ABOUT CHECK
Payroll is broken. It's still running on decades-old infrastructure. We're rebuilding it.
We don't run payroll ourselves — we power the businesses that do. As the inventors of embedded payroll, we're redefining how people get paid and making it easier for those businesses to launch, grow, and thrive.
On our team, you'll use creative problem-solving, critical thinking, and grit to simplify the complexity of payroll for thousands of employers of every size, across all industries. We ignore conventional role boundaries in favor of the unique strengths and values each builder brings to our mission: make paying people simple. Check out our origin story! https://app.notion.com/p/checkhq/The-Generalist-Check-Solving-the-150-Billion-Payroll-Problem-3b24274a2e75804e9141cfac60476d25?source=copy_link
Check is far more than just API infrastructure. We’re a springboard for building and scaling payroll businesses. See how it works for our partners. https://www.checkhq.com/partners
ABOUT THIS ROLE
Today, payroll platforms rely on archaic, utilitarian software to process payroll for thousands of businesses and ensure hundreds of thousands of workers are paid correctly and on time. Their work is high-stakes and deeply personal for each and every worker they pay, but the tools supporting them are stuck in the past, and make the process unnecessarily complex. This critical infrastructure in their business feels more like an operational obstacle than a product designed to help them succeed. At Check, we believe this software should be just as thoughtful, intuitive, and beautifully designed as the best consumer products on the market.
Our software layer manages payroll complexities across thousands of businesses simultaneously. The opportunity ahead is to transform it into the best platform for operating a payroll business. A system that anticipates user needs, simplifies complex workflows, and turns operational software into genuinely delightful user experiences.
We’re looking for a Senior Product Designer (& UX-pert) who enjoys untangling complex systems and shaping how sophisticated products work at a foundational level. This role is ideal for a designer who is excited by challenging, high-impact problems, and enjoys translating complicated workflows into elegant product experiences.
You’ll engage directly with users to deeply understand their use cases and optimal workflows, and work closely with engineering, product, and design leadership to translate those insights into core product patterns. This role spans strategy, research, UX, and visual design, and offers the opportunity to redefine the design direction for an entire industry. Come join us as we set a new standard for how payroll management software should operate!
IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL:
- Own the end-to-end design of major enhancements within Check's products, from problem framing through shipped experience
- Solve complex payroll problems through deep research and design thinking, shaping everything from interaction models to product architecture
- Conduct user research — including direct conversations with payroll operators and platform partners — to uncover insights and inform design decisions
- Identify opportunities to rethink existing product patterns and drive improvements that make Check's infrastructure products significantly more intuitive and efficient for operators
- Partner closely with engineering and product leaders to design surfaces and workflows that simplify the complex realities of payroll operations
- Elevate the visual and interaction design of existing product surfaces to create a more cohesive, intuitive, and delightful experience
- Prototype and iterate quickly on new ideas, incorporating feedback from users and cross-functional teams
- Contribute to the evolution of Check’s product design standards and help raise the overall bar for design across the company
- Collaborate with marketing and creative teams to socialize platform enhancements to existing partners and future prospects
MANY BACKGROUNDS COULD FIT THIS ROLE, BUT IDEAL CANDIDATES WILL HAVE SOME OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:
- 6–10+ years of experience in product design, UX/UI research, UX/UI design, or a similar role designing complex software or infrastructure products
- Strong UX instincts and the ability to simplify complex systems, workflows, and data-heavy interfaces
- Experience designing workflow-driven products or operational software (fintech, developer tools, enterprise platforms, or similar)
- A portfolio demonstrating strong systems thinking, elevated visual design taste, and judgment around AI application
- Experience collaborating closely with engineering teams and designing within technical constraints
- Ability to independently drive ambiguous design problems from discovery through shipped product
- Experience conducting or leading user research and translating insights into product improvements
- Experience designing for multi-step workflows and complex user journeys
- Comfort working in fast-moving environments where designers often own broad problem spaces
- Strong communication skills and the ability to clearly articulate design decisions and tradeoffs
TRAVEL & OFFICE POLICY
The Check team is distributed across the US. Roles can be remote, hybrid, or based in one of our offices in New York City or San Francisco. We offer ample opportunities and encourage employees to attend team offsites, events, and hackathons throughout year. All Checketeers gather in the spring for our annual 3-day company retreat.
For our in-office and hybrid employees, our offices are open all week. We provide meals on Tuesdays and Thursdays and there are regular happy hours, game nights, and other in-person events.
Remote work at Check requires the ability to perform all responsibilities without distraction or disruption, while maintaining quality, effective communication, and productivity.
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Check is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, provided they are consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Check is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process.
Check participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with Form I-9 information from all new employees to confirm that they are authorized to work in the U.S. Check does not use E-Verify to pre-screen applicants.
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At Linear, we're building the product development system for teams and agents. AI is fundamentally changing how software gets built, and we’re shaping the tools this new era requires.
