Senior Product Designer — ML Platform (Hybrid NYC)

Lightning AI; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Health Coverage

Meaningful Equity

401(k) matching

Unlimited PTO

Two weeks winter break

Parental & Family Leave

Professional Development

Wellness stipend

Sabbatical program

Hybrid work model

In-Office Meals

Job summary

Lightning AI seeks a senior product designer to craft end-to-end product experiences for a fast-paced AI platform. You will collaborate across product and engineering to bring user flows to life, test ideas with users, and iterate from proof of concept to release.

The role is hybrid with NYC focus and a salary range of $160,000–$200,000, plus equity and benefits. You will join the design team reporting to the Chief Creative Officer, shaping strategy and ensuring scalable design systems while

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience designing B2C software or technical platforms.
• Strong portfolio showcasing end-to-end product thinking across UX, interaction, and visual design.
• Experience working with product managers, engineers, and researchers to iterate quickly and ship thoughtfully.
• Curiosity and initiative in engaging with the open source AI ecosystem, and a desire to understand the needs of both individual contributors and enterprise AI teams.
• Comfort working in ambiguity and across multiple product maturity levels—from early-stage prototypes to production features.
• Proficiency in Figma and modern design tools.
• Familiarity with technical concepts like machine learning, APIs, or cloud infrastructure (not required, but a plus).
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present design rationale clearly and influence cross-functional teams.
• A mindset of continuous learning, user advocacy, and pragmatic design execution.
• Experience coding front-end is not required but a big plus!

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to shape the user experience, interface, interactions, and visual design of new and existing features. Act as a key design partner in defining product strategy throughout the end-to-end development process.
• Craft user journeys, flows, prototypes, and designs—sometimes starting from scratch, other times by refining early engineering prototypes or providing design enhancements and guidance as products evolve.
• Proactively identify design opportunities and drive continuous improvement based on business objectives, user requirements, and customer requests.
• Engage with the open source AI community and enterprise AI researchers and builders to understand real-world needs, workflows, and challenges—bringing those insights directly into the product design process.
• Discover creative ways to eliminate friction and reduce papercuts through design, making it easier for users to onboard and utilize our platform from day one.
• Advocate for scalable, user-centered design systems and processes that improve design velocity, consistency, and impact across the product.

Skills

Product design

UX design

Cross-functional collaboration

Design systems

Communication

Open source collaboration

Tools

Figma

Job description

Lightning AI seeks a senior product designer to craft end-to-end product experiences for a fast-paced AI platform. You will collaborate across product and engineering to bring user flows to life, test ideas with users, and iterate from proof of concept to release.

The role is hybrid with NYC focus and a salary range of $160,000–$200,000, plus equity and benefits. You will join the design team reporting to the Chief Creative Officer, shaping strategy and ensuring scalable design systems while