Product Designer

Crossing Hurdles; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare (Medical, Dental, Vision)

Employee-friendly equity plan

Lunch provided in-office

Job summary

Crossing Hurdles is representing a rapidly scaling, embedded FinTech B2B SaaS company in San Francisco, hiring a Founding Product Designer (IC). The role centers on owning end-to-end product design, from discovery through high-fidelity UI, for data-heavy financial workflows within white-labeled interfaces.

You will establish a design system, craft flexible patterns for partner platforms, and work closely with the CEO and engineering in a low-process, high-ownership environment to shape the

Qualifications

• 4-6+ years of product design experience with strong end-to-end ownership.
• Experience designing for data-heavy financial workflows and embedded SaaS.
• Ability to build and evolve a design system with cross-functional partners.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end product design from discovery to high-fidelity UI.
• Design and evolve a cohesive design system for white-labeled UI patterns.
• Partner with the CEO and Engineering in a low-process, high-ownership environment.
• Create flexible UI components for embedded accounting workflows across partner platforms.
• Translate ambiguous finance problems into clear, production-ready experiences.

Skills

End-to-end product design

UX/UI design

Design systems

Financial workflows UX

Job description

Crossing Hurdles is a global recruitment firm partnering with leading US-based startups. We are hiring for a rapidly scaling, embedded FinTech B2B SaaS company building modern accounting and bookkeeping infrastructure for SMB platforms. Backed by top-tier venture investors, the company is API-first, well-capitalized, and operating at strong growth velocity. It is assembling a high-ownership team in San Francisco to support its next phase of scale.

Role Snapshot

Role: Founding Product Designer (IC)

YOE: 4 6+ years of product design experience with strong end-to-end ownership

Platform: Embedded B2B SaaS with consumer-like UX, data-heavy financial workflows

Benefits: Healthcare (Medical, Dental, Vision), employee-friendly equity plan, lunch provided in-office

About The Client

The company builds API-first, embedded accounting and bookkeeping software that enables vertical SaaS platforms and neobanks to launch fully white-labeled accounting products for their SMB customers.

Instead of relying on external tools, small businesses manage accounting directly within the software they already use. The platform supports complex, high-trust financial workflows while maintaining a clean, intuitive, consumer-like user experience. The company has raised $9M in funding, works with 25+ platform customers (Series A to public companies), and is at a critical inflection point as product surface area and customer adoption expand rapidly.

Why should you consider this role?

• Own end-to-end product design, from discovery through high-fidelity UI, across embedded accounting and bookkeeping experiences.
• Act as the founding designer, owning the entire design function including product UX, design systems, and select brand/website work.
• Partner closely with the CEO and Engineering in a low-process, high-ownership environment.
• Design flexible, white-labeled UI patterns that adapt seamlessly to partner platforms.
• Build and evolve a cohesive design system without slowing shipping velocity.
• Translate ambiguous, data-heavy financial problems into clear, usable, production-ready experiences.
• Work directly with customers to support onboarding, embedded UI launches, and best practices.
• Join at a career-defining stage with real influence over product direction, quality, and outcomes.