Founded in 2019, Linear has become the platform of choice for more than 40,000 companies (including OpenAI, Coinbase, and Ramp) to plan, build, and ship their products. Today, our team is distributed across North America, Europe, and Australia, and we’re continuing to grow internationally. What unites us is relentless focus, fast execution, and a deep care for software craftsmanship.
Quality is our competitive advantage. Every member of our fully remote team is a maker at heart, caring deeply about the quality and feel of our work. While the industry optimizes for speed and metrics alone, we believe that craft and quality have lasting value. Quality creates gravity — it pulls people toward our team and product rather than requiring us to push. This philosophy drives everything we do, from product decisions to hiring choices.
For this role, we expect robust design skills, sharp product thinking, and the ability to engage in technical discussions. We work in small, autonomous project teams, where engineers are paired tightly with designers to explore ideas, build prototypes, deploy internal builds, and ultimately ship to customers. You will be a key element of projects from beginning to end.
Location & work mode
Linear is a remote-first company, with optional co-working offices in San Francisco, New York, and London. This role is open to candidates based in North America and Europe. You can work from anywhere within this region. We value deep focus and async collaboration, with intentional moments to connect in person through team off-sites, optional co-working, and occasional travel.
What you'll do
- Pair closely with engineering and product to initiate and complete roadmap projects, no hand-offs
- Spot opportunities to redesign or refine key screens and flows, as well as smaller quality issues and “paper cuts” as you use Linear
- Create mockups, prototypes, and high-fidelity visuals to communicate ideas and describe their execution
- Guide and inspire fellow designers through collaborative critique of work-in-progress
- Use and improve our lightweight design system components
- Help with hiring new teammates that can elevate our team and product
What we’re looking for
- 7+ years experience designing software
- Courage to ask questions, experiment, and advocate for what you feel is right
- Humility to accept feedback, adapt your thinking, and iterate toward the best solution
- Experience with prototyping in Figma (and beyond with tools like AI, HTML/CSS, Origami)
- Ability to distill problems and feedback, then design clear, focused solutions
- Effective written and verbal communication skills — much of our work is async
What we offer
We're a small, focused team that cares deeply about the quality of our work and the people we do it with. Here's what you can expect:
- Competitive salary and equity
- Employee-friendly equity terms including early exercise in the US and extended exercise windows
- Daily meal and coffee stipend on every workday
- Paid co-working space or desk
- Health coverage (based on country requirements)
- 5 weeks paid vacation, plus local statutory holidays
- 4 months paid parental leave
- Paid month off after 4 years & every 2 years thereafter
- Regular team events and off-sites
- Remote-first with no required commute
Learn how we think and work
- How we hire at Linear https://linear.app/now/how-we-hire-at-linear Linear blog post
- Part I https://linear.app/blog/a-design-reset and Part II https://linear.app/blog/how-we-redesigned-the-linear-ui of how we redesigned the Linear UI
- Read me https://linear.app/readme a story about our mission
- Why and how we do work trials https://linear.app/blog/why-and-how-we-do-work-trials-at-linear Linear blog post
- How we use AI in design https://designerfund.substack.com/p/ai-design-linear feature of Linear's design team
- Crafting quality that endures https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCil7YNhNCU Config keynote by our Co-founder & CEO, Karri Saarinen
- Building for quality: Our Investment in Linear https://accel.com/noteworthy/our-investment-in-linear Accel Series B blog post
Linear is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
A note on recruitment fraud: all official Linear hiring communication comes from an @linear.app http://linear.app email address, and all open roles are listed at linear.app/careers http://linear.app/careers. We never ask candidates for payment or financial information. Suspicious messages can be reported to security@linear.app.
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At Upstart, we’re united by a mission that matters: to radically reduce the cost and complexity of borrowing for all Americans. Every day, we bring creativity, experimentation, and advanced AI to reshape access to credit, helping millions move forward financially with clarity and confidence.
As the leading AI lending marketplace, we partner with banks and credit unions to expand access to affordable credit through technology that’s both radically intelligent and deeply human. Our platform runs over one million predictions per borrower using more than 3,000 signals, powering smarter, fairer decisions for millions of customers. But the numbers only hint at the impact. Every idea, every voice, and every contribution moves us closer to a world where credit never stands between people and their financial progress.
We’re proudly digital-first, giving most Upstarters the flexibility to do their best work from wherever they thrive, alongside teammates across 80+ cities in the US and Canada. Digital-first doesn’t mean distant. We’re intentional about in-person connection through team onsites, planning sessions, and moments that spark creativity and trust. And whether you choose to work primarily from home or collaborate in-person from one of our offices in Columbus, Austin, the Bay Area, or New York City (opening Summer 2026), you’ll have the support to work in the way that works best for you.
If you’re energized by tackling meaningful problems, excited to innovate with purpose, and motivated by work that truly matters, we’d love to hear from you.
The Team:
Upstart’s Product Experience team brings together product design, research, and content strategy to shape the future of lending. We focus on high-craft execution, deep customer insight, and measurable business impact, partnering across product areas to build experiences that are clear, trustworthy, and human. Our Unsecured Lending team focuses on building borrower-facing experiences across personal loans and revolving credit products. This team owns core moments in the borrower journey, including rate selection, origination, and repayment, with a focus on clarity and trust.
