Remote – United States | Full-Time | Canals AI
About CanalsCanals is a bootstrapped, profitable startup transforming wholesale distribution—a trillion-dollar industry—with AI. Our platform integrates directly with the systems distributors already use, automating tedious workflows and eliminating failure points in the movement of physical goods around the world.
We’re a 55-person, fully remote team—including 40 engineers—distributed across North and South America. We’re operating at millions in ARR, scaling rapidly, and doing it all without outside funding.
The OpportunityWe’re expanding our design team to help shape how distributors interact with AI-driven tools that simplify their daily work. As a Product Designer at Canals, you’ll turn complex supply chain processes into intuitive, elegant user experiences. You’ll collaborate closely with engineering, product, and customer teams to define problems, prototype solutions, and bring thoughtful design to life across our platform.
This role is perfect for someone who thrives in small teams, loves shipping fast, and cares deeply about usability and clarity in product design.
What You’ll DoOwn the end-to-end design process for core features—from discovery and user flows to polished UI.
Partner with engineers and PMs to define problems, explore solutions, and ship improvements quickly.
Translate complex data and workflows into simple, clear, and accessible interfaces.
Contribute to and evolve our design system, ensuring consistency and scalability.
Conduct user research, interviews, and usability testing to inform design decisions.
Balance hands-on design work with high-level product thinking and iteration.
Advocate for design excellence, empathy, and usability across the company.
3–6 years of experience designing web-based software products (SaaS experience preferred).
Strong portfolio demonstrating UX strategy, visual design craft, and shipped features.
Expertise in Figma and comfort designing responsive web experiences.
Ability to translate business and user needs into practical, elegant solutions.
Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate in a remote, async environment.
Experience working in startups or small teams is a plus.
Bootstrapped & profitable: long-term stability without VC pivots or distractions.
Massive impact: your designs directly shape how global supply chains run.
Strong engineering & product culture: fast-moving, collaborative, quality-driven.
Remote-first & flexible: work from anywhere in the U.S., on your schedule.
Tons of customer love: we’re growing because our product genuinely changes how distributors work.
Top Skills
What We Do
Canals automates sales order entry, accounts payable, and purchasing workflows with the most accurate AI for distribution.
Speed up quoting, stay on top of order updates, pay smarter and win more business, all by eliminating the manual work that slows your employees down. Plus, unlock time for more strategic work like strengthening customer service and supplier relationships.
With pre-built ERP integrations and minimal setup, you can get up-and-running – and see immediate value – without taking up IT resources. As your teams use it, our AI models learn and adapt to your business, preserving tribal knowledge and getting more and more accurate.
Canals has revolutionized the day-to-day of sales and accounting teams at forward-thinking distributors, including United Electric, R.S. Hughes, and Puget Sound Pipe & Supply. Let’s chat about how you can use AI-powered automation to gain a competitive edge too.
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