Founding Product Designer/Engineer
clera · New York · remote
ABOUT THE ROLE
Join an early-stage AI software team as its founding product designer and engineer. You will own the product experience from early concepts through production, creating intuitive interfaces that help operators understand and work effectively with AI agents.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Take ideas from sketches through user flows, frontend implementation, and production.
- Design and build interfaces that make complex operator workflows easier to understand and use.
- Explore interaction patterns that make AI agents understandable, useful, and trustworthy.
- Create reusable components and design system patterns that help the team ship consistently.
- Work directly with customers, test prototypes, and iterate based on their feedback.
- Partner with backend engineers to bring product experiences into production.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
- At least 4 years of experience designing and building products at fast-growing startups, or exceptional early-career work that demonstrates strong product judgment and shipping ability.
- A portfolio or personal website showing product work you personally took from idea to production, including your design decisions and shipped interfaces.
- Experience owning user flows and interface decisions, with the ability to explain the business logic behind the workflows you design.
- Strong UI and UX craft, systems thinking, initiative, and a track record of balancing speed with quality.
- Production experience with React and TypeScript, plus experience working directly with customers and incorporating their feedback.
- Interest in AI-powered products, with experience designing agent interactions, reusable components, design systems, or B2B workflow and operations tools.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
Base salary: $160,000 to $220,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.
LOCATION
On-site in New York, New York, United States.