Senior Product Designer

Take ownership of product design at a small, remote-first team

CutTime is looking for a Senior Product Designer to lead research and design projects from early discovery through final delivery.

CutTime builds software for fine arts educators, administrators, and program teams, helping them manage the operational work behind their programs — from communicating with families and tracking instruments and uniforms to collecting payments.

You'll be the company's first dedicated design hire reporting to the Head of UX, giving you significant ownership while still working within a collaborative product team.

What you'll be working on

This is a hands-on role combining Product Design, research, prototyping, and close collaboration with Engineering.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading product design projects from initial research through shipped experiences.
• Creating user flows, mockups, prototypes, and polished high-fidelity interfaces.
• Conducting user research and translating findings into product decisions.
• Presenting research insights to help the team determine what to build.
• Working closely with Product and Engineering on roadmap initiatives.
• Reviewing implemented features to ensure they maintain the intended design quality.
• Using and improving CutTime's existing design system.
• Mentoring and collaborating with an associate researcher.
• Helping shape design practices as the company and team grow.
• Participating in future design hiring.

Prototyping beyond traditional Figma workflows

CutTime is already experimenting with a more technical and AI-assisted approach to prototyping.

The team currently works primarily with Figma, Claude Code, and Codex/ChatGPT, while encouraging designers to experiment with new tools and share what they learn.

That makes this particularly relevant for Product Designers interested in moving beyond static mockups and exploring how AI and new prototyping workflows can accelerate the path from an idea to something tangible.

What they're looking for

You should have 5+ years of experience designing software, with strong foundations in both interaction and visual design.

You'll also need experience:

• Leading user research.
• Building and testing prototypes.
• Taking design work from concept through delivery.
• Mentoring designers, researchers, or other team members.
• Communicating design decisions clearly with cross-functional partners.
• Working independently and taking ownership of complex problems.

Fluent written and spoken English is required, although native-level English isn't necessary.

Because the team is distributed, you'll need to maintain approximately 3–4 hours of overlap with US Pacific Time.

You'll stand out if...

Experience designing complex administrative software will be particularly valuable.

That could include products involving permissions, multiple user roles, record management, financial workflows, reporting, or other information-heavy systems.

CutTime is also interested in candidates with experience in education or nonprofit products, design systems, accessibility, and basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, or component architecture.

Not every requirement is mandatory. The company explicitly encourages strong candidates from different backgrounds to apply even if they don't meet everything listed.

A remote culture built around focused work

CutTime emphasizes autonomy and asynchronous communication.

Most of your time is intended to be spent actually researching and designing, rather than sitting in meetings.

The team uses tools such as Slack, Gather, Linear, and Loom for asynchronous collaboration and focuses on accountability rather than constant availability.

There are relatively few recurring meetings, and designers have autonomy to decide what additional collaboration they need to move their work forward.

CutTime also states that employees aren't expected to work more than 40 hours per week except in rare emergencies — or keep Slack and email active outside working hours.

Compensation & benefits

For full-time employees based in the United States, CutTime offers a salary of $140,000–$150,000, depending on experience.

The US benefits package includes:

• 3 weeks of paid vacation.
• 13 paid holidays.
• $4,000 annual office stipend.
• Health coverage through an HRA.
• Basic life and short-term disability insurance.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Remote-first working with no required commute.

The role itself is advertised as remote from anywhere, subject to the required overlap with Pacific Time.

Hiring process

CutTime has deliberately designed its interview process without take-home assignments, whiteboard exercises, or all-day interviews.

After the initial application, selected candidates move through a short introductory interview, a presentation covering one or two previous case studies, and a 30-minute product critique using a provided Figma flow.

The company is an equal-opportunity employer committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace.