Founding Product Designer

ABOUT THE ROLE As the founding product designer at an early-stage AI company, you will work closely with executive and product partners to shape product strategy and build end-to-end experiences. You will help establish the design practice and systems as the product grows across desktop applications, web dashboards, and AI-driven interfaces. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Partner with product and executive stakeholders to define strategy and translate it into clear product direction. - Turn ambiguous concepts into requirements, user flows, interaction models, and interface designs. - Design experiences across desktop applications, web dashboards, notifications, and AI outputs. - Prototype rapidly in Figma and interactive tools, then validate concepts with users. - Collaborate with engineers to ensure designs are feasible, performant, and scalable. - Build reusable components, design patterns, and documentation as the product evolves. - Define metrics and collect data to evaluate design effectiveness. - Conduct lightweight user research, usability testing, and feedback sessions with operators. - Communicate product opportunities and contribute to design critiques, mentorship, and knowledge sharing. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - At least 3 years of experience designing UX and UI for software products of similar scale and complexity. - Strong visual and interaction design skills, with fluency in Figma and prototyping tools. - Experience independently leading design from discovery through launch while balancing user needs, technical constraints, and business goals. - Structured communication skills and experience grounding decisions in user research and rationale. - Experience using metrics and data to assess design effectiveness, and creating reusable design systems and documentation. - Background designing information tools, operational workflows, or systems, with familiarity in AI products, agentic experiences, or emerging technology patterns. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS Annual base salary: $150,000 to $170,000. LOCATION Hybrid, based in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.