Staff AI Product Designer @ Klarity (Full time)

Academy•San Francisco, CA

27d•Onsite

About The Position

Klarity is seeking a Staff AI Product Designer who bridges the gap between product design and frontend engineering. This role is for a designer first, with the technical skills and AI tools to bring designs to life in production code. The designer will define and build the look and feel of AI-native workflows, aiming to make complex enterprise tools as intuitive as consumer applications. The company values design portfolios, systems thinking, and a track record of shipping over formal degrees.

Requirements

Product designer with a strong visual and interaction foundation.
Experience designing complex software products.
Proficiency in design tools and systems thinking (Figma, design systems, component libraries, interaction patterns).
Ability to think in systems and understand how components form cohesive experiences at scale.
Experience using AI coding assistants (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Replit) to translate concepts into working prototypes.
Obsession with micro-interactions, transitions, spacing, color, and accessibility.
Understanding of the unique challenges of building with LLMs, including designing for non-determinism and creating intuitive UX patterns for cutting-edge AI.
User-centered and outcome-driven approach, grounding design decisions in research and feedback.
Ability to own the end-to-end experience from sketch to ship.
Ability to advocate for users while balancing business and technical constraints.

Nice To Haves

Learned to code or are actively learning to code to ship designs without relying on a backlog.

Responsibilities

Own the primary user-facing features, defining the visual language, interaction patterns, and user flows for core product features, and shipping them to production.
Build and evolve the design system, creating reusable component libraries compatible with both Figma and code.
Establish patterns for layouts, interactions, and visual hierarchy for team leverage, ensuring platform consistency and flexibility.
Bridge AI capabilities with intuitive experiences by partnering with product and engineering to design interfaces that simplify complex AI functionalities.