Founding Product Designer

About us

At Slingshot, our mission is clear: use AI to make mental healthcare accessible to everyone.
In a world where the demand for mental health support exceeds the supply by 10,000:1, we're committed to bridging this gap. We're developing AI-enabled tools and a conversational app that empowers individuals to receive the mental health help they need, when they need it.

We’re building a talented team and empowering them with the autonomy, resources, and flexibility to create solutions that truly make a difference. If you’re passionate about tackling one of the world’s biggest challenges and want to be part of something impactful, we’d love to hear from you. We are a multidisciplinary team of engineers, content designers, and mental health experts building across the stack from machine learning to interface design.

The Role

We’re looking for a talented Product Designer to help us craft intuitive, engaging experiences that push our product to the next level. You’ll play a crucial role in shaping our user experience – transforming ideas into features that engage and delight users daily. As the first designer, you’ll help shape the product and company strategy. We’ve got a strong foundation, but there is so much opportunity to build a truly world class product, and bring magic into everything that we do.

What you’ll do:

• Develop and explore design directions quickly, helping us discover the most impactful solutions to focus on.
• Define new feature areas and flows with excellent attention to detail and polish, maintaining a high bar for quality and consistency across the user experience.
• Lead the charge on improving key areas like our conversational UX and app navigation, bringing clarity and delight to the user journey.
• Collaborate closely with product and engineering to turn concepts into polished, high-quality flows.
• Use data and user insights to inform design decisions, translating feedback into real-world improvements. 
• Contribute to refining experiences outside of the app – landing pages, emails, and other touch points to ensure a cohesive brand experience.

Who you are:

• You have 5+ years of experience as a product designer, ideally focusing on mobile apps designed for daily use.
• You build prototypes quickly - and show off ideas visually. You play around with new frameworks often, and truly love building things.
• You have a strong portfolio showcasing user-centric design thinking, polished UI craft, and innovative interaction paradigms
• A true generalist, you're skilled in UX, UI, problem-solving, and user research.
• You've thrived in fast-paced environments, whether at an early-stage startup or a scaling company, and you’re excited by the challenge of building from the ground up.
• You love working as part of a cross-functional team, bringing others along for the ride, and know how to balance design ambition with business needs.
• You’re confident in your ideas, but humble in your approach—collaboration is key, and you know how to navigate the give-and-take of product development.
• Ideally, you’re based in NYC and love working together in person.

Why you should join us:

• We’re a team of missionaries working on an important cause with the potential for profound social impact.
• We are building interfaces that haven’t been done before (conversational UX is new!) - this is an opportunity to build totally new paradigms.
• We’re well capitalized ($40M raised) from a16z and top SV investors
• Huge opportunities for growth but also ownership and autonomy.
• Opportunity to be part of the only qualified team in this space.
• Competitive equity & ownership in the company.

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.