Quick overview
Job description
About the Role
As the founding product designer at an early-stage AI data company, you will own the end-to-end experience for a contributor platform supporting audio data annotation and AI model development. You will work closely with the founding team and engineers to make complex tasks clear and intuitive for a broad consumer audience.
What You'll Do
Identify usability problems, design solutions, and ship product improvements directly to production.
Create flows and interfaces that help contributors understand task requirements and complete work successfully.
Translate new project requirements into clear experiences in partnership with the founding team and engineers.
Build and evolve the product's design system, reusable components, and visual language.
Use AI coding tools and the existing frontend infrastructure to implement and ship your UI changes.
Prototype rapidly, observe user behavior, and iterate, including testing meaningfully different design approaches.
Improve product craft and consistency across loading and empty states, responsive layouts, copy, and edge cases.
What We're Looking For
One to two years of product or UX design experience, including internships, or equivalent strong experience.
Consumer product design experience and the ability to create intuitive experiences beyond dashboard-focused work.
Experience shipping frontend or UI changes to production, not just handing off designs.
Familiarity with React, TypeScript, HTML, and CSS, plus AI coding tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, or Codex.
Strong design taste, high iteration speed, and comfort with experimentation and A/B testing.
Startup experience is valuable, particularly at an early-stage or AI-focused company.
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary: $130,000 to $160,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.
Location
On-site in San Mateo, California.