Overview

About TransectTransect is a B2B SaaS startup on a mission to accelerate renewable energy development. Our platform helps solar, wind, BESS, and data center developers discover and assess sites faster - turning months of environmental and regulatory due diligence into hours. We move fast, we care deeply about our users, and we believe great design is a competitive advantage.The RoleWe're hiring a Product Designer to own design end-to-end across our platform. This is a sole-designer role: you'll be the only dedicated designer at the company, working directly with product and engineering to take features from early concept through shipped UI. You'll join at a pivotal moment - we're expanding platform coverage across a broader range of our customers' workflows, and exploring how AI can be woven directly into the product experience. You'll have real influence over what all of that looks like.This role reports to our Director of Product.What You'll DoOwn design end-to-end: User experience, user interface, information architecture, and interaction design, for our complex, data-dense B2B SaaS platformTalk directly to customers to deeply understand their pain points, mental models, and jobs-to-be-done, developing strong user empathy for the industries and personas we serveBalance speed with craft - know when to move fast with low-fidelity wireframes and when a polished mockup is what the situation demandsManage and evolve our design system to ensure visual and interaction consistency across the platformHelp build a culture of AI curiosity on the product team - share learnings, experiment openly, and help identify where AI can meaningfully accelerate our design and product workflowsSupport occasional creative projects requested by Marketing or other teams that fall outside core UX design but leverage your broader creative skillset, such as producing product highlight videos for the websiteWhat We're Looking ForMinimum 4 years of product design experience, with real range across both research/IA and visual/UI craft - we need a strong generalist, not a specialist in one half of the processStartup or small-team experience, ideally as a sole or founding designer - you know how to prioritize ruthlessly and move without a design team backing you upExperience designing complex, data-dense B2B software, including dashboards, multi-step workflows, interactive map-based tools, and multiple application statesExceptional communication skills - you can articulate design rationale clearly and persuasively to product, engineering, and leadershipCollaborative by default - you build trust with cross-functional partners and know how to give and receive design feedback wellStrong proficiency with Figma, including component libraries, variables, design tokens, prototyping, and maintaining shared design-system patternsAbility to understand technical constraints, ask the right questions, and work with engineers to identify solutions that balance user needs, delivery effort, maintainability, and product qualityGenuine curiosity about AI in product design - either hands-on experience shipping AI-powered features, or a strong point of view on the tradeoffs involvedComfort and confidence operating in a fully remote yet fast-paced environmentNice to HaveExperience or interest in climate tech, energy, infrastructure, or geospatial/mapping productsExperience designing for both novice and power users within the same productExperience using AI-assisted design and prototyping tools responsibly to accelerate exploration, documentation, and collaboration without sacrificing design judgment or consistencyFamiliarity with front-end development concepts such as HTML, CSS, responsive layouts, component-based frameworks, and the practical constraints of web applicationsCompensation & BenefitsCompetitive salaryEquityEmployee health, dental, and vision insurance, plus basic life, short-term disability, long-term disability, and AD&D. 100% coverage, starting at the beginning of