Senior Product Designer

Who We Are

At Justworks, you’ll enjoy a welcoming and casual environment, great benefits, wellness program offerings, company retreats, and the ability to interact with and learn from leaders in the startup community. We work hard and care about our most prized asset - our people.

We’re helping businesses get off the ground by enabling them to focus on running their business. We solve HR issues. We’re data-driven and never stop iterating. If you’d like to work in a supportive, entrepreneurial environment, are interested in building something meaningful and having fun while doing it, we’d love to hear from you.

We're united by shared goals and shared motivations se are best summed up in our company values, which are reflected in our product and in our team.

Our Values

If this sounds like you, you’ll fit right in.

You’re an experienced product designer with a passion for clarifying complexity by crafting seamless workflows and delightful product experiences.

You’re confident working independently through the design process—from discovery through delivery—and adept at balancing user needs with business and technical constraints. You think beyond simple layouts, in terms of user journeys and workflows. You know when to rely on established design systems and when—and how—to extend those systems.

You communicate clearly, collaborate effectively across disciplines, and thrive as part of a cross-functional team. Your work is grounded in empathy for users, attention to detail, and a commitment to delivering practical outcomes that help users make informed choices.

As a Senior Product Designer, you will define and deliver design solutions to business-critical efforts, creating seamless first impressions and long-term engagement paths for our small business customers and their employees. You will partner closely with peers in Product, Engineering, and Marketing to define strategic opportunities and bring coherent experiences to life.

• Design and deliver intuitive, polished user interfaces that that guide users through complex decisions and transitions, reduce friction, and build customer trust from first touch through ongoing engagement.
• Collaborate closely with partners in Product, Engineering, and Marketing to define scope and align on user and business goals.
• Participate in discovery efforts and leverage insights to frame design problems and translate them into actionable solutions.
• Pair with cross-functional partners to test, iterate, and launch impactful experiences.
• Partner with peers in other design teams to extend and adapt design patterns and systems where necessary.
• Help guide and support less-experienced designers contributing to shared efforts.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

As a Senior Product Designer, how results are achieved is as important as the results themselves. Success in this role is anchored in the following competencies:

• Customer Focus: Advocate for user needs and balance these with business constraints, grounding design in insights and data.
• Systems thinking: Design across connected steps and decisions, rather than isolated features.
• Craft excellence: Deliver high-quality, polished work that aligns with the Justworks brand and design system guidelines.
• Collaboration: Work closely with partners in Engineering, Product, Marketing, and Research to shape and deliver solutions.
• Communication: Use artifacts and storytelling to build shared understanding and guide team decisions.
• Adaptability: Stay grounded in user needs while flexing approaches to meet evolving context or constraints.

In addition, all Just workers focus on aligning their behaviors to our core values known as COGIS. It stands for:

• Camaraderie - Day to day you can be seen working together toward a higher purpose. You like to have fun. You’re an active listener, treat people respectfully, and have a strong desire to know and help others.
• Openness - Your default is to be open. You're willing to share information, understand other perspectives, and consider new possibilities. You’re curious, ask open questions, and are receptive to thoughts and…