Designer smiling on a video call with a startup founder from her home office
Designer smiling on a video call with a startup founder from her home office

Design for US startups without relocating

Foundey is a remote UX design studio.

Join from anywhere in the Americas, Europe or Asia.

You’ll work directly with US founders and shape what they build.

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Build international experience

You work with US founders on products they’re still figuring out, from wherever you live.

You work with US founders on products they’re still figuring out, from wherever you live.

The calls you make show up in the product, and in your portfolio.

The calls you make show up in the product, and in your portfolio.

What the work looks like:
• Frame abstract, complex design problems
• Priorities shift as the startup learns
• Founders ask for your opinion, and use it
• A senior designer to mentor your work

Grow your career ↗

San Francisco--:--US founders
São Paulo--:--
Lisbon--:--
Bangalore--:--
Darker dots are where it's night right now

“I learned to be more confident about my own decisions, and to have better product sense”

“I learned to be more confident about my own decisions, and to have better product sense”

“I learned to be more confident about my own decisions, and to have better product sense”

Portrait of a Foundey product designer

Lívia

Product Designer

Get better at designing with AI

You’ll use Claude and Figma on real client products, for research, prototyping and even shipping code.

You’ll learn alongside designers who’ve already worked it out.

Research

Make sense of interviews and data faster

Prototyping

Build working prototypes in code with Claude Code

Shipping

Take a feature all the way to production

Design with AI ↗

Designer working on app screens with an AI assistant open beside the design

Remote, never on your own

You work from wherever you live, and you always have people to turn to.

Every day, you’re part of two teams:
• The client’s, where founders bring you their problems
• The studio’s, where a senior designer mentors you and others share what they’re learning

Life at Foundey ↗

Designer laughing while hugging a grey plush shaped like the Foundey logo
Designers around a table with laptops while a teammate sketches on a whiteboard
Four designers hugging and laughing
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What working here actually looks like

Straight answers to what designers ask us before they join.

Straight answers to what designers ask us before they join.

Will my work actually ship?

Yes, and you help decide what shipsYou design for early-stage startups, where decisions move fast and your work reaches real users.You're part of the founder's team from the first conversation.See the work ↗

Who will I work with?

Founders who listen, and senior designers behind youYou work directly with founders, with a senior designer mentoring you and a studio of designers to learn from.

How fast will I grow?

Every project stretches youEach startup brings a new product, new users and harder calls to make.A senior designer mentors you along the way.As you grow, you can mentor other designers, help shape how the team works and build toward a leadership role.

Will it fit my life?

Stay where you live, overlap with US hoursYou work remotely from the Americas, Europe or Asia, with part of your day overlapping your founder's.
Ruvo app design by Foundey, shown in a case study cover

Will my work actually ship?

Yes, and you help decide what shipsYou design for early-stage startups, where decisions move fast and your work reaches real users.You're part of the founder's team from the first conversation.
Ruvo app design by Foundey, shown in a case study cover

Who will I work with?

Founders who listen, and senior designers behind youYou work directly with founders, with a senior designer mentoring you and a studio of designers to learn from.
Designer laughing on a video call with a startup team

How fast will I grow?

Every project stretches youEach startup brings a new product, new users and harder calls to make.A senior designer mentors you along the way.As you grow, you can mentor other designers, help shape how the team works and build toward a leadership role.
Designer pointing at an app screen during a design review call

Will it fit my life?

Stay where you live, overlap with US hoursYou work remotely from the Americas, Europe or Asia, with part of your day overlapping your founder's.
Designer working on a laptop by a café window

Show us how you think

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