AI Platform Product Designer: Shape Next‑Gen ML Tools

Lightning AI; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Discretionary bonus

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Lightning AI in New York City is seeking a senior product designer to shape the machine learning platform and user experience. You will collaborate with product and engineering to turn concepts into end‑to‑end flows, prototypes, and shipped features.

This hybrid role requires in-office presence 2 days per week, with NYC as the preferred location and consideration for San Francisco. The base salary ranges from $160,000 to $200,000 USD, plus discretionary bonus, equity, and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience designing B2C software or technical platforms, preferably in developer tools, AI/ML, or SaaS environments
• Strong portfolio showing end-to-end product thinking across UX, interaction, and visual design
• Experience collaborating with product managers, engineers, and researchers to iterate quickly
• Curiosity about open-source AI ecosystem and needs of contributors and enterprise teams
• Comfort working in ambiguity across multiple product maturity levels
• Proficiency in Figma and modern design tools

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product and engineering to shape user experience, interface, interactions, and visual design of features
• Craft user journeys, flows, prototypes, and designs from scratch or by refining prototypes
• Identify design opportunities and drive continuous improvement aligned with business and user needs
• Engage with open-source AI community and enterprise researchers to understand real-world workflows
• Eliminate friction and reduce papercuts to onboard and use the platform from day one
• Advocate for scalable, user-centered design systems and faster design velocity

Skills

UX design

Visual design

Prototyping

Figma

Cross-functional collaboration

Open-source ecosystem understanding

Tools

Figma

Modern design tools

Job description

Lightning AI in New York City is seeking a senior product designer to shape the machine learning platform and user experience. You will collaborate with product and engineering to turn concepts into end‑to‑end flows, prototypes, and shipped features.

This hybrid role requires in-office presence 2 days per week, with NYC as the preferred location and consideration for San Francisco. The base salary ranges from $160,000 to $200,000 USD, plus discretionary bonus, equity, and comprehensive benefits.