Product Designer
Product.ai, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Searching for truth online is getting harder. AI has given consumers powerful new tools - and exponentially more noise, hallucinations, and fake content to wade through.
When it comes to shopping, the problem is worse. AI tools average what appears online. They average what's optimized for SEO. When getting to the truth matters, searching with AI feels like an infinite loop of noise.
Product.ai is building the infrastructure that connects AI to ground truth. We call it physics. What do people really think about this product? What are the actual physical characteristics of this device? What's the truth about this brand, when you cut through the marketing?
We're not a traditional startup. We're e-commerce veterans who have been building commerce truth systems for over a decade. Multiple successful products. Over a billion dollars in annual transaction volume. Millions of customers served. Founder-owned, profitable, and operationally disciplined. We don't chase shiny trends. We build products and infrastructure that work, using the latest technology and an iterative, kinetic approach to innovation.
Product.ai is the new starting point for shopping. An intelligence that knows you and knows the truth about commerce. An AI that's not just trying to please you, but is obsessed with connecting you to reality. We're in early alpha, building alongside our community of domain experts.
We hire selectively and structure for long-term partnership with our builders through co-ownership, empowered culture, and profit sharing.
We are seeking a
Product Designer
to ship consumer experiences for an AI-native commerce platform. This is not a role where you inherit a design system and optimize conversion funnels. Nobody has designed what a confident "No" looks like in a shopping interface. Nobody has designed the experience of watching an AI agent verify a product claim in real time. You're not optimizing existing surfaces. You're building new ones from first principles. Your prototype skills matter more than your polish skills. Your speed matters more than your process. Your judgment about what users need matters more than what stakeholders want. Santa Monica. What You Will Build
Consumer Product Experience.
The core web experience (smartphones first) with our AI shopping agent at its heart. You'll design how verification signals translate to visual language - how state changes feel, how users navigate between hunt mode and validation mode, how the system communicates confidence versus uncertainty. This is not a standard e-commerce interface. There is no "add to cart" button. The core interaction is asking a question and getting a verified answer. You'll ship it fast and iterate based on real user signal from our Alpha Team. Experience Evolution.
Our consumer surfaces change as we add categories (smartphones today, skincare and running shoes next), add partners, and add features. You'll evolve the experience as the product grows. Same principles, new contexts. You'll know when to extend existing patterns and when to break them - and you'll have the research to defend the decision. A verification interface for smartphones has different information density requirements than one for skincare. You'll design the system that accommodates both without losing coherence. Design Bridge.
Our designs live in two places: our web app (human-facing) and our agent-native surfaces (JSON-LD, MCP protocol - machine-facing). Same UX logic, different substrates. You'll translate designs across these worlds without losing fidelity. When an AI agent consumes our verification data via API, the information architecture you designed still needs to work. This is a new design problem. You won't find it in any portfolio school. AI-Native Pipeline.
You'll prototype with AI as a tool, not a constraint. Figma + AI generation for rapid iteration. Code prototyping for interaction validation. You'll move between tools without losing your taste in the translation. You'll ship 3-5 design iterations in the time a traditional designer ships one, because you use AI to handle the mechanical parts so you can focus on the judgment calls. At Product.ai, design velocity is a competitive advantage. Who You Are
We don't care about your pedigree. We care about your mechanics. You have taste, and you can defend it with evidence.
You can see gaps between what exists and what should. You have opinions about what good design looks like, and those opinions are informed by observing real users - not just following design trends. Your portfolio demonstrates original thinking, not competent execution of established patterns. You've made design decisions that surprised stakeholders and then proved right through user behavior. You ship fast and you learn from what you ship.
You don't wait for perfect. You generate signal by shipping incomplete work, then iterating. You know the difference between polish and strategy - polish can wait, strategy can't. You've shipped a design that was "80% right," measured what happened, and used the data to get to 95%. You understand that the designer who ships three iterations learns more than the designer who perfects one. You're code-aware and technically curious.
You understand how designs live in React, CSS, and responsive contexts. You don't need to code production features, but you think like someone who does. You know which design decisions create engineering nightmares and which ones are trivially implementable. You prototype in code when it proves the interaction faster than a Figma prototype. You've collaborated with engineers who improved your designs through technical constraints, and you appreciated it. You use AI as augmentation, not replacement.
You know when AI accelerates your thinking and when it flattens your taste. You've used AI design tools to generate variations, explore directions, and speed up iteration. You're skeptical enough to recognize when AI output is generic, and practical enough to use it when it saves time on the mechanical parts. You have opinions about which AI design tools actually work and which ones are hype. You have product judgment that goes beyond visual design.
You can distinguish between "stakeholders want this" and "users need this." You push back on decisions that sound good in a meeting but feel wrong in the interface. You've told a product manager or founder that their feature idea was solving the wrong problem, and you proposed an alternative. You care about the user outcome, not the pixel output. You work in public and seek feedback early.
You ship sketches. You share thinking in progress. You get feedback from engineers, PMs, and users before you get attached to a direction. You've had your designs criticized publicly and you handled it by improving the work, not defending the ego. You treat critique as signal, not noise. You've shipped consumer products and you understand what that costs.
