Founding Designer

Role Summary

• Founding Designer - Headstarter
• Location: Remote (US-based preferred)
• Type: Full-time / Contract (flexible)
• About Headstarter

Headstarter has built a 120,000+ engineer community and works directly with some of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S. on their most critical hiring decisions. We’re now turning that network into a high-signal talent platform that connects exceptional engineers with founders who are actively building. Our products sit on both sides of the marketplace: consumer experiences used by engineers and B2B systems used by founders, hiring managers, and startup teams. Design is a critical aspect of this, as it directly determines trust, conversion, and hiring outcomes at scale.

We’re looking for a UI / UX Designer who can own and elevate the end-to-end design experience across Headstarter ’s consumer and B2B products. You’ll be designing interfaces used daily by thousands of engineers nationwide and by founders actively hiring and evaluating talent.

• You’ll work directly with the cofounders, collaborating closely with:
• Faizan Ahmed (Co-founder)
• Yasin Ehsan (Co-founder)

This is a high-ownership role with real influence over product direction.

• What You’ll Work On
• Designing intuitive, polished consumer experiences for engineers (profiles, onboarding, dashboards, evaluations)
• Designing scalable B2B workflows for founders and startups (candidate discovery, hiring flows, analytics, internal tools)
• Translating ambiguous product ideas into clear user flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity designs
• Creating and maintaining a cohesive design system across multiple products
• Collaborating closely with engineers to ensure designs ship exactly as intended
• Rapid iteration based on user feedback, data, and founder input

Requirements

• Strong UI and UX fundamentals with an eye for clean, modern design
• Experience designing either consumer or enterprise products
• Ability to think in systems, not just screens
• Comfort working in fast-moving startup environments with tight deadlines
• Strong communication skills and willingness to challenge ideas (including the founders’) when needed

Preferred Requirements

• Experience in leading initiatives and launching to production
• Seed - Series B startup experience is highly preferred
• Experience working closely with founders, engineers, or product leads is a big plus