Product Designer - New Vertical

About Basis Basis builds real agents that do real work in the real economy. Our agents operate for hours at a time, performing end-to-end work for some of the largest accounting firms in the world. We recently raised $100M at >$1B valuation and are racing to deploy the most advanced applied ML at production scale. Our investors include: Khosla Ventures (Keith Rabois & Vinod Khosla), Accel (Miles Clements), Google Ventures, Nat Friedman & Daniel Gross, Adam D'Angelo, Jeff Dean, Jack Altman, Noam Brown, Kyle Vogt, Amjad Masad, Clem Delangue and many other operators/technical leaders. _"Basis is on the frontier of building production-grade, long-horizon agents. They've pushed the limits of what we thought our models could do on real-world, economically valuable, complex accounting tasks. They've been a great collaborator in helping us shape what the future of agents looks like." — Prashant Mital, Applied AI Lead, OpenAI _About The Role Modern AI lets software _reason_ in real time. That overturns decades of UX assumptions. A chatbot bolted onto old workflows won’t cut it; we need interfaces where humans and agents co-create work, hand tasks back and forth, and build trust in real time. You will lead Basis into that design unknown: design both the screens accountants see _and_ the invisible UI “toolbox” agents draw from when they assemble those screens. Imagine Basis 18 months out, then ship toward it one release at a time. 📍 Location: NYC, Flatiron office. In-person team. What You'll Do * Build * Design and redesign user-agent interactions across multiple surfaces, from first sketch to polished release * Invent agent-ready UI primitives that agents can assemble, edit, and explain in real time * Partner closely with product design on working agents seamlessly into new and existing products * Be a visionary: Pair with founders to sketch Basis 2027, then distill it into quarterly bets * Understand our many accounting users: Building really good systems here start from deep user empathy. You will spend a portion of your time actually doing accounting work in Basis and becoming a user * Learn at warp speed: Immerse in what makes accounting awesome, emergent abilities of LLMs, and various UX for generally-intelligent software, then turn that insight into product decisions * Learning velocity: New domains (hello, accounting!) and new tech click for you in weeks, not months. What You'll Bring * Experience: 4–8 years designing complex SaaS or AI tooling, with at least one 0→1 launch (extraordinary talent with fewer years considered). * First-principles reasoner: You break problems to fundamentals and rebuild without legacy bias. * Agent-native builder: You already prototype with LLMs and can explain why they change UX. * Use AI a lot: You should be using AI for your own work a ton. To learn, brainstorm, write, research etc. * Research-to-Figma range: Comfortable running user research sessions, planning new features with PMs & engineers, sketching flows live, exploring diverse design solutions, and iterating on released products. * All-in mindset: High-intensity culture, high-upside equity, and a wide-open canvas sound perfect. What We’d Love To See * Accounting: Practical knowledge of accounting principles. * Product ownership: Experience owning a product end-to-end What Success looks like in this role * In-person NYC: You want the energy of five days a week directly collaborating with engineers, accountants, and founders. * Autonomy & ownership: Excited to make decisions without a committee and own a problem space end-to-end. Benefits At Basis We offer a competitive and thoughtful benefits package designed to support your physical, mental, and financial well-being: * Health & Wellness: Premium Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage; Life Insurance; and 6 coaching & 6 therapy sessions through Spring Health. * Time off: Unlimited PTO + 12 paid company holidays. * In-Office Perks: Daily meal stipends, a fully stocked kitchen, and $300 toward your custom desk setup. * Financial Benefits: Pre-tax commuter benefits and 401(k) retirement plan * Team Culture: Monthly office activities and frequent optional team happy hours. * Parental Leave