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Form of workWHO WE ARE
We enable growing platforms to build payroll. Our programmatic payroll solution and infrastructure powers the payroll stack for large-scale employers, such as gig economy and staffing companies, and prominent fintech, HR, and back office solutions. We not only help our customers manage their compliance, but also have the immense responsibility of ensuring accurate and timely payments to hundreds of thousands to millions of Americans.
As a Series A company, backed by top investors such as Y Combinator and Spark Capital (Plaid, Marqeta, Coinbase, Anthropic), we are pioneers in the space of embedded payroll and aim to revolutionize the way people use and think about payroll systems.
Our mission is to revolutionize how people build payment and payroll services by providing robust, seamless, and forward-thinking technology and we'd love to learn more about you and how you could be a fit for our growing team!
ABOUT THE ROLE
We're looking for an ambitious Product Design Lead to lead early-stage user research + design and set the foundation for Zeal's design strategy and philosophy. You'll help to define Zeal's vision, product strategy, and UX-driving the Product Design lifecycle end-to-end. You will work in close collaboration with the product, engineering, and partner growth teams, to break down technically complex problems and shape them into elegant, novel solutions that are discoverable, learnable, and powerful.
As an early member of the design team, you'll also have great influence in shaping our processes, objectives, and growth.
SOME THINGS YOU MAY BE WORKING ON
YOU HAVE
NICE TO HAVE'S
SELLING POINTS
OUR CULTURE
We are a tight-knit, inclusive community that is into: music , cocktails , pets , and above all else ~ high-quality espresso ☕ but more importantly we value championing for our staff to bring their authentic true selves to work and aim to provide a fun and collaborative work environment for everyone!
OUR BENEFITS
OUR COMPENSATION & PHILOSOPHY
The range for this role is between $155,000-$185,000 for California-based candidates
Check out our Job Leveling, Salary, and Equity Guide to learn more!
OUR INTERVIEW PROCESS
We are a fast-paced startup, so you may expect to hear back from us soon. While this is our process for most of our roles, sometimes stages are subject to change from time to time. But we will definitely notify you of the change ahead of time. If you have any questions about the role, our process, or anything else before applying, feel free to reach out to one of our team members at anshul@zeal.com
Intro Call: 30 min
Hiring Manager Chat: 30 min
Take-Home Project
Final Interview
Step 1: Presentation to Product team (60 min)
Step 2: Behavioral Chat (30 min)
Step 3: Cultural Chat (30 min)
Step 4: Leadership Chat (20 min)
If you are curious to know more about our culture, check out our Notion Culture Doc: https://www.notion.so/zeal-api/Do-remarkable-things-at-Zeal-0d9af42e7dd2498391e1ccfde42c0137
Our company (Puzzl Group, aka Zeal) is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
We enable growing platforms to build payroll. Our programmatic payroll solution and infrastructure powers the payroll stack for large-scale employers, such as gig economy and staffing companies, and prominent fintech, HR, and back office solutions. We not only help our customers manage their compliance, but also have the immense responsibility of ensuring accurate and timely payments to hundreds of thousands to millions of Americans.
As a Series A company, backed by top investors such as Y Combinator and Spark Capital (Plaid, Marqeta, Coinbase, Anthropic), we are pioneers in the space of embedded payroll and aim to revolutionize the way people use and think about payroll systems.
Our mission is to revolutionize how people build payment and payroll services by providing robust, seamless, and forward-thinking technology and we'd love to learn more about you and how you could be a fit for our growing team!
ABOUT THE ROLE
We're looking for an ambitious Product Design Lead to lead early-stage user research + design and set the foundation for Zeal's design strategy and philosophy. You'll help to define Zeal's vision, product strategy, and UX-driving the Product Design lifecycle end-to-end. You will work in close collaboration with the product, engineering, and partner growth teams, to break down technically complex problems and shape them into elegant, novel solutions that are discoverable, learnable, and powerful.
