Valon Tech

Valon Tech

Staff Product Designer, Product Infrastructure

New York · Staff+

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 82 days ago
LLMsAgentic AIUX ResearchDesign SystemsProduct StrategyResearchCommunicationCollaborationCritical ThinkingOrganizational Skills

About the role

  • Your work will empower other product teams to move faster and with greater quality, driving critical impact on Valon's business.

Responsibilities

  • Lead end-to-end design of foundational platform capabilities, reusable patterns, and our design system, enhancing usability and accelerating product development across the organization.
  • Drive deep user understanding through quantitative and qualitative research-serving the needs of mortgage servicing operators, deployment strategists, and technical teams alike.
  • Partner closely with cross-functional partners and other internal product teams to identify shared requirements and deliver generalized tools and systems that solve for broad use cases, reduce redundancy, and promote consistency.
  • Mentor designers and cross-functional partners, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuously raising the bar for product quality and craft.
  • User Empathy and Advocacy: Deep understanding of user needs and ability to represent those needs in every design decision.
  • Strong Communication and Collaboration: Can articulate design decisions and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
  • Critical Thinking and Thought Partnership: Provide thoughtful input on product and design strategy, focusing on long-term impact.
  • Balanced Approach: Cares about the big picture but executes with precision in design details.
  • 3+ years of product design experience, preferably in a D2C fintech environment.
  • A portfolio showcasing strong design fundamentals, systems thinking, and a user-centered approach to solving complex problems.

Compensation

  • competitive salary with a meaningful stake in the company via equity, and 401k plan.
  • NB: The base salary range reflects multiple levels.
  • We assess level based on a combination of past experience and interview performance

Benefits

  • Grow together: Company wide orientation for you to successfully onboard and other learning & development opportunities including regular review cycles that feature 360 degree feedback
  • Generous time off: flexible paid time off, sick days, and 11 company holidays
  • Compensation: competitive salary with a meaningful stake in the company via equity, and 401k plan.
  • Commuter benefits: We offer pre-tax deductions for public transportation, rideshare services, and parking expenses to make your commute more affordable and convenient
  • Mortgage servicing is just the beginning of our vision to transform regulated industries and beyond.

Company info

  • Valon is building the AI-native operating system for regulated finance, starting with mortgage servicing.
  • We're a Series C company backed by a16z, transforming industries that others have written off as too complex to innovate.
  • Rather than build on top of broken legacy systems, we took a different approach: we built and operate our own mortgage servicing business managing $110+ billion in loans.
  • The results speak for themselves.
  • We've transformed mortgage servicing from a 0% margin business into 60%+ margins while dramatically improving customer experience.
  • Major enterprise contracts are now deploying across the industry.
  • ValonOS is our unified platform that makes every process structured and programmable and it is perfectly positioned for the AI era.
  • When everything flows through one system with rich data, AI agents don't just automate tasks, they continuously improve entire operations.
  • We're rebuilding trust in the mortgage industry by simplifying the complex, empowering users to make confident decisions, and delivering peace of mind.
  • Your application requires a portfolio for consideration.

Equal opportunity

  • Valon is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

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