Founding Product Designer

About Moritz

Global AI-native law firm handling legal work with same-day turnaround

The role

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