Mudflap serves the $800B trucking industry, one of the most essential, underserved, and overlooked sectors in the country. We’re building products that solve real, everyday problems for the small business owners who keep America moving. Our design philosophy is simple: we don’t expect users to adapt to our product, we design products that adapt to our users.

As a Senior Product Designer at Mudflap, you’ll design mobile experiences that solve real problems for an underserved community and meaningfully improve the daily lives of small business operators. You’ll join a lean, agile team where designers shape product direction, bring clarity to complex workflows, and craft intuitive native iOS and Android experiences.

You’ll own end-to-end design work, from research through polished execution, while leveraging emerging AI tools, partnering closely with Product and Engineering, and growing your influence in a fast-moving environment.

If you’re motivated by meaningful problems and want to design products that truly make a difference, this role is for you.

Work Location:
This role involves a hybrid work approach, balancing in-office collaboration at our Palo Alto, CA location with the ability to work remotely.

To support our team, we offer:
• Commuter benefits to ease your travel
• Lunches and snacks to keep you fueled
• A collaborative, high-growth environment where you’ll work closely with talented teammates across the company

Expectations (In this role, you will):

Design for Real Impact
• Develop a deep, empathetic understanding of truck drivers and fleet managers, and design solutions that simplify their day-to-day tasks and reduce real-world complexity.

Solve the Right Problems
• Lead discovery and early exploration to ensure initiatives address the highest-value opportunities, define thoughtful MVPs, validate quickly, and champion our commitment to user-first solutions.

Shape Mobile Product Experiences
• Influence the strategy and evolution of Mudflap’s native iOS and Android apps, designing intuitive, cohesive workflows that make our product indispensable.

Own End-to-End Design Execution
• Drive the full design process, from research and flows to prototyping, UI design, and QA, delivering high-quality work in a fast, iterative environment.

Collaborate Across the Company
• Work closely with Product, Engineering, Marketing, and fellow designers to bring ideas to life, align on priorities, and ship impactful product improvements.

Elevate Our Design Systems & Tools
• Contribute to the evolution of our design system, patterns, and libraries, and bring emerging tools, including AI, into the workflow to accelerate quality and delivery.

Experience (What we look for):
• At least 7+ years of experience in Product Design and B2B or B2C web applications and mobile applications
• Comfortable with conducting user research and interviews
• Experience in a hyper-growth environment, with the ability to work independently and deliver high-quality work efficiently
• Advanced skills in Figma for Design Systems and prototyping
• Thinks big picture about Design’s impact on business strategy and metrics

Perks and Benefits (What we offer):
• Competitive salary and equity in a high-growth startup
• Multiple health benefit options
• Responsible Time Off
• 401(k) matching
• Opportunities and support for major career growth
• Annual Company offsite event (Mudfest!)

The salary range for this role is $185,000 - $215,000.
This information reflects a base salary range for this position based on current market data, which may be subject to change as new market data becomes available. The candidate's skills, experience, and other relevant factors will determine the exact compensation.

Company Overview (Who we are):
Mudflap is on a mission to transform the trucking and logistics industry by leveling the playing field for owner operators and small fleets. Backed by top-tier venture investors, including QED, Matrix Partners, Commerce Ventures, NFX, and 500 Startups and included in the Forbes Fintech 50 list, Mudflap offers fleet fuel management solutions. Our core team hails from Disney, Uber, Procore, DoorDash, Google, Meta, Capital One, Affirm and Brex.

Here are the core values that we believe in and look for in new teammates:
• Be Customer Obsessed: We deeply understand customer needs and put our customers at the center of everything we do
• Make it Count: Act like an owner by focusing on the impact of your work
• Find a Way: Be a creative problem solver who pushes past roadblocks to win for our customers and our teammates
• Sweat the Details: We keep our standards high and achieve them by paying attention to every detail
• Be Curious: Use a growth mindset to question assumptions, take calculated risks and stretch the boundaries of what’s possible