Staff Product Designer (Contract)

About Flex

Flex is a growth-stage, NYC headquartered FinTech company that is creating the best rent payment experience. Our mission is to empower as many renters as possible with flexibility over their most significant recurring expense.

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced and visionary Staff Product Designer to serve as Flex's highest-caliber individual design contributor. In this role, you will set the bar for craft and quality across our entire product portfolio.

Vision and Strategy

• Define and articulate design vision for Flex's most critical and complex product initiatives.
• Establish a north star for the consumer experience and drive cross-functional alignment around it.
• Influence product strategy and roadmap directly through the quality and clarity of your design work.
• Stay close to how the design industry and UX trends are evolving.

Quality and Craft

• Own the design process end-to-end on flagship initiatives, from research and ideation through refinement, prototyping, and final execution.
• Hold a high bar for craft across everything you touch.
• Build detailed prototypes that illuminate the future of the product.
• Use AI across the design lifecycle for rapid exploration, prototyping, and front-end workflows.

Influence and Collaboration

• Partner with design leadership, product, and engineering to shape the direction of complex product areas.
• Collaborate with other designers to ensure alignment and consistency across the consumer experience.
• Advocate for design thinking and user-centered principles across the company.

Standards and Mentorship

• Establish and evolve design standards, processes, and patterns.
• Provide mentorship and craft feedback to designers across the team.
• Contribute foundational elements and set the standard for how the design system should evolve.

Key Qualifications

• Experience: A demonstrated track record as a senior IC contributor on complex consumer products.
• Design Mastery: Deep expertise in UX/UI design with strong experience showcasing shipped work at significant scope and quality.
• Strategic Thinking: Ability to operate at the product strategy level.
• Craft: Exceptional execution skills with high attention to detail.
• Collaboration: Excellent communication skills; able to work fluidly with cross-functional teams.
• Tools and Tech: Proficiency in modern design tooling; fluency with front-end development.
• AI Fluency: Comfort using AI tools across the design process.
• Passion: Genuine interest in financial products and improving people's financial lives.

Compensation

This is a contract position with an hourly rate of $125–$200 per hour, commensurate with experience. Flex takes a market-based approach to pay and utilizes a geographic pay differential based on a cost of labor index.

Life at Flex

We understand that it takes a diverse team to grow a successful company. Our HQ is located in New York City, but we have employees located throughout the US, Australia, Canada, and South America. We are growing quickly, but deliberately, with a focus on building an inclusive culture.

Benefits

For full-time U.S. employees we offer:

• Competitive medical, dental, and vision
• Company equity
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Unlimited paid time off + 13 company paid holidays
• Parental leave
• Free Flex subscription

For full-time non-U.S. employees, we offer:

• Competitive compensation + company equity
• Unlimited PTO