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Senior Product Designer

Tropic

Tropic

Product, Design
United States · Remote
USD 160k-160k / year + Equity
Posted on Jan 8, 2026
Senior Product Designer
United States (remote)
Product & Design
Remote
Full-time

About the Role

The Tropic design team is looking for a Product Design contractor with experience solving complex problems for B2B Saas products. This experience should include participating in an end-to-end product development process, iterating through challenges of various complexity, and delivering significant, user-facing features.
You will partner closely with cross-functional stakeholders, product teammates, fellow designers, and engineers on our remote team.

What You'll Do

  • Create intuitive design solutions for complex problems using any combination of process flows, wireframes, storyboards, documentation, visual mockups, and prototypes.
  • Collaborate with product managers and engineers throughout the product development process which includes using fast, iterative prototyping using a platform called Alloy that can be done by the product manager, engineer or designer
  • Partner with product managers to conduct and facilitate user research and validation.
  • Use data and customer feedback from research to support various design and product decisions.
  • Participate in design reviews to share and respectfully critique work with fellow designers.
  • Articulate your design solutions to stakeholders, peers, and executives for review and feedback.
  • Actively find ways to improve the Tropic platform and customer experience.
  • Become an expert on all things Tropic and the procurement process.

What You’ve Done

  • 5-7+ years of experience working as a product designer on B2B SaaS products.
  • Are an expert in Figma, auto-layout, components, and variants.
  • Experience reducing complex problems to scalable, easy-to-use, and understandable products.
  • A strong appreciation for design principles, especially ones of simplicity and consistency.
  • An understanding of front-end development and consideration of any technical restrictions when designing solutions.
  • Are a highly effective communicator who can use a combination of Slack, Loom, and various documentation tools to communicate with teammates.
  • An expert-level understanding of either UI or UX in relation to SaaS products.
  • A desire to go outside your comfort zone to take on new challenges and ask hard questions.
Compensation
Specific to pay transparency laws, the salary range starts at $160,000 and may include commission, incentive pay, incentive stock options, and benefits. The final job level and compensation will be determined by factors such as a candidate's relevant work experience, years of relevant experience, skills, qualifications, certifications, geographic location, and other business considerations.
What We Offer
  • 100% medical, dental, & vision coverage for all employees + dependents
  • Remote first work environment
  • Virtual & in-person meetups
  • $1000 annual stipend for WFH, L&D, Wellness
  • Unlimited flexible vacation and holiday time off
  • 14 paid company holidays
  • 12-week parental leave for all parents
  • Online mental health therapy
  • Commuter benefits, FSA, HSA
  • Award-winning values and culture
  • Equity refresh program
  • 401k plan
Tropic is an equal opportunity employer that supports workplace diversity and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender identity/expression, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, physical or mental disability, or any other protected class. Tropic is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities. Research suggests that 60% of those identifying as under-represented might have talked themselves out of applying due to imposter syndrome or the confidence gap. If this applies to you, feel empowered to apply for this role even if your experience doesn't exactly match up to our job description (our job descriptions are directional and not perfect recipes for exactly what we need).
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