Founding Product Designer

<h3>About the Role</h3><p style="min-height:1.5em">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.</p><h3>What You'll Do</h3><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Partner with product and executive stakeholders to define strategy and translate it into clear product direction.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Turn ambiguous concepts into requirements, user flows, interaction models, and interface designs.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Design experiences across desktop applications, web dashboards, notifications, and AI outputs.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Prototype rapidly in Figma and interactive tools, then validate concepts with users.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Collaborate with engineers to ensure designs are feasible, performant, and scalable.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Build reusable components, design patterns, and documentation as the product evolves.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Define metrics and collect data to evaluate design effectiveness.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Conduct lightweight user research, usability testing, and feedback sessions with operators.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Communicate product opportunities and contribute to design critiques, mentorship, and knowledge sharing.</p></li></ul><h3>What We're Looking For</h3><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">At least 3 years of experience designing UX and UI for software products of similar scale and complexity.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Strong visual and interaction design skills, with fluency in Figma and prototyping tools.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience independently leading design from discovery through launch while balancing user needs, technical constraints, and business goals.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Structured communication skills and experience grounding decisions in user research and rationale.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience using metrics and data to assess design effectiveness, and creating reusable design systems and documentation.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Background designing information tools, operational workflows, or systems, with familiarity in AI products, agentic experiences, or emerging technology patterns.</p></li></ul><h3>Compensation &amp; Benefits</h3><p style="min-height:1.5em">Annual base salary: $150,000 to $170,000.</p><h3>Location</h3><p style="min-height:1.5em">Hybrid, based in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.</p>