Staff Product Designer, Handshake AI
About The Position
As Staff Product Designer at Handshake AI, you will partner with product, engineering, data, research, and operations to build and extend the tasking experience—the central platform used to shape frontier AI models. You will develop strategic product visions and work with partners to sequence them into pragmatic phases, collaborating closely with the Quality, Coding, RLE, and Fellow Experience teams. You will partner with operations leaders and stay close to operator workflows by running pilots, shadowing users, uncovering pain points, and translating insights into prioritized investments. The role involves tackling complex, ambiguous, human-centered problems and turning them into clear, simple solutions. You will own design end to end, from concept through production, iterating through research, user journeys, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs while maintaining a strong point of view on craft. You will also help raise the bar for design culture and execution through systems thinking, product reasoning, pixel-level precision, facilitation, and mentoring.
Requirements
- 7+ years of product design experience, ideally working on highly complex, interactive products.
- Strong communication skills, including the ability to articulate design decisions, tradeoffs, and reasoning to partners and leadership.
- Deep visual and interaction design expertise, with a proven track record of shipped work and measurable impact.
- Experience designing scalable systems, workflows, or platforms with many moving parts and stakeholders.
- Highly collaborative, valuing diverse perspectives and incorporating them into the design process.
- A design-led approach that embeds design thinking into day-to-day work and helps others grow.
- Impact-driven, with the ability to prioritize ruthlessly and focus on the work that matters most.
- Hands-on approach and willingness to take ownership.
- Motivation by Handshake’s mission; humility, kindness, curiosity, and a desire to keep learning and help others grow.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in model training, conversational AI, or task management systems at a high-growth company.
Responsibilities
- Partner with product, engineering, data, research, and operations to build and extend the tasking experience.
- Develop strategic product visions and collaborate with partners to sequence them into pragmatic phases.
- Collaborate with Quality, Coding, RLE, and Fellow Experience teams.
- Partner with operations leaders and stay close to operator workflows.
- Run pilots, shadow users, uncover pain points, and translate insights into prioritized investments.
- Tackle complex, ambiguous, human-centered problems and translate them into clear, simple solutions.
- Own design end to end, from concept through production, iterating through research, user journeys, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs.
- Raise the bar for design culture and execution through systems thinking, product reasoning, pixel-level precision, facilitation, and mentoring.
Benefits
- Equity in a fast-growing company.
- 401(k) match.
- Competitive compensation.
- Financial coaching.
- Paid parental leave.
- Fertility benefits.
- Parental coaching.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Mental health support.
- $500 wellness stipend.
- $2,000 learning stipend and ongoing development.
- Internet and commuting support.
- Free lunch and gym in the San Francisco office.
- Flexible PTO.
- 15 holidays and 2 flex days.
- Team outings.
- Referral bonuses.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