As an early member of the design team, you'll also have great influence in shaping our processes, objectives, and growth.
SOME THINGS YOU MAY BE WORKING ON
- Creatively work in Figma building effective wireframes
- Lead improvements to our design system with a keen focus on UX research, design philosophy, and UI principles.
- Be the voice of customer and the user's champion in the product development lifecycle and take initiative on gathering user feedback + data using strong project management capabilities
- Manage several keystone design projects from white-board to product launch with strong teamwork between product and engineering teams
- Design new editions to our white label components, design new and refactor current dashboard features and contribute to design documentation and design best-practices
- Collaborate with our Partner Growth team and conduct user research to iterate on new Product Design features
- Be a strategic partner in product strategy and how design can play a key role in how we build and ship new product features!
YOU HAVE
- 6+ years of experience as a Product Designer working with product and engineering teams
- Familiarity with the customer discovery and development process
- Experience whiteboarding, conducting user research, and creating mock-ups/wireframes/prototypes
- Expert in Figma and Adobe/Sketch/Illustrator
- Ability to understand payroll and APIs with an ability to present your work to stakeholders
- A desire to own design strategy and contribute to the overall product roadmap at Zeal
- Strong Design Leadership experiences and able to convey your opinions to cross-departmental teams and stakeholders
- You care deeply about building something people love
NICE TO HAVE'S
- B2B design experience / start-up experience
- Fintech background or a strong interest to learn more about payroll and APIs
SELLING POINTS
- You will have autonomy/ownership in how our product is designed and developed
- We want to invest in you, we will help you gain the skills and experiences to reach your professional goals here at Zeal and beyond
- We value design and see it as an integral aspect of how Zeal can grow and scale. Our team will be your champions in seeing your designs become a reality!
OUR CULTURE
We are a tight-knit, inclusive community that is into: music , cocktails , pets , and above all else ~ high-quality espresso ☕ but more importantly we value championing for our staff to bring their authentic true selves to work and aim to provide a fun and collaborative work environment for everyone!
OUR BENEFITS
- 100% health coverage premium paid by the company; vision, dental, and 80% for dependents with HSA options
- ➕ Life Insurance, Accidental Insurance, and access to free EAP services
- Generous salary and equity for all staff
- 10-year equity option exercise window for all employees
- 401k option; helping you save for the future
- Commuters Stipend for all SF-based employees
- Yearly Professional Development Stipend to use on courses, books, events, etc
- Monthly Happy Hours, Team Lunches, Boba breaks, and lots of Events (board games, trivia, bowling, VR, golfing, hiking)
- Company Wide Offsite every year (2023 - Coronado Island 2022 - Sonoma and Napa )
- Awesome Zeal Swag - did you know a group of Zebra is called a Zeal, that's why we have a Zebra mascot!
OUR COMPENSATION & PHILOSOPHY
The range for this role is between $155,000-$185,000 for California-based candidates
Check out our Job Leveling, Salary, and Equity Guide to learn more!
OUR INTERVIEW PROCESS
We are a fast-paced startup, so you may expect to hear back from us soon. While this is our process for most of our roles, sometimes stages are subject to change from time to time. But we will definitely notify you of the change ahead of time. If you have any questions about the role, our process, or anything else before applying, feel free to reach out to one of our team members at anshul@zeal.com
Intro Call: 30 min
Hiring Manager Chat: 30 min
Take-Home Project
Final Interview
Step 1: Presentation to Product team (60 min)
Step 2: Behavioral Chat (30 min)
Step 3: Cultural Chat (30 min)
Step 4: Leadership Chat (20 min)
If you are curious to know more about our culture, check out our Notion Culture Doc: https://www.notion.so/zeal-api/Do-remarkable-things-at-Zeal-0d9af42e7dd2498391e1ccfde42c0137
Our company (Puzzl Group, aka Zeal) is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
