Product Designer
Santé
New York, NY · $120k–$160k a year · Posted September 30, 2026
No experience needed. The posting says: “Any (new grads ok)”
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Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $140,000 a year. Across 92 open product designer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $130,000 to $225,000 and the median is $175,500. That is inside the middle half of those listings, 20% below the median.
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About the job
Santé
All-in-one POS for liquor stores
Product Designer $120K - $160K • New York, NY, US Job type Full-time Role Design, Product design Experience Any (new grads ok) Visa US citizen/visa only
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Darren Fike
Founder
Darren Fike
Founder
About the role
Product Designer
About Santé
Santé is the #1 operating system for local retailers.
Our platform runs the entire store — point of sale, integrated payments, eCommerce, inventory management, delivery-app integrations, marketing, bookkeeping, and AI Agents — so the owners of liquor, grocery, and convenience stores can compete like the big chains without losing what makes them local.
We're building a future where the corner liquor store has better technology than the national retailer: one place for selling to customers everywhere with AI agents that spots slow-moving inventory and creates the promotion to move it. Every feature we ship lands in real stores the same week, and the feedback loop is fast and direct.
Just two years into the business, Santé is delivering meaningful growth for hundreds of local retailers across the US:
Cutting payroll costs by $35k - $50k with agents that handle admin work for store owners
Increasing revenue by 10-15% with eCommerce and marketing agents that drive sales
Everyone on our team is the domain expert on the problems they’re responsible for solving. We’re also curious about what living in the future means, and we are committed to bringing it to our customers. We challenge current assumptions and explore new workflows. We believe that this is the only way to create a generational company that lasts a century.
About the Role
We’re looking for someone with world-class taste and product sense to join us as our first product design hire.
We need help bringing intuitive interfaces to both desktop and mobile for our vast product. We move fast and ship daily. Many of your designs will be in production the next morning.
You will touch the checkout screen, reports, tables, settings page, mobile app, onboarding, eCommerce, AI flows, and agentic interfaces. You’ll help build our design guidelines on both Figma and in code. You’ll help us turn our existing designs into delightful experiences our customers will love.
Color, hierarchy, and form should come naturally to you, and so does an intuition for how people behave. You know why you like something and why you don't. You notice when something feels off and recognize beautiful designs in the everyday world. You push your convictions, but you’re humble enough to explore and iterate on ideas when you’re uncertain.
We believe that these are qualities and work culture that will help us build a world class product.
We’re excited to learn together and make something wonderful with you.
In this role, you will
Listen to customers and internalize their root problem, figuring out what they’re actually trying to do
Design intuitive, simple, and delightful interfaces that solve the root problems
Explore new ways customers will work alongside AI agents
Prototype desktop and mobile designs with Claude/Codex and Figma
Collaborate directly with engineering to determine scope for all user-facing work
Build our design guidelines
Define a cohesive visual identity across our product as well as GTM assets
Who You Are
Humble
Very high bar
Obsessive about your craft
Have experience designing and building your own ideas
Can prototype with Codex, Claude Code, Conductor, etc. and Figma
Compensation
$120,000 - $160,000 + Meaningful Equity
This range reflects the expected compensation for this role. Compensation within the range is determined based on experience, skills, and scope of responsibilities. In addition to base salary, we offer meaningful early-stage equity — this team's work is the foundation the company compounds on.
Benefits
Company-sponsored benefits
401(k)
Nightly team dinners
About the interview
Coffee chat with Christian (Product) — 30 mins
Coffee chat with Darren (CEO) — 30 mins
In-person whiteboarding session + meet team — 90 mins
About Santé
Modern POS for Liquor Stores