Founding Product UI / UX Designer - Consumer

Company Description
CashClever is a smart financial platform focused on helping individuals compare top mortgages and auto loans from leading financial institutions. The company’s mission is to empower consumers to make informed financial decisions through transparency, trust, and exceptional customer service. By simplifying lending and enabling users to quickly check and compare rates, CashClever aims to reduce overpayment on financing and insurance and put money back into the hands of consumers. The team is dedicated to unlocking broader economic growth and individual prosperity by reshaping the future of lending for both borrowers and lenders.

What You'll Own

Consumer Growth And Experience

• Signup and onboarding funnels
• Activation experiences
• Personalization journeys
• Customer Profiles
• Consumer Connections
• Notifications

Financial Products

• Credit-building experiences
• Predictive Auto Applications
• Predictive Mortgage Applications
• Payment workflows
• Account management

Financial Intelligence

• Lending Insights
• Financial recommendations
• Dashboards
• Savings and Payments

Responsibilities

Product Strategy

• Partner with Product Managers to define customer problems
• Use research and data to identify opportunities
• Translate business goals into customer experiences
• Define product success metrics

UX Design

• Lead discovery and user research
• Create user journeys and experience maps
• Design workflows and interaction models
• Build prototypes and validate concepts
• Iterate based on customer feedback

UI Design

• Create polished product interfaces
• Maintain consistency through design systems
• Collaborate with engineering during implementation
• Ensure high-quality product execution

Qualifications

• Product expertise, including experience as a product specialist or product-focused designer, with the ability to align UI/UX decisions to business and user goals.
• Strong analytical skills to interpret user data, usability test results, and market insights to inform design decisions and product improvements.
• Excellent communication skills for collaborating with cross-functional teams, presenting design rationale, and documenting interaction patterns.
• Customer service orientation and user empathy, ensuring designs address user needs, reduce friction, and build trust in financial decision-making.
• Sales and growth mindset, with the ability to design flows that support conversion, retention, and partner engagement without compromising user experience.
• Proficiency with modern design tools (e.g., Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD) and familiarity with design systems, responsive design, and accessibility best practices.
• Experience designing consumer-facing products, ideally in fintech or financial services, with a portfolio showcasing end-to-end UX work and visual design craft.
• Bachelor’s degree in Design, HCI, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience; ability to work on-site in the New York City Metropolitan Area

Preferred

• FinTech experience
• Experience with: Lending, Banking, Payments, Credit Products etc.
• Experience with experimentation and analytics
• Experience building design systems