Staff Product Designer
VERSES
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $150,000 - $180,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- End-to-end product design: Lead the full design lifecycle from discovery through execution — user research, synthesis, wireframes, high-fidelity UI, and final delivery.
- User research & insights: Plan, conduct, and synthesize qualitative and quantitative research, translating insights into clear design decisions and product direction.
- User experience excellence: Design intuitive, elegant user experiences with strong visual polish, interaction quality, and attention to detail.
- Design systems: Contribute to and evolve Verse’s design system to improve consistency, scalability, and speed.
- Cross-functional collaboration: Partner closely with Product Managers, Engineers, Data Scientists, and Marketing to shape problems, align on solutions, and deliver high-quality outcomes.
- Design-first influence: Support Verse’s evolution into a design-first organization by modeling strong design practice and influencing cross-functional partners through clarity, craft, and thoughtful collaboration.
- Documentation & communication: Create clear documentation for research findings, design rationale, and systems to support alignment and scale.
- Strategic ownership: Proactively identify opportunities and surface UX issues, partnering with Design and cross-functional teams to prioritize, align, and move work forward effectively.
- Design partnership: Collaborate closely with other Designers on strategy, critique, research synthesis, and execution — helping evolve design quality, workflows, and shared standards across the organization.
Requirements
- 5–8 years of experience in product design, ideally in complex or technical domains.
- Strong experience leading end-to-end UX, including discovery, research, and validation.
- Excellent UI and visual design skills with a sharp aesthetic eye.
- Deep understanding of UX principles and processes (e.g., double diamond).
- Expert proficiency in Figma.
- Familiarity with user research tools and best practices, including research documentation.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate cross-functionally.
- Comfort navigating ambiguity, defining clarity, and exercising independent judgment.
- A proactive, thoughtful approach to problem-solving with high ownership.
- Kind, grounded, and collaborative — someone who doesn’t take themselves too seriously.
- Appreciates diverse perspectives and backgrounds, and believes strong teams are built through inclusion, empathy, and mutual respect.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and equity grant at a high-growth start up
- Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental and vision insurance, and 401k
- Flexible hours and unlimited PTO
- Diverse and inclusive working environment
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
end-to-end product designuser researchwireframeshigh-fidelity UIdesign systemsUX principlesvisual designinteraction qualityproblem-solvingdesign critique
Soft skills
strong communicationcross-functional collaborationproactive approachthoughtful collaborationkindnessgroundedindependent judgmentappreciation for diversityempathymutual respect