Senior Product Designer
About The Position
Lightning AI is seeking a Senior Product Designer to design software for its platform for developing, training, and deploying AI systems. The role spans product, interaction, and visual design, with a focus on creating useful, easy-to-use experiences for researchers, developers, and enterprise teams. The designer will collaborate with product and engineering, work directly with users to conduct research and test ideas, and help move work from proof of concept through release in a fast-paced environment. The designer will join the Design Team and report to the Chief Creative Officer. This is a hybrid role based in the New York City office, with in-office work required two days per week. San Francisco is also an option, though New York City is preferred. The stated annual base salary range is $160,000–$200,000 USD. Eligible roles may also include a discretionary bonus, equity, and comprehensive benefits.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience designing B2C software or technical platforms.
- A strong portfolio demonstrating 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 individual contributors and enterprise AI teams.
- Comfort working with ambiguity and across product maturity levels, from early-stage prototypes to production features.
- Proficiency in Figma and modern design tools.
- Excellent communication skills, including the ability to clearly present design rationale and influence cross-functional teams.
- A mindset of continuous learning, user advocacy, and pragmatic design execution.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in developer tools, AI/ML, or SaaS environments.
- Familiarity with technical concepts such as machine learning, APIs, or cloud infrastructure.
- Front-end coding experience.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with product and engineering teams to shape the user experience, interface, interactions, and visual design of new and existing features.
- Partner in defining product strategy throughout the end-to-end development process.
- Create user journeys, flows, prototypes, and designs, including work that starts from scratch or refines early engineering prototypes and evolving products.
- 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, and bring those insights into product design.
- Use design to eliminate friction and reduce papercuts, helping users onboard and use the platform from day one.
- Advocate for scalable, user-centered design systems and processes that improve design velocity, consistency, and impact.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and eligible dependents.
- Restricted stock units (RSUs).
- 401(k) matching in the U.S. and pension contributions in the U.K.
- Unlimited paid time off, company holidays, and floating holidays.
- Two-week company-wide winter break.
- Paid parental and family leave.
- Annual learning and development allowance.
- Wellness and work-from-home stipends.
- Four weeks of paid sabbatical leave after four years of service.
- Flexible schedules and a hybrid work model for office-based teams.
- Complimentary meals at office hubs.
- Discretionary bonus for eligible roles.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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