USD 220,000–260,000 per year

Principal Designer

United StatesUnited States·New YorkFull Timelead
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Life insurance is a complex and consequential purchase that impacts hundreds of millions of Americans. With our powerful and integrated digital tools, expert support, and leading insurance products,

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Life insurance is a complex and consequential purchase that impacts hundreds of millions of Americans. With our powerful and integrated digital tools, expert support, and leading insurance products, we empower advisors to better serve their clients, grow their businesses, and bring the future of the industry to life.

We are a high-growth, AI-driven brokerage backed by $35M from top-tier investors, including Thrive Capital (major investors in OpenAI, Stripe, Instagram, Spotify, Slack, and SpaceX), New York Life, and Northwestern Mutual.

Join a passionate team of product-minded technologists and insurance professionals who are at the leading edge of a massive industry. Make a tangible difference in people's lives and help deliver our mission to help everyone protect what matters most through advanced technology and tailored advice.

This is a hands-on, senior individual contributor role. As our only designer, you'll own design across Modern Life's product and brand, set the standards, and direct a bench of specialty contractors. This isn't a people management role to start. For the next 6 to 12 months, the focus is doing the work at a high bar and building the foundation a future design team will grow on.

  • Own design end to end across product, brand, and marketing, from research to shipped work
  • Set the quality bar and design standards, including our Figma library and design system
  • Direct our specialty contractors (brand, illustration, graphic, UI/UX): scoping, briefing, reviewing, and shipping
  • Shape how design partners with product and engineering, including how we run user research
  • Prototype fast with AI-native tools and push how we use them as capabilities evolve
  • Make complex insurance workflows clear and usable for advisors and their clients
  • Influence product and company direction by tying design decisions to business priorities
  • Build the practices a future design team will inherit, and help shape that team as we scale
  • 8+ years of experience in digital product design, ideally including time as a solo designer or on a small team
  • A portfolio that shows both product depth and visual and brand range
  • Experience setting design standards across domains, not just executing within them
  • Comfortable directing contractors and working without a design leader above you
  • Based in NYC and open to working from our SoHo office, in person hybrid 4 days a week
  • Experience with complex B2B, fintech, or insurance workflows
  • Prior design leadership experience and a preference for hands-on IC work
  • Location & Eligibility

    Where is the job
    New York, United States
    On-site at the office
    Who can apply
    US

    About this job

    Pay per year
    $220,000–$260,000 a year
    256% above the $67,500 median for Other jobs on Jobera (139,609 salaries).
    Who can apply
    United States
    Posted
    5 days ago
    Employer
    has 6 open jobs on Jobera.

    Listing Details

    Posted
    November 5, 2026
    First seen
    November 5, 2026
    Last seen
    November 11, 2026

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    Days active
    4
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    0
    Trust Level
    71%
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    November 10, 2026

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    Principal DesignerUSD 220,000–260,000 per year