UX Designer / Front-End Developer (Fast-Moving SaaS | AI-Driven Payroll/HR Platform)

About Friday

Friday is building modern payroll, time tracking, PTO, and workforce tools for small businesses. We move fast, ship real product, and care deeply about making complicated business workflows feel simple.

We are looking for a young, energetic, product-minded UX Designer / Front-End Developer who loves building clean, easy-to-use software and wants their work to have a real impact.

This role is UX Designer first, Front-End Developer second. You should have a strong eye for user experience, understand how users think, and be able to turn that understanding into clean, practical product improvements. You should also be able to implement those improvements yourself in React/React Native.

What You’ll Do

You will work directly on a live product used by real businesses every day. Your job will be to understand where users get stuck, design better flows, and help us make Friday easier, faster, and more enjoyable to use.

You will:

• Review existing product flows and identify where the user experience can be improved
• Speak with customers and internal team members to understand pain points
• Turn user feedback into practical UX improvements
• Design clean, modern, intuitive screens and workflows
• Implement front-end changes using React/React Native
• Work closely with our product and development team to move quickly from idea to shipped product
• Use modern AI tools to work faster, design smarter, and build more efficiently
• Take ownership of product areas and continuously improve them over time

What We’re Looking For

We are looking for someone who is hungry, sharp, creative, and practical.

You should be someone who:

• Has a strong feel for UX and knows when a screen feels confusing, slow, or clunky
• Cares about making life easier for users
• Can think from the customer’s perspective, not just the developer’s perspective
• Is comfortable speaking with users and asking the right questions
• Can design simple, clean, modern interfaces
• Can implement front-end changes in React
• Is open to feedback and willing to adapt to how our team and users work
• Moves fast and enjoys working in a high-impact environment
• Is excited to use AI tools to dramatically increase productivity
• Wants to build, improve, test, learn, and repeat

Requirements

• At least 1 year of experience working on a live software product used by real users
• Strong UX/UI design instincts
• Experience with React
• Good understanding of modern front-end development
• Ability to turn product feedback into clean, usable solutions
• Comfortable working in a fast-moving environment
• Strong communication skills
• Willingness to talk to customers and understand their needs
• Portfolio or examples of product work preferred

Nice to Have

• Experience with payroll, HR, time tracking, scheduling, or business software
• Experience with designing prototypes using Claude etc.
• Experience improving existing product flows, not just creating new designs from scratch
• Experience using AI tools for design, coding, research, or productivity

Why Join Friday?

This is not a slow corporate design job where your work sits in a file for months.

At Friday, your work will ship. Real users will use it. Businesses will rely on it. You will be able to see the impact of what you build.

You will have the opportunity to:

• Work on a real product with real customers
• Make major improvements to how users experience Friday
• Move fast and see your ideas come to life
• Use the latest AI tools to work more efficiently
• Grow with a product and company that is actively building and expanding
• Have a direct impact on the future of the platform

The Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is someone who looks at software and instantly thinks:

“This could be simpler.”
“This flow has too many steps.”
“This button is in the wrong place.”
“This screen would confuse users.”
“This could be redesigned and shipped quickly.”

You should enjoy solving real product problems, not just making pretty screens. We want someone who can understand the user, design the solution, and help build it.

How to Apply

Please include your resume, portfolio, or examples of product work you have designed or built.

In your application, please include a short note answering:

• Why do you want this job specifically?
• Which previous job/project you worked on aligns with this role?
• What AI tools do you currently use for design, coding, or productivit…