Founding Product Designer

As our Founding Product Designer, you'll own Moritz's product experience end to end. You'll be our first design hire, with the mandate to define how AI-native legal work looks and feels; on a platform that automates 80% of legal work and manages communication between lawyers and clients.

This is a rare zero-to-one role for someone with exceptional craft: turning complex, high-stakes legal workflows into interfaces that feel simple, fast, and inevitable. You'll set the design bar for the entire company; the product, the design system, and the culture around them — working alongside talented software and AI engineers, and directly with the founders.

What You'll Do

Product Experience & Craft

• Own end-to-end product design for Moritz's AI-powered platform — from information architecture and user journeys to high-fidelity UI
• Translate dense legal workflows into clear, elegant interaction patterns
• Sweat the details — spacing, typography, hierarchy, motion — the polish that makes software feel premium
• Define our AI-native interaction patterns: streaming, inline editing, agent handoffs, human-in-the-loop review

Design Systems & Prototyping

• Build and own Moritz's design system and component library from the ground up
• Prototype fast — in Figma or in code — and iterate on real user feedback
• Partner with engineers to ship pixel-perfect, accessible, performant interfaces
• Master the latest AI design and development tools to multiply your output

Product Strategy

• Work directly with the founders to shape product direction and UX strategy
• Lead customer discovery with lawyers and clients to find the pain worth solving
• Turn ambiguity into shipped product: prototype, test, refine, deliver
• As we grow, hire and lead the design team — this role is built to become Head of Design

What We're Looking For

• 3+ years designing digital products people love, with a portfolio that proves world-class craft
• Experience designing complex workflows, dashboards, or B2B/productivity tools
• Deep visual and interaction design skill — you notice the 1px things others don't
• Strong product intuition: you understand what makes software feel simple and fast
• Comfort working close to code — you can prototype in it and collaborate fluently with engineers
• Excellent communication — you can articulate and defend design decisions with founders, engineers, and customers
• Mastery of Figma and modern design tooling

Bonus Points

• You've been a founding or early designer at a high-growth startup
• Frontend proficiency (we use Next.js and TypeScript) — you can ship your own designs to production
• Deep familiarity with AI-native UI patterns (streaming, copilots, agentic workflows)
• Background in legaltech, fintech, or other high-trust B2B domains
• Accessibility and performance optimization experience

Why Moritz

• First designer: total ownership of the product experience, design system, and design culture
• Work directly with both founders from day one
• Backed by Y Combinator (W26), with a $9M seed from YC, 20VC, and Urban Innovation Fund
• Real traction: enterprise clients already trust us with $3B+ in contract value
• We're building the defining AI-native firm in a $1T+ industry
• High trust, high autonomy, high bar
• Accelerated growth path into Head of Design or product leadership