Senior Design Jobs at Startups
There are 223 open senior design roles at 188 early-stage startups, 44% of them remote. Where pay is stated it is typically USD 150k to 197k, with a median of USD 175k.
Who is hiring senior designers
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- 223open roles
- 188startups hiring
- 44%remote
Salary
Annual pay for this page’s roles that state a salary, in USD. The typical range covers the middle half of those postings.
- $175Kmedian pay
- $150Ktypical range: lower
- $197Ktypical range: upper
Based on 85 postings stating pay in USD.
Pay figures come from the 95 postings on this page that state a salary.
The hiring market
Industries
Fintech and payments (35), construction and real estate (32) and AI and machine learning (21) startups have most of the openings.
What design work involves at an early-stage startup
You cover research, interface work and the brand, sometimes in the same week. No design system is waiting for you, so you build one while shipping. At a large company you would hand off a spec, and here you sit with the engineer building it.
Questions people ask
How much do senior design jobs pay?
Typically USD 150k to 197k a year, with a median of USD 175k, where the posting states a salary.
Which startups are hiring senior designers?
UniSpace (10 roles), Fleet (4) and Flow (3) have the most; 188 startups are hiring in total.
Can I work remotely?
44% of these roles are remote.
Are new roles coming in?
17 were posted this week.