Alinea

Automated investing for the next generation

Lead Product Designer

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About the role

Alinea is building the investing platform for the next generation. We9re an AI-powered investing app to meet users where they are and guide them in their wealth journey. Post-Series A 2.5M+ downloads 200K+ funded accounts Were looking for a Lead Product Designer to own and shape the entire design experience at Alinea, from the pixels users touch every day to the systems and strategies that make future products possible. This is not a "just ship screens" role. Youll be the design voice of the company, working directly with the founders to define what Alinea looks, feels, and behaves like across new financial products, AI features, and surfaces we havent built yet. And youll do it as both a hands-on designer and a builder of design culture. What youll do

Own the end-to-end product design experience from early-stage concepts through polished, shipped product used by hundreds of thousands of people.
Partner directly with the founders on product strategy, connecting user insight to business decisions before a single frame is drawn.
Build and steward a design system that lets engineers move fast without sacrificing quality - coherent, scalable, and alive.
Lead design for new financial products (including retirement accounts, crypto features, and AI-powered experiences) from 0 1.
Conduct and synthesize user research that sharpens the teams instincts turning real behavior into product decisions, not just reports.
Raise the visual and interaction bar across the app: motion, hierarchy, delight, and the craft details that turn good into great.
Hire and grow a small design team as the company scales setting standards, giving feedback, and making the people around you better.

What were looking for

5+ years designing consumer products, with a portfolio that shows range strategy, systems, and pixel-level craft.
Proven ability to own 01 products and take them to market, not just refine what already exists.
Strong visual and interaction design sensibility you have a point of view and the skills to execute it.
Experience building or contributing to design systems that teams actually use.
A sharp researcher and listener you form hypotheses, test them fast, and let user behavior change your mind.
Comfortable working directly with engineers in Figma, and fluent enough in how products are built to know whats easy, whats hard, and when to push.
High ownership mindset you dont wait to be handed a brief, you define the problem.

Strong signals

Youve designed for a high-growth consumer app fintech, marketplace, or social and you can show the before/after.
Youve operated as the sole or lead designer at a startup and know what it means to build design culture from scratch.
You care about craft and you care more about impact you know when "good enough" ships and when the detail actually matters.
You think about brand and product design as one thing, not two separate tracks.

Why this role

Youll be the design voice at a company with real scale and real momentum not a small side project.
Youll work directly with the founders on product decisions, not behind a ticket queue.
Youll help define what modern financial products look and feel like for a generation thats never been well-served by the incumbents.
Youll have a direct line from your design decisions to user behavior, business outcomes, and the companys trajectory.

About Alinea

Alinea is an investing app for GenZs. We’re a Y Combinator backed start-up and have raised $5.5M from top investors including Goodwater Capital , F7 Ventures ,and GFR . We are looking to build out a team of passionate and driven individuals who want to make an impact. Come join us!