# Staff Product Designer, Contractors

**Company:** [Gusto](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/gusto)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Denver, CO, Seattle, WA
**Role:** Product Design
**Salary:** $146k – $222k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Figma, Sketch, Ai Prototyping, Interaction Design, Visual Design, Accessibility, User Research, Prototyping, Design Systems, AI Tools
**Posted:** 2026-04-07

> Lead end-to-end design for contractor products, driving strategy, cross-functional collaboration, and AI-powered prototyping to enhance SMB workflows. Requires 8+ years experience, strong portfolio, and AI fluency in design practice.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Drive end-to-end design strategy and execution across the contractors experience from discovery and visioning through iterative delivery and refinement.
- Partner with product, engineering, research, data, legal, compliance, operations, and support to define problem spaces, align on priorities, and deliver solutions that meet both customer and business needs.
- Translate insights from research and data into intuitive, scalable experiences that support a variety of customer workflows.
- Champion thoughtful, inclusive design by participating in design reviews, sharing feedback, and contributing to design standards and platform quality.
- Bring genuine AI fluency to your design practice, using it to prototype quickly, shorten feedback loops, and improve contractor experiences.
- Mentor and support fellow designers by offering thoughtful critique, sharing knowledge, and contributing to design community initiatives across Gusto.

## Requirements
- 8+ years of product design experience with demonstrated impact in complex domains.
- Proven ability to lead design direction at the product level and influence cross-functional partners.
- Strong collaboration experience with partners in product, engineering, research, and data.
- A portfolio that demonstrates high-quality interaction and visual design with thoughtful consideration for accessibility and end-to-end user experiences.
- Comfort translating ambiguity into clear design decisions and outcomes.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to align teams around shared goals.
- Demonstrated AI fluency in your design practice. You're using AI to move faster, prototype more, and get to better decisions.

## Compensation
Cash compensation range: $146,000/yr to $183,000/yr in Denver & most remote locations, $177,000/yr to $222,000/yr in San Francisco, Seattle & New York.

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