Product Designer
Highbeam Research
Location
New York
Employment Type
Full time
Location Type
On-site
Department
Product
Compensation
- $175K – $225K • Offers Equity
Compensation will depend on the location and experience level.
Highbeam is building the future of business banking and cash management.
Our platform combines AI agents, automated financial workflows, and integrated financial products that save brands time and money.
Customers have generated billions in sales and include well-known brands such as Cuts, Tushy, NYON, Sabah, Still Here, Alice Mushrooms, Original Grain, birddogs, and more.
Our team includes alumni of Shopify, Square, Toast, Rippling, and McKinsey.
We’ve raised $42M in equity from Acrew, FirstMark, Mayfield, and Two Sigma Ventures.
About this role
We believe great design is essential to building trusted financial products. Our customers rely on us to help them understand their cash flow, make financial decisions, and run their businesses with confidence. In this role, you’ll help design clear, intuitive interfaces for complex financial workflows—turning raw data, money movement, and financial controls into products that feel simple and reliable.
You’ll be a core contributor to the design of our fintech platform, working closely with product and engineering to shape how brand founders interact with their finances every day.
Responsibilities
Design end-to-end product experiences for financial workflows such as payments, financial workflows and controls
Translate complex financial concepts and customer needs into simple, intuitive, and trustworthy interfaces
Work closely with product and engineers to scope, iterate, and ship quickly
Collaborate with customers as needed to validate assumptions and refine designs
Contribute to shared design principles and patterns across the product
Help build a strong product and design culture through thoughtful collaboration
Qualifications
4+ years of experience as a product designer, ideally on fintech, financial tools, or SMB products with a product-led growth approach
Comfort designing workflow-driven products; understanding (or interest in learning) of basic financial concepts as applied to SMB businesses
Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate across product, engineering, and business teams
Demonstrated ability to make thoughtful tradeoffs between clarity, usability, and scope in complex systems
You'll thrive at Highbeam if...
You love working in-person with a high-performing team
You enjoy working in an idea-meritocratic, low-ego environment
You are proactive and self-directed, and you excel in ambiguous, fast moving environments
You care about delivering a polished customer experience
Bonus: You have experience working in fintech, AI or early-stage startups
What we offer
Chance to join the founding team of a well-funded startup chasing a huge opportunity
Competitive salary and meaningful equity
Great location: Our NYC office is in NoHo, a short walk from the A,C,E · B,D,F,M · N,Q,R,W · 1 · 6 trains. Our Toronto office is downtown near Osgoode Station.
Generous PTO
Comprehensive health & benefits package
Stipends for lunch, commute, wellness, and purchasing customer products
Yearly offsite—most recently we went to Mexico City!
Compensation Range: $175K - $225K