SF-Based Product Designer | AI & Full-Stack Prototyping

Outset; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Outset, an AI-powered research platform, is seeking a Product Designer to shape generative product experiences from idea to prototype. You will partner with the founding designer, product, and engineering to craft intuitive, elegant interfaces that feel like magic while embracing AI-assisted coding and prototyping workflows.

This role requires owning problems end-to-end in a fast, AI-native team, working in a real dev environment with git, and shipping in code when needed.

Qualifications

• Experience designing digital products in startup or SaaS environments with ownership of significant product surfaces.
• A portfolio showing real UX and visual design judgment, not just polish.
• Proficiency with design tools (Figma, Claude Design, etc.).
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills - able to present design decisions clearly and succinctly.
• A growth mindset and willingness to experiment, iterate, and learn quickly.
• Demonstrated ability to write and ship full-stack code (HTML/CSS/JS and Python)
• Hands-on fluency with AI coding assistants (Claude Code, Cursor) as day-to-day tools.
• Comfort operating in a dev environment (git, terminal, local builds) and reviewing code with engineers.
• Experience collaborating in agile, cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Design, Product and Engineering to craft experiences that drive business impact.
• Create wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity visuals for new and existing features - and build functional, front-to-back prototypes in code when that's the fastest path to a real answer.
• Use AI coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, or similar) as a core part of your design process - not an occasional accelerant, but the way you move from idea to working software.
• Push full-stack code (HTML/CSS/JS, Python or similar) confidently enough to prototype, iterate, and occasionally ship to production.
• Operate comfortably in a real dev environment: git workflows, local setup, reading PRs, and collaborating closely with engineers.
• Conduct user research and usability testing to ensure designs are user-centered and data-informed.
• Contribute to a consistent, accessible design system.
• Work from our San Francisco office at least 4 days per week, collaborating in person with design, product, and engineering.

Skills

Digital product design

Design craft

Figma

Claude Design

Communication

Growth mindset

Full-stack coding

AI coding tools

Dev workflow

Agile teamwork

Tools

Figma

Claude Design

Claude Code

Job description

Outset, an AI-powered research platform, is seeking a Product Designer to shape generative product experiences from idea to prototype. You will partner with the founding designer, product, and engineering to craft intuitive, elegant interfaces that feel like magic while embracing AI-assisted coding and prototyping workflows.

This role requires owning problems end-to-end in a fast, AI-native team, working in a real dev environment with git, and shipping in code when needed.