At Fonoa, we are transforming how digital-first companies stay tax compliant. We provide simple and modular API solutions that easily integrate into any existing workflow. Through our technology-first approach, we reduce manual processes, increase compliance and reduce the cost of operations when transacting and scaling internationally.
We are solving one of the largest yet unsolved problems in global e-commerce. Our tax automation software enables companies such as Uber, Zoom & Booking.com to expand their international offerings more quickly and remain tax-compliant.
Role Description
We're looking for a Staff Product Designer to help shape the future of Fonoa's AI-native Tax Operating System. You'll design new AI-powered products and experiences, simplify complex tax workflows, and help define the future of our platform.
You'll join an independent Design organization, working alongside a high-caliber team of designers, product managers, engineers, and tax managers. As one of our senior individual contributors, you'll have the opportunity to shape our products, influence a brand new design system from the ground up, and raise the quality bar across everything we build.
This is a hands-on Staff IC role reporting to the Head of Design, with a strong focus on systems thinking, craft, and execution.
What you'll do
Shape the next generation of Fonoa. Design new AI-powered products and experiences that become core parts of our Tax Operating System.
Own products end to end. Lead the design process from problem framing and research through interaction design, visual craft, prototyping, and launch.
Simplify complexity. Turn sophisticated tax, regulatory, and AI workflows into intuitive experiences that customers trust.
Think in systems. Design scalable foundations, contribute to our new design system, and create patterns that enable future products.
Partner across disciplines. Work closely with Product, Engineering, AI, Tax, and User Research to shape product direction, not just execute requirements.
Raise the quality bar. Champion exceptional craft, attention to detail, and thoughtful execution across everything we build.
What we're looking for
Exceptional product craft. You care deeply about interaction design, visual quality, motion, and the details that make products feel effortless.
Strong systems thinking. You can design both individual experiences and the larger product architecture behind them.
Experience building design systems. You've created or significantly evolved systems that scale across products and teams.
Complex product experience. You've designed sophisticated B2B, enterprise, fintech, developer, or infrastructure products where simplifying complexity was central to your work.
AI curiosity. You're excited about designing AI-native experiences that solve real customer problems, not just adding AI for its own sake.
A strong portfolio. Your work demonstrates end-to-end ownership, clear thinking, and measurable impact, not just polished visuals.
Collaborative mindset. You communicate clearly, challenge ideas thoughtfully, and enjoy working closely with cross-functional teams.
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Skills Required
- Exceptional product craft (interaction design, visual quality, motion)
- Strong systems thinking
- Experience building design systems
- Experience designing complex B2B, enterprise, fintech, developer, or infrastructure products
- Experience designing AI-native experiences
- Strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end ownership and measurable impact
- Collaborative mindset and clear communication across cross-functional teams
- Ability to simplify sophisticated tax, regulatory, and AI workflows into intuitive experiences
Fonoa Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Fonoa and has not been reviewed or approved by Fonoa.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity is included as a core element of pay, framed as a “stake in the company,” signaling meaningful ownership access for employees. This positions total compensation beyond cash alone.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous paid time off is explicitly offered as part of the package, emphasizing the ability to rest and recharge. This contributes to a more balanced total rewards mix.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Home‑office allowance, regular team connection activities, and company offsites are highlighted as ongoing lifestyle and community perks. These elements support remote work effectiveness and team cohesion.
Fonoa Insights
What We Do
Fonoa is a global tax automation and compliance solution provider that helps companies streamline the entire transactional chain. We empower digital businesses to easily handle tax compliance with solutions like tax calculations, invoicing, tax ID validations and more – all from one platform. With Fonoa, your company can: - Instantly validate tax ID numbers from 95+ countries - Report transactions in accordance with local tax law, including DAC7 - Apply the correct indirect and withholding tax treatment to each transaction - Issue custom-branded tax invoices in locally compliant languages and formats - Automatically populate tax returns ready for filing - Maintain compliance at scale See why companies like Zoom, Uber, Booking, and Remote.com trust Fonoa to automate and manage their global tax obligations.
Why Work With Us
Fonoa is redefining tax compliance infrastructure for the AI era - API-first, end-to-end, and built from the ground up while competitors patch legacy systems. With customers like Uber, NVIDIA, and Meta, product-market fit is proven. At Series C with 250 people and a growing US team, it's early enough to shape something, late enough to matter.
