Senior Product Designer

PermitFlow is an applied AI company that is redefining how America builds by tackling the complex information challenges in construction permitting, licensing, inspections, and project closeouts. They accelerate housing, clean-energy, and infrastructure development, having powered over $20B in real estate. The Senior Product Designer will be responsible for identifying UX and visual improvements, contributing to product strategy, leading end-to-end design projects, and collaborating with customers, engineering, and other teams to design a beautiful, functional, and scalable permitting product.

Must Have

• All applications must link to or include a portfolio.
• 4+ years of experience designing software, especially B2B products and complex workflows.
• Comfortable with Figma, Notion, Linear, or similar tooling.
• High tolerance for ambiguity.
• Strong communication skills.
• Technical competence to effectively communicate designs and decisions with engineers.
• Dive into the world of construction permitting and learn how it works.
• Identify and assess opportunities for UX and visual improvements in the PF application.
• Contribute to overall strategy and decision-making about product direction.
• Lead end-to-end design projects.
• Work closely with customers, engineering, and other teams to design internal and customer-facing applications.
• Help establish early processes that advocate for a design-centric approach.
• Collaborate with the sales and marketing team to produce sales collateral and branding material as needed.
• Help design an amazing permitting product that is beautiful, works, and scales.

Good to Have

• Ability to understand technical implications and trade-offs (coding is a bonus).

Perks & Benefits

• Competitive salary and meaningful equity in a high-growth company
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Flexible PTO and paid family leave
• Home office & equipment stipend
• Hybrid NYC office culture (3 days in-office/week) with direct access to leadership
• In-Office Lunch & Dinner Provided

About PermitFlow

PermitFlow is redefining how America builds. Pre-construction remains one of the most broken and manual parts of the $1.6T construction industry, causing massive delays, wasted capital, and lost opportunity across the built world. Our AI workforce delivers unprecedented speed, accuracy, and visibility to pre-construction — accelerating housing development, enabling clean-energy projects, and driving economic growth in communities nationwide. To date, we’ve powered over $20B in real estate development, helping builders and contractors move faster, reduce risk, and scale with confidence.

We’re entering hypergrowth with clear product-market fit and a world-class team from top AI and construction companies. We’ve raised over $36.5M from Kleiner Perkins, Initialized Capital, Y Combinator, Felicis Ventures, and Altos Ventures, alongside backers from OpenAI, Google, Procore, ServiceTitan, Zillow, PlanGrid, and Uber. We are on a mission is to modernize how the built world operates.

About the role

PermitFlow is redefining how America builds. We’re an applied AI company serving the nation’s builders, tackling one of the largest information challenges in the economy: understanding what can be built, where, and how. Our AI agent workforce helps the fastest-growing construction companies navigate everything from permitting and licensing to inspections and project closeouts – accelerating housing, clean-energy, and infrastructure development across the country.

Despite being a $1.6T industry, construction still suffers from massive delays, wasted capital, and lost opportunity. PermitFlow has already delivered unprecedented speed, accuracy, and visibility to over $20B in development, helping contractors reduce compliance time, de-risk projects, and scale with confidence.

America is entering a CAPEX super-cycle, from data centers and factories to housing and renewables, and joining PermitFlow is building the AI at the heart of every construction project powering the next wave of re-industrialization.

We’ve raised over $90M, most recently completing our Series B, from top-tier investors including Accel, Kleiner Perkins, Initialized, Y Combinator, Felicis, and Altos Ventures, with backing from leaders at OpenAI, Google, Procore, ServiceTitan, Zillow, PlanGrid, and Uber.

Our HQ is in New York City with a hybrid schedule (3 in-office days per week). We prefer NYC-based candidates or those open to relocation.

What You’ll Do:

• Dive into the world of construction permitting and learn from our internal resources and team about how permitting works. Success requires our team becoming experts in construction permitting.
• Identify and assess opportunities for UX and visual improvements in the PF application
• Contribute to overall strategy and decision-making about product direction
• Lead end-to-end design projects and work closely with our customers, engineering, and other teams to design internal and customer-facing applications
• Help establish our early processes that advocate for a design-centric approach
• Collaborate with the sales and marketing team to produce sales collateral and branding material as needed
• Help us design a really amazing permitting product that is not only beautiful, but works and scales

Requirements

• All applications must link to or include a portfolio. We’re looking for your ability to craft design solutions in relevant or related product areas and an ability to deliver high-quality design thinking and product design in a fast-paced environment
• 4+ years of experience designing software ; we're especially looking for experience with B2B products and complex workflows but any experience building software interfaces applies.
• Our team primarily uses Figma, Notion, Linear. You should be comfortable with those or similar tooling.
• High tolerance for ambiguity. We are moving fast, and our design, product, and engineering processes are constantly in flux. We value team members that can roll with this messiness and contribute to discussions on how to constantly improve.
• Strong communication skills. Both designers and engineers and Permitflow spend time talking to internal and external stakeholders.
• Technical competence. You don’t need to know how to code (although it’s a bonus) – but we value the ability to effectively communicate designs and decisions with engineers. It’s certainly not a requirement for the job, but the product team is very collaborative and being able to understand technical implications and trade-offs is a valuable skill.

What We Offer (Full Time Roles Only)

• Competitive salary and meaningful equity in a high-growth company
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Flexible PTO and paid family leave
• Home office & equipment stipend
• Hybrid NYC office culture (3 days in-office/week) with direct access to leadership
• In-Office Lunch & Dinner Provided