Staff Product Designer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 1, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 23, 2026.
About the company
Our client is a venture-backed AI software company rebuilding how go-to-market teams create customer-facing work. Its newly launched agent-first platform is growing at a double-digit weekly rate and is already used by major technology companies. With more than $71 million raised and a compact 20-person team, the company is at a rare point where strong traction meets a wide-open product and design language.
The role and why it matters
This is a founding design seat with direct access to product leadership, founders, and engineering. You will define how an AI-native product feels, how users direct and trust an agent, and what excellent generated work looks like across the customer journey.
What you'll do
- Own the core experience for requesting, shaping, reviewing, editing, and publishing agent-generated work.
- Invent new interaction models for an AI product rather than inheriting a mature design system.
- Set the visual and creative quality bar for both the interface and the agent's output.
- Partner closely with engineering to improve defaults, constraints, evaluations, brand adherence, and feedback loops.
- Shape product strategy with founders and product leadership, then prototype and refine ideas quickly.
- Move fluidly from product architecture and systems thinking to detailed interaction and visual decisions.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- At least 5 years of product design experience with a strong record of shipping products people use.
- A portfolio that demonstrates exceptional visual craft and novel zero-to-one work, not only assembled design-system screens.
- Experience in an early-stage or breakout startup, ideally in B2B SaaS, productivity software, or applied AI.
- Genuine enthusiasm for AI as a design medium and active use of modern AI tools in your work.
- High ownership, sound judgment, urgency, and comfort working directly with founders and engineers.
- Ability and willingness to work in the New York City office five days per week.
Bonus points
- Experience as a founding or sole designer at a venture-backed startup.
- A high-slope career path with rapid progression or recognition from a strong design fellowship.
- Experience designing creative tools, agent workflows, or AI-generated outputs.
Benefits
- $200K-$260K base salary.
- Competitive equity.
- Visa transfers may be considered for candidates who already hold valid U.S. work authorization. New visa sponsorship is not available.
- Full-time, on-site work in New York, NY. The team works together in the Flatiron area five days per week.