# Exceptional Designer

**Company:** [xAI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/xai)
**Location:** Palo Alto, CA
**Role:** Product Design
**Salary:** $180k – $400k/yr
**Skills:** Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, Prototyping Tools, Design Systems, Ai Design Tools, Qualitative Research, Web Design, Mobile Design, User Experience Design
**Posted:** 2026-03-07

> Designs end-to-end consumer product experiences for social platforms and AI interfaces at xAI, collaborating with engineering and product teams. Requires shipped web/mobile features, AI tooling comfort, and strong craft focus.

## Job Description

## You'll Work On
- Designing end-to-end product experiences across social and AI-driven products
- Deeply understanding user needs, behaviors, and emerging use cases
- Rapidly exploring, prototyping, and iterating using both traditional and AI-assisted design tools
- Partnering closely with engineering to ship high-quality, polished experiences
- Using qualitative research, product data, and intuition to guide decisions
- Contributing to shared design systems and product standards

## You'll Thrive If You
- Have shipped meaningful consumer product features on web and/or mobile
- Are comfortable working in fast-moving, ambiguous environments
- Embrace new design and engineering workflows, including AI-assisted tooling
- Care deeply about craft, clarity, and user experience
- Communicate clearly and collaborate well across disciplines
- Have an interest in language models, social systems, or both

## Ideal Experience
- Strong portfolio demonstrating product thinking and execution
- Experience designing consumer-facing products at scale
- Familiarity with modern design and prototyping tools
- Experience working closely with engineers and product partners

## Compensation and Benefits
**Annual Salary Range:** $180,000 – $400,000 USD

Base salary is just one part of our total rewards package, which also includes equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short & long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks.

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