Product Designer

Adapt.com; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Medical/Dental/Vision

Equipment

AI tools access

Lunch & beverages

Job summary

Adapt is seeking its founding designer to own how customers set up and control their agent, shaping product and design as we grow. This in-person role in our Presidio office in San Francisco offers relocation for the right candidate.

You will design across Slack and web, build a design system, work with engineers, and engage with customers to improve shipping experiences. Strong frontend skills and a track record of owning complex systems are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years design experience in AI, developer tools, or enterprise software.
• Portfolio showing complex systems and end-to-end ownership.
• Expertise in Figma and frontend code familiarity.
• Strong interaction and visual design, plus product copy craftsmanship.

Responsibilities

• Design clear experiences across Slack and web for setup, integrations, agent behavior, and control.
• Build a code-backed design system used by engineers and agents by default.
• Collaborate with engineers to ship core flows, product copy, and visuals.
• Talk directly with customers to turn friction into shipped improvements.
• Set the product quality bar and help launch demos and visuals.

Skills

Product design

Frontend code literacy

UI/UX architecture

AI tools familiarity

Tools

Figma

HTML/CSS

React

Job description

About the role

As our founding designer, you'll own how companies set up, use, and control their agent. You'll take work from customer conversations through prototypes, implementation, and launch, shaping both the product and the design function as we grow.

This role is in person at our Presidio office in San Francisco, five days a week. We're open to relocation for the right candidate.

What you'll do

• Design clear experiences across Slack and web for setup, integrations, agent behavior, and control.
• Build a code-backed design system that engineers and coding agents use by default.
• Work with engineers to ship and refine everything from core flows to product copy and visual details.
• Talk directly with customers and turn friction into shipped improvements.
• Set the product quality bar and help bring launches to life through demos and supporting visuals.

About You

• 5+ years of product design experience, ideally in AI, developer tools, infrastructure, or enterprise software.
• A portfolio showing complex systems made understandable and ownership from customer problem to shipped product.
• Expertise in Figma and comfort writing frontend code, including HTML, CSS, and ideally React.
• Strong interaction, visual, and product-copy craft, informed by regular use of frontier AI tools.

Benefits

• Equity in an early-stage company.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, subject to plan terms and eligibility.
• Top-tier equipment and the peripherals you need.
• Access to frontier AI tools and Adapt.
• Daily catered lunch, snacks, and coffee in our Presidio office.

San Francisco base salary is $180,000-$230,000, based on role-related skills and experience. Total compensation also includes equity and benefits.

Adapt is an equal opportunity employer. We consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, disability, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Contact recruiting for reasonable accommodations. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every qualification.