The Role

Tolken is entering a critical growth phase and seeking a Senior Product Designer on a contract basis (initial term: 3 months, with potential for extension). In this hands-on, high-impact role, you will be responsible for independently shaping and delivering UI/UX foundations across our merchant/partner-facing experiences and internal dashboards as we build our full payments suite.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end design and delivery of merchant and partner-facing products and internal dashboards, focusing on fast, high-quality output.

• Design complex, data-driven flows for onboarding, payments, reporting, and operational tooling in a fintech context.

• Establish and deliver Tolken’s first design system, interaction patterns, and visual language to create consistency and scale.

• Lead and execute user research and usability testing as needed to validate and refine solutions.

• Partner closely with founders, product, and engineering to define key requirements and deliverables, shaping MVPs and high-impact features for a startup environment.

• Drive a user-centric design process through lightweight, practical methods (e.g., crits, design reviews, rapid prototyping).

Project Deliverables

• Launch initial versions of merchant/partner-facing workflows and core internal dashboards within the contract period.

• Deliver a documented, reusable design system and component library.

• Provide actionable user feedback insights, with recommendations implemented in shipped designs.

• Clear handoff and documentation for engineering handover.

Requirements

Essential

• 5+ years of product design (UI/UX) experience, with a strong portfolio in B2B and/or fintech SaaS products.

• Proven ability to independently deliver end-to-end product designs on a contract, freelance, or consulting basis.

• Expertise in Figma (and similar design/prototyping tools); strong visual and interaction design skills.

• Hands-on experience with internal tools, dashboards, and complex workflow design.

• Strong user research, prototyping, and design documentation skills.

• Comfortable setting priorities and work cadence for a short-term engagement, with minimal oversight.

• Excellent collaborator and communicator, able to provide regular progress updates and operate asynchronously with a distributed startup team.

Who You Are

• Action-and-output oriented: ready to ship polished UI/UX and build foundations quickly.

• Pragmatic and autonomous: able to spot priorities and gaps, propose and execute solutions with minimal direction.

• User- and outcome-focused: you care about usability, clarity, and real-world adoption.

Equal Opportunities Statement

Tolken is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.