# Forward Deployed Product Designer

**Company:** [Scale AI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/scale-ai)
**Location:** New York, NY, Washington, DC
**Role:** Product Design
**Salary:** $210k – $270k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Product Design, Wireframing, Prototyping, dashboard design, Data Visualization, mapping interfaces, front-end development, Interaction Design, Design Systems, AI/ML, b2b products, Enterprise Software
**Posted:** 2026-08-14

> Owns end-to-end product design for complex, data-dense government and defense workflows, partnering directly with Product, customers, and engineers. The role requires 10–15 years of experience, strong enterprise design expertise, client-facing presence, and comfort working in code and high-ambiguity environments.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end design—from ambiguous, undefined requirements through wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, and interactive prototypes—for customer-facing government and defense product experiences.
- Partner directly with Product as a peer from the earliest stages of a project.
- Work forward-deployed and on-site with customers, building direct relationships and confidently socializing design decisions with stakeholders.
- Design complex, data-dense workflows, including dashboards, mapping interfaces, alerting systems, and analytical reporting tools.
- Work directly in code alongside engineers to help build and refine the shipped experience.
- Contribute design assets and interaction patterns to the broader platform.
- Help calibrate and grow the design team through portfolio reviews and interviews.
- Navigate high ambiguity and help define customer requirements.

## Qualifications
- 10–15 years of experience across a range of design settings and problem types.
- Experience owning end-to-end B2B or enterprise product experiences at a senior or staff level.
- Comfort working with high ambiguity and evolving requirements in early-stage government and enterprise engagements.
- Experience designing complex workflow UIs, dashboards, or data-heavy and mapping interfaces.
- Strong client-facing presence, with confidence presenting to and winning over senior stakeholders in person.
- Working understanding of front-end development and implementable design handoffs; comfort collaborating directly with engineers on code.
- Willingness to travel regularly to customer sites.

## Nice-to-haves
- Experience in a client-facing role presenting directly to senior stakeholders.
- Exposure to AI/ML tools and fluency using AI in a design workflow.
- Experience contributing to a design system or shared interaction patterns across products or teams.

## Compensation and Benefits
- ATS salary range: $210,000–$270,000 USD.
- Benefits include comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage; retirement benefits; a learning and development stipend; generous PTO; and potentially a commuter stipend.
- Eligible roles may include equity compensation.

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