Product Designer

About ClearGov

Our mission is to create easy-to-use software to help local governments plan budget and report better. ClearGov is a rapidly growing SaaS company that offers a complete planning budgeting and financial reporting suite that enables local governments to plan build and present their financials more efficiently and effectively. Were a mission-driven company that envisions a world where modern software enables every local government to best serve and improve its community.

Our software is utilized nationwide by more than 1700 towns cities school districts and other local agencies who are part of the ClearGov community and were adding more every day. Weve been named to the GovTech 100 for eight years running. ClearGov also earned a place on the Inc. 5000 list of Americas Fastest Growing Companies for five consecutive years:and 2025.

The ClearGov team is a talented group of folks who are passionate about our mission and committed to building a positive productive company culture. We believe in a work-hard/play-hard environment and every day we strive to get better at our work all while being considerate trustworthy and transparent in everything we do.

Core Values

• Be Clear: We strive to be open in all that we do because we believe that transparency is the foundation upon which all meaningful relationships are built.
• Be Trustworthy: We always act with integrity and keep our word because we believe that honest people are authentic consistent and dependable and that those traits form the cornerstone for success and well-being.
• Be Considerate: We are mindful about the impact that our comments and actions will have on others because we want to build a compassionate inclusive environment that nurtures all individuals and communities.
• Be Positive: We believe that the first step in getting something done is believing that it can be done because we know that positive energy brings enthusiasm excitement and empowerment to the team.
• Be Better: We constantly ask ourselves How can we do this better because we know that our families colleagues investors and customers depend on the results we deliver every day.
• Be Fierce: We seek to have bold conversations that interrogate reality and provoke learning to help us tackle our toughest challenges and enrich relationships.
• Be Fun: We value the lighter side of life because we believe that balance laughter and enjoying every moment fuel the soul.
  

About the Opportunity
Were looking for a Product Designer with a passion for learning a kind heart a positive attitude and a great sense of humor to join our growing team. The Product Designer will work alongside our Design Director fellow Senior Designers and collaborate with a dedicated Product Manager partner. Youll have the opportunity to grow your skills while contributing to a mature design system and helping shape the future of government financial software.

The Product Designer will be a key player on an incredible team as we execute our mission to help local governments and school districts take the next step from good to great.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own UX/UI decisions for the Financial Applications product area from initial concept through shipped experience.
• Use Figma to establish keyframe designs and interface concepts that serve as the foundation for building in Cursor.
• Work directly in Cursor using agent planning and ask modes to refine interactions polish UI details and iterate on the experience.
• Connect Figma and Cursor via the Figma MCP to keep design context intact as you move between environments.
• Collaborate closely with engineers who are also working in Cursor building a shared understanding of both the vision and the implementation.
• Use Claude and other AI tools throughout your process for planning discovery ideation and iteration and bring a thoughtful perspective on whats working and what isnt.
• Make accessibility and usability quality checks a natural part of your workflow not an afterthought.
• Contribute to the design teams shared learning around new workflows tooling and approaches.
• Contribute to our design system ensuring that variables tokens and components stay well-structured and useful in both Figma and code.

Critical Skills/Experience:

Were looking for a designer who is as excited about where this is all going as they are about doing the work today. Youre a great fit if this sounds like you:

• Youve moved past Figma-only design. You understand Figmas role in your process but youre not dependent on it to make design decisions. Youre comfortable refining experiences closer to the code.
• Youre genuinely engaging with AI design tools. Youve used Cursor Claude or similar tools in your actual work and you can speak to what worked what didnt and what youre still figuring out.
• You embrace ambiguity as part of the job. This space is new. The tooling will keep changing. The right person is energized by figuring things out not destabilized by it.
• You move fast and make decisions. You work well in small teams where velocity matters and youre confident making UX calls even when you dont have all the answers.
• You communicate clearly with engineers. You understand that the engineer makes the final code commit and you know how to stay in the loop advocate for the experience and trust your teammates.
• You have a meticulous eye for detail. Design quality matters to you not just at the keyframe stage but through to what ships.
• Youre curious and humble. You ask good questions share what youre learning and dont need to have all the answers to be effective.

Bonus Points

• You understand Figma variables design tokens and how they connect to design systems in code.
• Youve been embedded on a product team (as opposed to a centralized design org).
• You have experience with complex B2B or enterprise SaaS products.

The Ideal ClearGov Candidate:

• Self-motivated self-starter with a zeal to win
• Great communicator; strong oral and written skills
• Ability to think creatively and innovatively
• Hands-on problem solver who enjoys cracking difficult nuts
• Quick study able to pick up and apply new concepts in a hurry
• Track record of achievement
• Enjoys working on and helping to build outstanding teams
• Demonstrates an entrepreneurial spirit and gets stuff done
• A sense of humor and dont take themselves too seriously

Why Join Us:

• Flexible hybrid work
• Chance to make a meaningful impact on government and school district transparency and accountability
• Opportunity to work in a fast-paced fun and collaborative environment
• Competitive salary and benefits package (see below)
• Professional growth opportunities

Compensation:

• In the spirit of transparency we are excited to share the base salary for this position is $90000 - $110000 CAD and exclusive of fringe benefits or potential bonuses. If you are hired at ClearGov your final base salary compensation will be determined by factors such as skills interview performance education and/or addition to those factors we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as a part of any final offer. Please keep in mind that the range mentioned above is the full base salary for the role. Hiring beyond the base range would not be typical in order to allow for future & continued salary growth. We also offer a generous compensation and benefits package (more information on benefits listed below).

Benefits:

• Competitive Salary
• Quality Medical Dental and Vision Insurance Plans
• Life Insurance
• RRSP Matching
• Personal Time Off Policy
• Company-Paid Holidays Observed
• Annual Holiday Dimming of the Lights (aka: reduced work hours)
• Parental Leave
• Employee Referral Bonus

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ClearGov is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse inclusive and respectful workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind and make employment decisions without regard to race color ancestry ethnicity nationality or national origin citizenship sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression religion or creed age disability genetic information pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions marital or family status veteran or military status Indigenous status record of offenses (where legally protected) or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal state provincial or local laws in the United States and Canada.

ClearGov is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities in accordance with applicable U.S. and Canadian laws. If you require an accommodation during any part of the hiring process please let us know.

At ClearGov we value diverse perspectives and believe they strengthen our ability to achieve our mission of helping local governments work better.

Required Experience:

Manager

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1
Yearly Salary Salary: 90000 - 110000