Product Design Engineer — AI‑Powered Prototyper

outset; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Outset is looking for a Product Designer to shape intuitive, AI-native experiences from idea to prototype. You will work with our Founding Designer, product, and engineering to craft generative product experiences that are both beautiful and functional.

You’ll own end-to-end problems in a fast, AI-enabled team, designing wireframes, high-fidelity visuals, and front-to-back prototypes as needed. Craft and coding fluency are essential.

Qualifications

• Portfolio demonstrating real UX and visual design judgment.
• Experience owning significant product surfaces in startups or SaaS.
• Proficiency with design tools (Figma, Claude Design).
• Excellent storytelling and communication skills.
• Willingness to experiment, iterate, and learn quickly.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Design, Product and Engineering to craft experiences that drive business impact.
• Create wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity visuals; build functional front-to-back prototypes in code when needed.
• Use AI coding tools as a core part of the design process to move from idea to working software.
• Push full-stack code (HTML/CSS/JS, Python or similar) to prototype and sometimes production.
• Collaborate in a real dev environment with git workflows and PR reviews.
• Conduct user research and usability testing to ensure user-centered, data-informed designs.
• Contribute to a consistent, accessible design system.
• Work from our San Francisco office at least 4 days per week, in person with the team.

Skills

UX design

UI design

Prototyping

Full-stack

AI coding

Figma

Communication

Tools

Claude Code

Cursor

Git

HTML/CSS/JS

Python

Job description

Outset is looking for a Product Designer to shape intuitive, AI-native experiences from idea to prototype. You will work with our Founding Designer, product, and engineering to craft generative product experiences that are both beautiful and functional.

You’ll own end-to-end problems in a fast, AI-enabled team, designing wireframes, high-fidelity visuals, and front-to-back prototypes as needed. Craft and coding fluency are essential.