As a Product Designer at Upstart, you will support feature-level design work across these experiences, partnering closely with product managers and engineers. You’ll work within established design direction to deliver high-quality, production-ready designs that directly impact millions of borrower interactions.
How you’ll make an impact
Design end-to-end user experiences across borrower-facing flows
Translate product requirements into wireframes, interactive prototypes,, and high-fidelity visual designs
Collaborate with product managers and engineers to align on scope, constraints, and implementation details
Deliver production-ready designs and ensure design intent is preserved through development handoff
Incorporate user feedback, data insights, and stakeholder input to iterate on designs
Partner with adjacent teams (e.g., Growth) to ensure seamless experiences across the borrower journey
Minimum Qualifications
3+ years of product design experience, owning small-to-medium projects end-to-end
End-to-end design: problem/goal definition, rapid user testing and user research, wireframing and strong iterative instincts, interaction and visual design including strong typography skills, running an articulate and repeatable user-centered design process
Proficiency in Figma, strong fluency in GenAI tools
Gives, receives, and incorporates feedback at each stage
Understands business context at a high level and how design impacts it
Fluency in working within design systems
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with complex multi-step flows with branching outcomes and plentiful edge cases (applications, forms, comparison tools)
Strong familiarity with contributing to or advancing design systems
Experience in Fintech, lending, insurance, or other heavily regulated consumer products
Experience working in a triad model (PM/Eng/Design)
Position location This role is available in the following locations: Remote
Time zone requirements The team operates on the East/West coast time zones.
Travel requirements As a digital first company, the majority of your work can be accomplished remotely. The majority of our employees can live and work anywhere in the U.S but are encouraged to to still spend high quality time in-person collaborating via regular onsites. The in-person sessions’ cadence varies depending on the team and role; most teams meet once or twice per quarter for 2-4 consecutive days at a time.
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At Upstart, your base pay is one part of your total compensation package. The anticipated base salary for this position is expected to be within the below range. Your actual base pay will depend on your geographic location–with our “digital first” philosophy, Upstart uses compensation regions that vary depending on location. Individual pay is also determined by job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
In addition, Upstart provides employees with target bonuses, equity compensation, and generous benefits packages (including medical, dental, vision, and 401k).
United States | Remote - Anticipated Base Salary Range
$138,600—$192,000 USD
At Upstart, your base pay is one part of your total compensation package. The anticipated base salary for this position is expected to be within the below range. Your actual base pay will depend on your geographic location–with our “digital first” philosophy, Upstart uses compensation regions that vary depending on location. Individual pay is also determined by job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
In addition, Upstart provides employees with target bonuses, equity compensation, and generous benefits packages (including medical, dental, vision, and 401k).
Canada | Remote - Anticipated Base Salary Range
$136,000—$165,000 CAD
What you'll love
At Upstart, our benefits are designed to support your health, financial well-being, family, and personal growth. Here’s what you can expect:
Competitive compensation, including base pay, bonus opportunities, and annual equity grants that vest quarterly
Retirement benefits to help you plan for the future, including a 401(k) or Group Retirement Savings Plan with a company match of $2 for every $1 contributed, up to $15,000 annually (USD in the US, CAD in Canada)
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) with discounted stock purchase options for eligible employees (US only)
Comprehensive health coverage designed to support you and your family, including medical, dental, vision, and wellness resources for US and supplemental health coverage for Canada.
Health Savings Account contributions from Upstart for eligible plans (US only)
Income protection benefits, including life insurance and disability coverage for added financial security
Paid time off, sick leave, and company holidays, in line with local requirements
Paid family and parental leave to support caregiving and major life moments (duration varies by country)
Family-centered benefits to support fertility, parenthood, and caregiving needs
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) offering mental health support and life-centered resources
Financial wellness resources, including access to financial planning tools and a financial concierge service (US Only)
Annual wellness allowance to support your physical and emotional well-being and personal development, based on what matters most to you
Annual productivity allowance to invest in relevant tools and resources you need to do your best work, no matter where you work from
Connection and community through team events, all-company updates, and employee resource groups (ERGs)
Onsite perks, including catered lunches and fully stocked micro-kitchens when working from one of our offices in the Bay Area, Austin, Columbus, and New York City (opening Summer 2026!)
For roles based in Canada, please note that we are not currently able to hire in Quebec.
Upstart is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer. Just as we are dedicated to improving access to affordable credit for all, we are committed to inclusive and fair hiring practices.
If you require reasonable accommodation in completing an application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please email candidate_accommodations@upstart.com
Binance is a leading global blockchain ecosystem behind the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and registered users. We are trusted by 300+ million people in 100+ countries for our industry-leading security, user fund transparency, trading engine speed, deep liquidity, and an unmatched portfolio of digital-asset products. Binance offerings range from trading and finance to education, research, payments, institutional services, Web3 features, and more. We leverage the power of digital assets and blockchain to build an inclusive financial ecosystem to advance the freedom of money and improve financial access for people around the world.
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