Founding Product Designer

C10 Labs is hiring a Founding Product Designer for a remote role open to applicants in United States. It pays $40-$50/hr and Level rates it ; you can apply on C10 Labs.

Level's read on this job

On Level's scale, this role is Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
The posting lists this role as remote.
Tools and skills the posting cites include Figma, product design and ux design.
Level classifies it as a senior role.
Level lists 21 other open roles at C10 Labs.

AI in this role

Shape user experience, workflows, and visual direction for a circular economy asset management platform.

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About Buckstop Industries
Founded in 2025, Buckstop is building the intelligence layer for the circular economy. Our mission is to create a sustainable end-of-life for every electronic device on Earth, transforming yesterday's waste into tomorrow's resources.
We're reimagining how enterprises manage electronic assets by creating a platform that identifies, tracks, and maximizes the residual value of devices at scale. In a fragmented industry where value is lost through layers of intermediaries, Buckstop provides a single source of truth and execution.
Our founding team brings together leaders from manufacturing, logistics, reverse supply chains, energy, mining, and technology who have experienced the industry's challenges firsthand and are building the future of asset recovery and circular commerce.
Your assets. One platform. Maximum value. Full stop.

The Opportunity

Buckstop is looking for a highly talented Founding Product Designer to help shape the user experience, workflows, and visual direction of our platform.

This is not a role for someone who simply executes mockups.

We are looking for a designer who can evaluate what has already been built, understand the business and customer requirements, identify opportunities for improvement, and present thoughtful design solutions.

You will work directly with the founders, engineers, and customers to create intuitive workflows and enterprise-grade user experiences that make complex data and operational processes easy to understand and act upon.

The ideal candidate combines strong visual design skills with strategic product thinking and can confidently say:

"Here's what you've built, here's what's working, here's what isn't, and here are three approaches I'd recommend moving forward."

What You'll Do

Product & UX Strategy

Evaluate existing product experiences and identify usability improvements
Translate business requirements into intuitive user workflows
Create multiple design concepts and recommendations for key product initiatives
Partner with founders to shape product direction and user experience strategy
Help define design principles and standards across the platform

User Experience Design

Design end-to-end user journeys and workflows
Create wireframes, user flows, mockups, and interactive prototypes
Conduct usability reviews and recommend improvements
Simplify complex operational and analytical workflows into intuitive experiences
Design for enterprise users operating in logistics, asset management, manufacturing, and sustainability environments

Product Design & Systems

Create and maintain scalable design systems in Figma
Establish reusable components and interaction patterns
Ensure consistency across product experiences
Collaborate closely with engineering to ensure designs can be efficiently implemented
Participate in product roadmap and feature planning discussions

Founding Team Contributions

Bring product and customer insights into company discussions
Challenge assumptions and advocate for users
Help establish the product culture and design standards of the company
Work cross-functionally across engineering, operations, and leadership
Operate with a founder mentality and ownership mindset

What We're Looking For

Required Qualifications

4+ years of experience in Product Design, UI/UX Design, or User Experience roles
Strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end product design work
Advanced proficiency in Figma
Experience creating wireframes, prototypes, user flows, and design systems
Strong understanding of UX principles, information architecture, and interaction design
Experience collaborating directly with engineering teams
Ability to clearly communicate design decisions and rationale

Preferred Qualifications

Experience designing SaaS, enterprise software, analytics platforms, operational tools, or workflow applications
Experience in startup or early-stage environments
Familiarity with data-heavy applications, dashboards, and reporting tools
Experience conducting customer interviews and usability testing
Understanding of AI-enabled products and workflow automation

Who You Are

You have exceptional design instincts and attention to detail
You care deeply about both usability and visual quality
You are comfortable presenting multiple solutions to a problem
You think strategically rather than simply executing requests
You enjoy working directly with founders and engineers
You thrive in ambiguity and can create structure where none exists
You take ownership and operate with a builder mentality

How we rate this

Founding Product Designer at C10 Labs rates 10 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

Key facts

Founding Product Designer is an open job at C10 Labs.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The listed pay is $40-$50/hr.
The role is based in Washington, DC, Washington DC and is marked remote.
The job was posted on September 25, 2026.
Seniority: senior.
Applications are handled by C10 Labs. Apply on C10 Labs

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Tell me about a project where wireframing was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where prototyping was part of your work. What did you do?

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