Senior Product Designer

webAI; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health, dental, vision benefits

401(k) match

Equity options

Health & Wellness stipend

Continuing Education support

Function Health subscription

Free parking

Flexible Time Off

Parental leave

Life insurance

Job summary

webAI is seeking a Senior Product Designer to act as an architect of our flagship application, defining product direction, setting the design standard, and driving impact across the team.

You’ll own end‑to‑end design work, from early concept through release, partnering with engineers, researchers, and product to turn complex AI ideas into simple, human experiences, elevating craft and guiding others through critique and collaboration. This role reports into the Director of Design.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in UX or product design with craft focus
• Attention to typography, spacing, motion, interaction
• Strong UX judgment: flows, edge cases, systems thinking
• Track record leading complex cross-functional projects
• Ability to bring designs to life with AI-assisted tools
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills
• Influence product direction beyond own work
• Portfolio available for review included in resume

Responsibilities

• Lead design direction across major product initiatives from framing to shipping
• Serve as design lead across the full product development cycle
• Partner with and influence engineering, product, and research
• Establish and evolve design patterns and principles
• Prototype, validate with users, and ship production-ready work with AI tools
• Provide critique to sharpen thinking and enable others
• Navigate complex, ambiguous problems across functions
• Bring emerging AI/ML tech into work in useful ways

Skills

Years of experience

Design craft

UX judgment

Leadership

AI-assisted design

Communication

Portfolio review

Figma

Tools

Figma

Job description

About Us

webAI is pioneering the future of artificial intelligence by establishing the first distributed AI infrastructure dedicated to personalized AI. We recognize the evolving demands of a data-driven society for scalability and flexibility, and we firmly believe that the future of AI lies in distributed processing at the edge, bringing computation closer to the source of data generation. Our mission is to build a future where a company's valuable data and intellectual property remain entirely private, enabling the deployment of large-scale AI models directly on standard consumer hardware without compromising the information embedded within those models. We are developing an end-to-end platform that is secure, scalable, and fully under the control of our users, empowering enterprises with AI that understands their unique business. We are a team driven by truth, ownership, tenacity, and humility, and we seek individuals who resonate with these core values and are passionate about shaping the next generation of AI.

About the Role

As a Senior Product Designer, you'll operate as an architect, shaping product direction, setting the design standard, and driving impact across our flagship application. You'll be a go-to voice on the team: the designer others seek out for perspective, guidance, and creative problem-solving.

Craft is everything on this role. You sweat the small details, the spacing, the motion, the feel of an interaction, because that's where quality lives and where good work separates from great. You pair that obsession with sharp UX judgment, designing experiences that are as intuitive as they are polished.

You'll work fluidly from early-stage concept through final implementation, partnering with engineers, designers, researchers, and product to turn genuinely complex AI concepts into experiences that feel simple, considered, and human. Here, designers own their work end to end, from concept through what ships, supported by modern AI-assisted tools. Your influence will be felt not just in what you design, but in how the team designs, raising the bar through your judgement, your critique, and your ability to bring people along.

The ideal candidate has strong opinions, holds them loosely, and communicates with precision and clarity. They're as comfortable presenting to leadership as they are rolling up their sleeves in a design review. They move through ambiguity without losing momentum, and they make the people around them better.

This role reports into the Director of Design.

Responsibilities

• Lead design direction across major product initiatives, from early problem framing through shipping
• Serve as a design lead across the full product development cycle, owning product surfaces end to end
• Partner with and influence engineering, product, and research beyond your immediate scope
• Establish and evolve the design patterns and principles that elevate the team's product work
• Bring your designs to life: prototype, validate with users, and ship production-ready work with the support of AI-assisted tools
• Lead through critique, giving feedback that sharpens thinking, not just execution, and creating space for others to do their best work
• Navigate and resolve complex, ambiguous problems that cross functional boundaries
• Bring emerging technology (AI, ML, conversational interfaces) into the work in ways that are genuinely useful, not just novel

Qualifications

• 7+ years in UX or product design, with a portfolio that demonstrates exceptional craft, attention to detail, and strategic impact
• Relentless attention to the details that make an experience feel right: typography, spacing, hierarchy, motion, and interaction feel
• Strong UX judgment: flows, states, edge cases, and systems thinking, not just visuals
• A track record of leading complex, cross-functional projects from concept to launch with minimal oversight
• Comfortable bringing your own designs to life with AI-assisted tools, or eager to learn. We're an AI-native team where designers own their work through to what ships
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, able to articulate design rationale to any audience, from engineers to executives
• Demonstrated ability to influence product direction beyond your direct work
• Updated portfolio of design work available for review (please include on resume)

Preferred Skills

• Deep familiarity with emerging technologies: AI/ML, LLMs, conversational UI
• Experience designing for technical, developer-facing, or data-rich products
• Experience mentoring designers and contributing to team craft standards
• Expertise in prototyping, motion, or data visualization
• Proficiency in Figma

Core Values

• Truth - Emphasizing transparency and honesty in every interaction and decision.
• Ownership - Taking full responsibility for one's actions and decisions, demonstrating commitment to the success of our clients.
• Tenacity - Persisting in the face of challenges and setbacks, continually striving for excellence and improvement.
• Humility - Maintaining a respectful and learning-oriented mindset, acknowledging the strengths and contributions of others.

Benefits

We strive to provide competitive benefits to all employees. The benefits listed in this posting generally apply to U.S.-based employees. For employees hired outside the United States, benefits may vary based on local law, country-specific requirements, and the employment platform or entity through which the employee is hired.

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits package
• 401(k) match
• Equity options
• $200/month Health & Wellness stipend
• Continuing Education support
• $500/year Function Health subscription
• Free parking for in-office employees
• Flexible Time Off (FTO)
• Parental leave for eligible employees
• Supplemental life insurance

webAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We adhere to these principles in all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training, compensation, promotion, benefits, social and recreational programs, and discipline. In addition, it is the policy of webAI to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified employees who have protected disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances where a particular employee works.