
Staff Product Designer
Mudflap
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Palo Alto • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $200,000 - $240,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Drive the strategy and execution of complex product experiences across mobile (iOS & Android) and web, turning ambiguity into clarity and shipping solutions that move the business forward.
- Use research, discovery, and iterative testing to define opportunities, validate direction, and ensure we solve the right problems in the right way.
- Create connected, user-centered workflows across platforms, shaping the product holistically, not as separate surfaces.
- Advance our design system, patterns, and workflows; introduce new tools (including emerging AI) to raise quality, speed, and consistency across the team.
- Work closely with the Head of Product (co-founder), Engineering leads, and Executive Leadership to influence roadmaps, align on priorities, and turn insights into strategic decisions.
- Raise the bar for design quality, provide guidance to senior designers, and champion cross-functional collaboration.
Requirements
- 5+ years as a Senior Product Designer or higher, including ownership of initiatives with measurable business outcomes
- 5+ years of experience designing mobile apps for iOS and Android
- Significant experience leading early-stage research and problem space definition
- Strong storytelling and presentation skills; able to rally teams around design ideas
- Background in designing digital services that improve physical-world workflows (e.g., logistics, mobility, operations)
- Deep proficiency with modern design tools (Figma, prototyping libraries, etc.) and methods
Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity in a high-growth startup
- Multiple health benefit options
- Responsible Time Off
- 401(k) matching
- Opportunities and support for major career growth
- Annual Company offsite event (Mudfest!)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
product designmobile app designuser-centered designiterative testingdesign systemprototypingresearchproblem space definitionstorytellingpresentation skills
Soft Skills
cross-functional collaborationleadershipguidancestrategic decision making