# Senior Product Designer

**Company:** [Lightning AI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/lightning-ai)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Role:** Product Design
**Salary:** $160k – $200k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Figma, UX Design, UI Design, Interaction Design, Prototyping, Design Systems, Product Strategy, AI/ML, SaaS, Developer Tools
**Posted:** 2026-07-17

> Senior Product Designer collaborating with product and engineering teams to craft user journeys, prototypes, and interfaces for an AI platform. Requires 5+ years designing technical/B2C products, strong portfolio, Figma proficiency, and familiarity with AI/ML concepts.

## Job Description

## What You’ll Do

- Collaborate with product and engineering teams to shape the user experience, interface, interactions, and visual design of new and existing features. Act as a key design partner in defining product strategy throughout the end-to-end development process.
- Craft user journeys, flows, prototypes, and designs—sometimes starting from scratch, other times by refining early engineering prototypes or providing design enhancements and guidance as products evolve.
- Proactively 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—bringing those insights directly into the product design process.
- Discover creative ways to eliminate friction and reduce papercuts through design, making it easier for users to onboard and utilize our platform from day one.
- Advocate for scalable, user-centered design systems and processes that improve design velocity, consistency, and impact across the product.

## What You’ll Need

- 5+ years of experience designing B2C software or technical platforms, preferably in developer tools, AI/ML, or SaaS environments
- Strong portfolio showcasing 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 both individual contributors and enterprise AI teams
- Comfort working in ambiguity and across multiple product maturity levels—from early-stage prototypes to production features
- Proficiency in Figma and modern design tools
- Familiarity with technical concepts like machine learning, APIs, or cloud infrastructure (not required, but a plus)
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present design rationale clearly and influence cross-functional teams
- A mindset of continuous learning, user advocacy, and pragmatic design execution
- Experience coding front-end is not required but a big plus!

The anticipated annual base salary range for this role is $160,000–$200,000 USD.

**Benefits and Perks**

- Comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage (U.S.)
- Retirement and financial wellness support (U.S.)
- Generous paid time off, plus holidays
- Paid parental leave
- Professional development support
- Wellness and work-from-home stipends
- Flexible work environment

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