Lead Product Designer

Urban Ridge Supplies; New York (NY); On-site; USD 165,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, vision, and dental benefits

Company-sponsored 401(k)

Unlimited PTO and sick time

Early stage equity

Job summary

Sandbar, an interface company in New York City, seeks a Lead Product Designer for Stream, overseeing visual, AI, and interaction design across the user experience. You will collaborate with software engineers, ML engineers, and founders to shape a new computer and its myriad interactions.

The role calls for broad vision, meticulous attention to detail, and a blend of human-centered design with technical fluency. Prior design systems and iOS shipping experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience developing design systems spanning multiple platforms.
• Experience shipping iOS-based apps is required.
• Demonstrated passion and enthusiasm for large language models.
• Experience with novel form factors, inputs, audio, or vision are a plus.
• Experience in non-software design disciplines such as architecture or industrial design is a plus.
• Portfolio of prior work is required.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end product design spanning visual, AI, and interaction design
• Ideate, prototype, and evaluate novel software features
• Work closely with engineers and product to scope and implement new experiences

Skills

Design systems

iOS apps

LLMs enthusiasm

Novel form factors

Architecture/Industrial design

Portfolio

Job description

About Sandbar

Sandbar is an interface company in New York City. We aim to augment individuals so we can each think, act, and move more freely. Our team has built SW, ML, and HW products across Meta, CTRL-labs, Google, Apple, Fitbit, Peloton, and Equinox. Our first product, Stream, is a self extension—a private voice ring and conversational interface. Stream has been featured in WSJ, Bloomberg, & Wired, and begins shipping in Summer '26. Join us in creating technology that extends human thinking.

An Open Letter: Design @ Sandbar

About

We’re looking for a Lead Product Designer for Stream, a new conversational interface. This role touches every aspect of our end-user experience—including UI/UX, multimodal interactions, agentic control, information representation, personality, and more. You’ll work closely with software engineers, machine learning engineers, and founders to lead the design of a new computer. This role is perfect for someone with wide vision and minute attention to detail, who is humanistic and technical, who is experienced and yet continually ready to start over.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end product design spanning visual, AI, and interaction design
• Ideate, prototype, and evaluate novel software features
• Work closely with engineers and product to scope and implement new experiences

Qualifications

• Experience developing design systems spanning multiple platforms
• Experience shipping iOS-based apps is required
• Demonstrated passion and enthusiasm for large language models
• Experience with novel form factors, inputs, audio, or vision are a plus
• Experience in non-software design disciplines such as architecture or industrial design is a plus
• Portfolio of prior work is required

FTE Benefits

• Health, vision, and dental benefits
• Company-sponsored 401(k)
• Unlimited PTO and sick time
• Early stage equity

Compensation Range: $165K - $230K