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Full‑time, in‑person role based in San Francisco (Presidio); work from the office 5 days a week. Must be based in the Bay Area or willing to relocate before starting. Requires U.S. work authorization; open to O‑1 visa sponsorship for truly exceptional candidates.

About The Role

We're looking for a Product Designer to reimagine how humans collaborate with AI. You'll design interfaces that make collaborating with AI and building AI assistants feel as intuitive as having a conversation with a friend, colleague, or employee. This role requires someone who can navigate extreme complexity while maintaining a focus on delight and the user experience. You'll work directly with our engineers to create design patterns that don't exist yet, shaping how millions will build and collaborate with AI.

Heads‑up: this role is intended for designers with 5+ years of experience who are already operating at a Senior, Staff, or Principal level.

What You'll Be Doing

• Design end‑to‑end user flows for AI agent creation, from natural language input to deployment
• Work platform agnostically – comfortable on mobile interfaces, desktop, and responsive web
• Develop interaction patterns for real‑time feedback where the assistant comes alive in the experience, surfacing the right plumbing unobtrusively
• Build and maintain our design system, ensuring consistency across rapidly evolving product surfaces
• Prototype novel interfaces using real AI models to validate design decisions with actual system behavior and users
• Partner with engineering to ensure designs perform beautifully at scale
• Conduct user research to uncover unmet needs and opportunities
• Design for progressive disclosure, revealing complexity only when users need it
• Create motion and micro‑interactions that make synchronous and asynchronous AI processes feel responsive
• Influence product strategy by identifying opportunities through design exploration

You Should Probably

• Have designed complex products that achieved usability and adoption goals
• Show deep understanding of information and interaction architecture for multi‑platform systems
• Have expertise in interaction design, including keyboard‑first interfaces
• Bring strong visual design skills with proven ability to create cohesive, scalable design systems
• Excel at prototyping, from paper sketches to high‑fidelity interactive demos (bonus: the closer to code the better)
• Understand interface development concepts and limitations for mobile and web to design feasible solutions
• Navigate ambiguity comfortably, creating structure from undefined problem spaces
• Communicate design rationale effectively to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders
• Balance user needs with technical constraints without compromising on quality
• Show evidence of shipping that pushed the boundaries of what's possible
• Demonstrate systems thinking and ability to see connections others miss

If You Have

• Built products using LLMs or other AI technologies as a designer or builder
• Digital native who leverages AI as a creative partner – using generative models and AI tools as a real competitive advantage in your workflow
• Thrives in an AI‑native environment where pushing boundaries with these tools is part of the daily practice
• Motion design skills for creating fluid, responsive interfaces
• Code proficiency enabling you to build functional prototypes or contribute to implementation
• Experience with design engineering, bridging design and development workflows
• Track record of designing for uncertainty and evolving system capabilities
• Background in conversational UI or natural language interfaces
• Published writing or talks about product design
• Experience designing for both technical and non‑technical users in the same product

Seniority level

• Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

• Full‑time

Job function

• Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology
• Technology, Information and Internet industries

San Francisco, CA $105,000.00‑$250,000.00