Clasp · 3 weeks ago
Senior Product Designer
Boston, MA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$125K/yr - $165K/yrClasp is a venture-backed startup transforming access to education and career pathways. They are seeking a Senior Product Designer to lead the design of their platform, connecting students and employers while evolving the product into a cohesive, enterprise-ready experience.
EducationFinanceFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Lead End-to-End Design: Own the full lifecycle of core workflows and product experiences — from ambiguous discovery and problem framing through prototyping, production, and final polish
Build & Evolve the Design System: Develop and maintain our product design system, driving consistency in typography, color, layout, and components as we scale
Prototype & Validate: Use Figma (including variables and advanced interactions) to rapidly prototype and test concepts with real users, ensuring solutions are intuitive, efficient, and grounded in user behavior
Conduct User Research: Partner with Product to run qualitative and quantitative research — usability testing, interviews, data-driven insights — to inform decisions and strengthen our understanding of each persona
Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work closely with Engineering to ensure seamless implementation of dynamic, data-rich interfaces, and collaborate with Product to translate user needs into clear product strategies
Elevate the Visual Craft: Bring a refined visual design sensibility that raises the bar for clarity, quality, and cohesion across the product
Infuse Delight & Personality: Introduce moments of engagement, warmth, and delight across the platform — shaping a product experience that feels human, trustworthy, and memorable
Leverage AI Workflows: Explore and responsibly apply emerging AI tools to accelerate research, ideation, and design production — making your process smarter, faster, and more scalable
Qualification
Required
Full-Lifecycle Design Work: Case studies that clearly show how you identify problems, validate insights, design systems and interactions, and ship high-quality experiences for complex products
Systems Thinking: The ability to hold a large, interconnected ecosystem in your head and design scalable experiences. You understand how changes in one user portal ripple across others
Fluency in Figma: Deep experience with Figma, including components, variables, auto layout, and prototyping. You understand how your designs map to code and collaborate effectively with engineers
Strong Visual Craft: A refined sense of typography, layout, color, and visual hierarchy, with awareness of modern product aesthetics and design patterns
AI Curiosity: Hands-on experience experimenting with AI tools in your workflow, and excitement about using them responsibly to accelerate output and explore new interaction models
Research Competency: Comfort partnering with Product on qualitative and quantitative research — usability tests, interviews, analytics reviews — and incorporating insights into your design process
Preferred
Experience in Healthcare or Health-Tech: Familiarity with the workflows, constraints, or regulatory considerations common in healthcare environments
Multi-Sided Product Experience: Background designing for products with multiple distinct user personas (e.g., applicants and recruiters, consumers and providers), especially where each side has different goals, contexts, and interaction patterns
Benefits
Health benefits (health, dental, & vision)
401k
Commuter benefits
Flexible PTO policy
Company
Clasp
🚀 Company Overview 🚀 Clasp (formerly Stride Funding) is a venture-based, mission-driven fintech headquartered in Boston, MA.
Founded in 2018
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$160.85MKey Investors
Crosslink CapitalEncina Lender FinanceFirework Ventures
2024-09-17Series B· $10.15M
2022-03-30Debt Financing· $105M
2021-12-02Series A· $12M
Leadership Team
Tess Michaels
Founder & CEO
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David Kafafian
Chief Operating Officer
Recent News
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2025-07-16
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