Senior Product Designer (USA)

About Kalepa:

Commercial insurance is a trillion-dollar industry still run out of Microsoft Outlook.

Kalepa is changing that.

Kalepa is an AI Underwriting Platform built to deliver Professional-Grade AI in production - helping the world's most important insurers centralize and prioritize submission data, surface critical risk insights, and make faster, more confident decisions. Customers see meaningful improvements to both speed and portfolio quality as soon as they implement Kalepa - so much so that clients call it “truly an underwriter’s dream.”

Kalepa's team members bring experience from top technology companies, including Facebook, Google, Amazon, Mastercard, and Uber. Kalepa is backed by leading VCs like IA Ventures and Inspired Capital.

Our Values (This is important):

Many organizations have a dusty list of corporate values that no one ever follows. Kalepa is not one of those companies. Our values are designed to unlock the potential of our employees.

Success at Kalepa is bred from five core principles:

• Hustle and Determination - We hire people who take full ownership of their craft and relentlessly pursue excellence with speed and determination. We choose the hard problems and do not give up. This is the foundation of how we work and how we win.
• Deliver Customer Impact - We're obsessed with customer impact. Every feature, every line of code, every decision is measured against one question: does this help insurers make better decisions? If it doesn't drive speed, accuracy, or profitability for our customers, we don't build it.
• Meritocracy - We're building something exceptional, and that requires exceptional people and ideas. We have a high bar but we reward excellence with rapid growth. If you're the best at what you do, you'll thrive here.
• Transparency - We value honest, transparent communication over politics. We challenge ideas, not people. We say what needs to be said, even when it's hard. This is how we solve problems fast and find the truth.
• Experiment Relentlessly - Many of the problems we face have never been solved before. We tackle them by testing quickly, measuring rigorously, and iterating until we find the path forward. Speed of learning is our advantage.

In addition to our NY office, we have remote employees speaking 10+ languages across the globe. But we invest in bringing our people together both for regional meetups and global offsites (2021 - Playa Del Carmen | 2022 - Rome | 2023 - Buenos Aires | 2024 - Lisbon  | 2025 - Cartagena).

Kalepa’s culture isn’t for everyone, and that’s ok. But for the people who are a fit, they can’t imagine working elsewhere.

About the role:

Base Salary: $135k – $155k*

We’re looking for a talented and versatile Senior Product Designer to join our team and help improve the new experiences of our platform. You’ll play a key role in elevating usability and UI consistency, contributing to our design system, and shaping features used every day by underwriters. You’ll collaborate closely with our Lead Designer, product managers, and engineers to bring polish, clarity, and structure to complex workflows.

What you'll do:

• Collaborate with our Lead Designer, product managers, and engineers to design end-to-end product experiences that balance user needs and business goals.
• Contribute to and evolve our design system, helping ensure consistency and quality across the platform.
• Work on new product areas and features, translating early ideas into clear, usable designs with support from senior teammates.
• Tackle complex, data-heavy workflows and help make them intuitive and clear for our users.
• Iterate quickly, incorporating feedback from users and stakeholders to refine your designs.
• Support design QA and polish for core flows to ensure consistency and implementation quality
• Leverage AI and rapid prototyping tools to speed up ideation, discovery, and iteration.

About you:

• 5+ years of experience designing digital products, ideally for B2B, data-rich, or productivity tools.
• A strong portfolio showcasing your ability to simplify complexity, design thoughtful UIs, and apply clear interaction patterns.
• Comfortable working within and contributing to component libraries or design systems.
• Strong visual design skills and attention to detail—particularly in information hierarchy, interaction, and layout.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills—you’re proactive, responsive, and eager to get feedback.
• Curious and adaptable—you enjoy solving ambiguous problems and growing your skills in the process.

Bonus points for: 

• Experience working with MUI (Material UI) or similar design systems.
• Exposure to AI-driven tools or data visualization.
• InsurTech, FinTech, or other highly-regulated industry experience.
• A technical background or interest in how things are built.

What you’ll get:

• Competitive salary (based on experience level).
• Significant equity options package.
• 401(k) plan with employer match (regardless of employee contribution)
• Excellent benefits: 100% covered medical, 100% covered vision and dental for individuals and families, and others
• Work with an ambitious, smart, global, and fun team to transform a $1T global industry.
• 20 days of PTO a year
• Global team offsites (2021 - Playa del Carmen, 2022 - Rome, 2023 - Buenos Aires, 2024 - Lisbon, 2025 - Cartagena)
• Healthy living/gym stipend. Mobile phone bill stipend.
• Continuing education credits. 

*The salary range listed is an estimate and will vary based on a variety of factors. Final compensation will be determined during the offer stage based on relevant experience, performance during the interview process, and geographic location, and may therefore differ from the posted range. 

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