GovWell Technologies

Founding Product Designer

GovWell Technologies

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: New York City • New York • United States

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Salary

💰 $180,000 - $200,000 per year

About the role

  • Own system-level product coherence across GovWell by defining shared interaction patterns, reference workflows, terminology, and design systems that prevent divergence as teams ship in parallel.
  • Prototype and iterate rapidly using AI-native tools such as Lovable, Figma AI, and Cursor-assisted workflows to explore ideas, test workflows, and unblock engineering.
  • Support 0→1 incubation work, especially AI-powered products, by providing rapid feedback, prototypes, and direction while keeping experimentation lightweight.
  • Partner closely with Product Management on roadmap sequencing and UX strategy to ensure cross-team initiatives fit together into a cohesive experience.
  • Design core government workflows end-to-end, deeply understanding how staff operate in areas like permitting, inspections, licensing, planning, and payments, and simplifying the highest-frequency paths.
  • Embed directly with engineers early in shaping, providing fast, high-leverage design direction that enables teams to ship quickly without heavy process or downstream redesign.
  • Establish lightweight but scalable design foundations, including components, patterns, and information architecture, without overbuilding systems or ceremony.
  • Raise the quality bar over time as the product matures, removing complexity, improving usability, and reinforcing a unified platform experience.
  • Ensure GovWell’s product reflects the realities of operational government work: high volume, high stakes, and low tolerance for confusion.

Requirements

  • 5+ years designing complex, workflow-heavy SaaS products, with experience owning end-to-end flows across interconnected surfaces rather than isolated screens.
  • Proven ability to design and ship quickly alongside empowered engineers, shaping solutions early, iterating in tight loops, and creating design foundations that scale across teams.
  • Strong systems-level designer with a track record of defining reusable interaction patterns, workflow primitives, and design systems that prevent fragmentation as products scale.
  • Highly fluent in AI-native design and prototyping workflows; actively uses modern AI tools to explore ideas quickly, validate workflows, and unblock engineering with lightweight design assets.
  • Strong product judgment and bias toward simplicity, consistently identifying the highest-leverage usability and coherence problems and reducing complexity in high-stakes operational software.
  • Interest or experience in govtech or public-sector workflows is a strong plus; demonstrated ability to learn complex operational domains quickly is required.
Benefits
  • Competitive base salary.
  • Equity / stock options.
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • 401(k) program.
  • Flexible PTO.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
design systemsworkflow designprototypinginteraction patternsAI-native designSaaS product designusability improvementinformation architecturesystems-level designhigh-leverage design
Soft Skills
product judgmentcollaborationiterationproblem-solvingsimplicity focusadaptabilitycommunicationfeedback provisiondirection givingdesign leadership