Sr Founding Product Designer

• Own the full product design lifecycle — from early concepts and PRDs through to polished, shipped features used by customers in high-stakes, real-time environments
• Shape how users interact with AI voice agents, translating complex technical workflows into clear, intuitive experiences
• Partner directly with engineers and founders to define, refine, and ship features, ensuring design quality is preserved all the way to production
• Conduct customer interviews and translate real user pain points into thoughtful, effective design solutions
• Proactively identify friction, inconsistencies, and opportunities across the product and drive improvements from idea to launch
• Build and evolve the company's design system, setting standards for consistency and scalability as the product and team grow
• Influence product direction through strong opinions, clear rationale, and taste-driven decisions

• 5+ years of product design experience on shipped products
• Strong user-centered design background — HCI, design, or equivalent
• Excellent product taste with a sharp sense of usability, visual hierarchy, and clarity
• Detail-oriented with a high bar for polish and consistency
• Comfortable operating in a fast-moving, ambiguous startup environment
• Ownership mindset — you prefer end-to-end problem ownership over a narrow design scope
• Bonus: Experience designing developer-facing or technical products

• Salary: $180K – $230K
• Equity: Offered
• Schedule: Full-time, 70 hrs/week (50 onsite + 20 remote, flexible hours)
• Location: Redwood City, CA
• 100% medical, dental, vision coverage
• Unlimited meals and snacks
• Gym, cellphone, internet and commute reimbursement
• Visa sponsorship available (H1B, TN, L-1, E-3, F-1, O-1)
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1. Recruiter intro call (15 min)
2. Portfolio walkthrough and design decision discussion (30 min)
3. Live UX question or brief design exercise — candidate's choice (45 min)
4. Onsite (3 hours): live Figma design exercise + user understanding deep dive

Compensation