non-technical users solving complex problems.
• Ownership mindset and strong product instincts.
• Experience with the latest AI tools and building internal design harnesses.
• Interest in hospitality, restaurants, or consumer-facing software.

Responsibilities

• Design complex, data-driven interfaces across CRM dashboards, guest profiles, segmentation tools, reporting, and campaign builders.
• Turn messy, multi-source data into clear, intuitive workflows for operators.
• Define information architecture and interaction patterns for products used daily by non-technical teams.
• Partner closely with engineering to bring thoughtful, high-quality interfaces to life.
• Work directly with the founder to shape product direction and translate brand into product design.
• Establish design standards, systems, and tooling that scale with the company.
• Meet with restaurant operators to deeply understand workflows and real-world constraints.
• Bonus: experience in brand and graphic design to work with the GTM team on brand activations.

Skills

Designing products from 0 to 1

Systems design

Information architecture

Data simplification

Portfolio

Non-technical user design

Ownership mindset

AI tools

Hospitality interest

Job description

Magic is hiring a founding product designer to build the core operating system for modern restaurants. You’ll work with the founder and a small team to craft data-rich, intuitive interfaces across CRM dashboards and guest profiles, turning multi-source data into practical workflows for operators.

You’ll establish design standards, partner with engineering, and shape product direction, with bonus brand design opportunities for GTM initiatives.