Plutus · 1 day ago
Founding Designer
Kirkland, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$200K/yr - $400K/yrPlutus is a fast-growing company on a mission to democratize access to investing. They are seeking a Founding Designer who is passionate about design and product development, responsible for defining the product’s visual language and designing user flows for investing-related actions.
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Responsibilities
Define and evolve the product’s visual language (UI system, interaction patterns, tone)
Design end-to-end flows for investing-related actions (onboarding, portfolio views, trade actions, settings, alerts)
Prototype quickly (high fidelity, interactive) and iterate with engineers daily
Build and maintain a clean design system that makes the team faster
Push into brand where it matters: website, marketing surfaces, product voice
Sweat the 'boring' stuff that makes products great: states, responsiveness, edge cases, accessibility
Qualification
Required
You have taste. You care about typography, spacing, motion, hierarchy, and writing
You don't need a roadmap and a PM to tell you what to do
You're comfortable going from zero → prototype → v1 in days
You ask 'why' until the truth falls out
You know how to make complex, high-stakes workflows feel calm, clear, and correct
You use AI tools to move faster but have real design judgment
Define and evolve the product's visual language (UI system, interaction patterns, tone)
Design end-to-end flows for investing-related actions (onboarding, portfolio views, trade actions, settings, alerts)
Prototype quickly (high fidelity, interactive) and iterate with engineers daily
Build and maintain a clean design system that makes the team faster
Push into brand where it matters: website, marketing surfaces, product voice
Sweat the 'boring' stuff that makes products great: states, responsiveness, edge cases, accessibility
Preferred
You care so much about unconstrained work that you are willing to sacrifice the perceived stability and luxury of a 9-5 job
You hate mediocrity and believe you are elite
You've shipped real products people use (not just portfolios)
You have a portfolio that shows systems thinking, not just isolated screens
You can handle ambiguity without freezing
You want to be early, and you like the intensity
Benefits
Fair compensation and meaningful equity
Company
Plutus
Plutus allows customers to explore curated, topical portfolios of independent research providers.
Founded in 2025
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$0.45M2025-08-11Angel· $0.45M
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