Wayfaster – From Vision to MVP for a $3M Hiring Tech Startup
Dawid Jankowski
Wayfaster: 0 → 1 Product Design for a $3M Backed Recruitment Startup
Client: Wayfaster
Stage: Pre-seed ($3M raised)
Industry: Recruitment Tech · AI SaaS
Role: Lead Product Designer
Scope: 0 → 1 Product Design, Design System
Timeline: 1 year support | 150+ screens | First designs in 72h
Wayfaster is a recruitment platform that helps early-stage startups hire top technical talent faster - powered by AI. Designed for founders and lean teams, the tool replaces tedious screening, writing job descriptions, and filtering through noisy applications.
When the Wayfaster team reached out, they had the vision, investor support, and first users lined up - but needed a product designer to turn it all into a seamless MVP fast.
In less than 72 hours, we kicked off core flows. Within 6 weeks, we delivered a complete 0 → 1 product: a clean, AI-powered hiring assistant, a scalable design system, and a lightweight platform that helped Wayfaster land their first paying users.
candidate profile
💡 The Challenge
Founders & recruiters often spend weeks hiring their first candidates. Wayfaster’s goal was to remove this pain - combining AI-generated job posts, auto-ranking of applicants, and fast communication into one tool.
But they needed:
A modern, credible UX that builds trust from the first click
A system simple enough for non-recruiters
A modular design system to build on fast
Candidates dashboard
candidates analytics
🛠 What I Delivered
I led product design across all surfaces of the MVP, including:
AI job description builder with editable prompts
Application dashboard that auto-ranks talent based on skills + fit
Lightweight candidate view with comment threads, status, and notes
Clean onboarding flow that highlights AI value early
Component-based design system built for future velocity
Responsive, dev-ready Figma files shipped fast
Weekly design check-ins with founders for tight iteration cycles
🔍 Highlight – The “AI Matching” Flow
We introduced a smart matching interface that shows the top 3 candidates per role based on experience, tech stack, and soft traits - drastically reducing founder time-to-hire.
Founders could skip the inbox chaos and get straight to top intros.
create interview screen
⚡ Impact
$3M raised from investors
Product MVP shipped in 6 weeks, from idea to polished frontend
Reduced founder hiring workload by 70% through AI flows
✅ Services Provided
0 → 1 Product Design
UX Strategy & AI Flow Design
Component Design System
Developer Collaboration & QA
ready for interview screen
find good candidate marketplace
candidate quick details
Built something similar in AI or hiring tech? Or just getting started?
I’d love to help you turn vision into a clean, working product — fast.
💬 Drop me a DM or visit dejvdesign.com
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Posted Jul 8, 2025
Wayfaster is a hiring platform backed by $3M in funding, built to simplify how startups find and manage talent. From vision to a powerful matching system
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May 1, 2024 - May 1, 2025
