Founding Product Designer/Engineer

Wwshemi; New York (NY); On-site; USD 160,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Wwshemi in New York, NY is building an early-stage AI software team. You will be the founding product designer and engineer, owning the product experience from concept to production and crafting interfaces that help operators understand and work effectively with AI agents.

You will collaborate with customers, iterate on prototypes, and work with backend engineers to ship product experiences to production, using React and TypeScript in a hands-on frontend role.

Qualifications

• 4+ years designing and shipping products at startups.
• Portfolio showing end-to-end product work from idea to production.
• Experience owning user flows and interface decisions with business logic.
• Production experience with React and TypeScript.
• Interest in AI-powered products and agent interactions.

Responsibilities

• Take ideas from sketches through user flows, frontend implementation, and production.
• Design interfaces to simplify complex operator workflows.
• Explore interaction patterns to make AI agents understandable and trustworthy.
• Create reusable components and design system patterns.
• Collaborate with customers to test prototypes and iterate based on feedback.
• Partner with backend engineers to bring product experiences into production.

Skills

Product design

UI/UX craft

Systems thinking

Initiative

Portfolio-driven

Tools

React

TypeScript

Job description

About the Role

Join an early-stage AI software team as its founding product designer and engineer. You will own the product experience from early concepts through production, creating intuitive interfaces that help operators understand and work effectively with AI agents.

What You’ll Do

• Take ideas from sketches through user flows, frontend implementation, and production.
• Design and build interfaces that make complex operator workflows easier to understand and use.
• Explore interaction patterns that make AI agents understandable, useful, and trustworthy.
• Create reusable components and design system patterns that help the team ship consistently.
• Work directly with customers, test prototypes, and iterate based on their feedback.
• Partner with backend engineers to bring product experiences into production.

What We’re Looking For

• At least 4 years of experience designing and building products at fast-growing startups, or exceptional early-career work that demonstrates strong product judgment and shipping ability.
• A portfolio or personal website showing product work you personally took from idea to production, including your design decisions and shipped interfaces.
• Experience owning user flows and interface decisions, with the ability to explain the business logic behind the workflows you design.
• Strong UI and UX craft, systems thinking, initiative, and a track record of balancing speed with quality.
• Production experience with React and TypeScript, plus experience working directly with customers and incorporating their feedback.
• Interest in AI-powered products, with experience designing agent interactions, reusable components, design systems, or B2B workflow and operations tools.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary: $160,000 to $220,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

On-site in New York, New York, United States.