Principal, Agentic Product Design Engineer
About The Position
Alteryx is seeking a Principal, Agentic Product Design Engineer to transform how products are designed and built through AI-assisted workflows, intelligent tooling, and agentic systems. This role is embedded within the Design System team and operates at the intersection of product development, user experience, and AI. The engineer will create shared capabilities to help teams accelerate their work, improve decision-making, and deliver more intelligent experiences. The primary focus is on identifying high-leverage opportunities for AI to enhance the workflows of Product, Design, and Engineering teams, and then developing scalable systems, tools, and patterns for organizational adoption. Collaboration with Product, Design, Engineering, Research, and Operations teams is key to identifying areas where agentic systems can significantly improve product design, development, delivery, and usage. This may involve building internal tools, workflow automations, prototyping new LLM-powered interaction models, or redefining the boundaries between product UX, developer experience, and organizational processes. Within the first 6-12 months, the expectation is to deliver several high-leverage AI initiatives, establish a roadmap for AI-enabled product development, create reusable patterns and tooling, and influence the organization's approach to designing, building, and shipping AI-powered experiences.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering, design engineering, design systems, creative technology, UX engineering, or related fields
- Strong frontend engineering skills with modern web technologies and application architecture
- Experience building AI-powered applications using LLM APIs and orchestration frameworks
- Demonstrated ability to prototype quickly and think in systems
- Strong understanding of interaction design, product thinking, and user experience principles
- Experience building developer platforms, internal tools, or workflow systems
- Ability to navigate ambiguity and operate effectively in 0-to-1 environments
- Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
- A systems-oriented mindset with strong product intuition
Nice To Haves
- Experience with agent frameworks, retrieval systems, MCP servers, or multi-agent orchestration
- Experience integrating AI into product development workflows
- Familiarity with design systems and component architecture
- Experience with evaluation pipelines, prompt engineering, or AI observability tooling
- Background in computational design, creative tooling, or generative interfaces
- Experience leading organizational transformation initiatives
Responsibilities
- Define the Future of AI-Enabled Product Development: Partner with Product, Design, Engineering, and Marketing teams to identify and prioritize high-leverage opportunities where AI can improve workflows, customer experiences, and the delivery of product value.
- Help shape the organization's strategy for AI-assisted workflows, intelligent tooling, and AI-powered user experiences.
- Influence roadmaps, investment decisions, and operating models that support AI adoption across teams.
- Build Shared AI Capabilities and Infrastructure: Create reusable infrastructure, frameworks, APIs, and tooling that enable teams to build AI-powered experiences consistently and efficiently.
- Develop internal platforms and workflows that augment product development with AI capabilities.
- Establish scalable foundations that help teams move from experimentation to adoption.
- Evolve Experience Systems for the AI Era: Partner with design system engineers and designers to define patterns, standards, and interaction models for AI-powered experiences.
- Ensure AI experiences remain coherent, accessible, trustworthy, and usable across products.
- Explore how agents, copilots, and adaptive interfaces can become reusable capabilities across the product ecosystem.
- Prototype and Validate Emerging Concepts: Build prototypes and proof-of-concepts that explore new interaction models, intelligent workflows, and agent-driven experiences.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and approaches, including LLMs, agent frameworks, retrieval systems, orchestration tools, and evaluation methods.
- Use experimentation to inform long-term platform and product strategy.
- Translate successful prototypes into production-ready capabilities, partnering with teams to deliver real improvements to products, workflows, and user experiences.
- Identify and implement high-impact enhancements across design system tooling, AI-enabled workflows, and product experiences, balancing long-term platform investments with immediate user and developer needs.
- Enable Teams and Drive Adoption: Mentor engineers and designers working at the intersection of UX, systems thinking, and AI.
- Establish best practices for responsible AI development, governance, and human-in-the-loop systems.
- Help teams adopt new tools, workflows, and capabilities through coaching, collaboration, and shared standards.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 401(k) with company match
- Paid parental leave, caregiver leave, and flexible time off
- Mental health support and wellness reimbursement
- Career development and education assistance
- A monthly Connectivity Plus stipend of $150 to support remote work-related expenses
- An annual $200 home office reimbursement
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
Education Level
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