You understand the discipline of designing for millions of people. You know what it costs to add a feature and what it costs to remove one. You've experienced the gap between "this tested well in research" and "this works at scale," and you respect that gap. You're not a design director. That's not your job. Your job is shipping designs that users love. Process matters when it serves shipping. Otherwise it's drag. Ownership
We operate as a high-performance studio, not a typical corporation. Every builder at Product.ai is a partner, not an employee collecting a paycheck. Base:
$120,000 - $180,000 . Competitive for the role level. Your base covers your life; your ownership builds your freedom. Equity:
You receive a formal ownership stake via
Profits Interest Units (PIUs)
-
Class B Membership Interests
with a
$0 strike price . Not options. Not RSUs. Actual ownership that participates in the upside from day one and qualifies for
Capital Gains tax treatment . Profit Sharing:
You participate in the company's annual success. As an equity holder, you receive a pro-rata share of
Free Cash Flow (FCF)
- real cash, every year, not a promise tied to a future exit. Liquidity:
We operate an
Annual Tender Offer
where the company buys back vested interests at fair market value. You can turn ownership into cash every year. No waiting for an IPO. No hoping for an acquisition. Benefits:
100% premium coverage for you and your family, daily catered lunches, and unlimited PTO that we actually expect you to use. How to Apply
We skip the 60-minute recruiter screen. Instead, you'll answer a few short video questions so we can get to know how you think and work. Less time than a phone screen, and you can do it whenever works for you. The Process:
Click Apply. Record short video responses to our questions (no prep required - we want to see how you naturally think). Your responses go directly to the hiring team. No ATS. No keyword parsing. We're not looking for polished presentations. We're looking for signal on who you are.
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Product Designer
to ship consumer experiences for an AI-native commerce platform. This is not a role where you inherit a design system and optimize conversion funnels. Nobody has designed what a confident "No" looks like in a shopping interface. Nobody has designed the experience of watching an AI agent verify a product claim in real time. You're not optimizing existing surfaces. You're building new ones from first principles. Your prototype skills matter more than your polish skills. Your speed matters more than your process. Your judgment about what users need matters more than what stakeholders want. Santa Monica. What You Will Build
Consumer Product Experience.
The core web experience (smartphones first) with our AI shopping agent at its heart. You'll design how verification signals translate to visual language - how state changes feel, how users navigate between hunt mode and validation mode, how the system communicates confidence versus uncertainty. This is not a standard e-commerce interface. There is no "add to cart" button. The core interaction is asking a question and getting a verified answer. You'll ship it fast and iterate based on real user signal from our Alpha Team. Experience Evolution.
Our consumer surfaces change as we add categories (smartphones today, skincare and running shoes next), add partners, and add features. You'll evolve the experience as the product grows. Same principles, new contexts. You'll know when to extend existing patterns and when to break them - and you'll have the research to defend the decision. A verification interface for smartphones has different information density requirements than one for skincare. You'll design the system that accommodates both without losing coherence. Design Bridge.
Our designs live in two places: our web app (human-facing) and our agent-native surfaces (JSON-LD, MCP protocol - machine-facing). Same UX logic, different substrates. You'll translate designs across these worlds without losing fidelity. When an AI agent consumes our verification data via API, the information architecture you designed still needs to work. This is a new design problem. You won't find it in any portfolio school. AI-Native Pipeline.
You'll prototype with AI as a tool, not a constraint. Figma + AI generation for rapid iteration. Code prototyping for interaction validation. You'll move between tools without losing your taste in the translation. You'll ship 3-5 design iterations in the time a traditional designer ships one, because you use AI to handle the mechanical parts so you can focus on the judgment calls. At Product.ai, design velocity is a competitive advantage. Who You Are
We don't care about your pedigree. We care about your mechanics. You have taste, and you can defend it with evidence.
You can see gaps between what exists and what should. You have opinions about what good design looks like, and those opinions are informed by observing real users - not just following design trends. Your portfolio demonstrates original thinking, not competent execution of established patterns. You've made design decisions that surprised stakeholders and then proved right through user behavior. You ship fast and you learn from what you ship.
You don't wait for perfect. You generate signal by shipping incomplete work, then iterating. You know the difference between polish and strategy - polish can wait, strategy can't. You've shipped a design that was "80% right," measured what happened, and used the data to get to 95%. You understand that the designer who ships three iterations learns more than the designer who perfects one. You're code-aware and technically curious.
You understand how designs live in React, CSS, and responsive contexts. You don't need to code production features, but you think like someone who does. You know which design decisions create engineering nightmares and which ones are trivially implementable. You prototype in code when it proves the interaction faster than a Figma prototype. You've collaborated with engineers who improved your designs through technical constraints, and you appreciated it. You use AI as augmentation, not replacement.
You know when AI accelerates your thinking and when it flattens your taste. You've used AI design tools to generate variations, explore directions, and speed up iteration. You're skeptical enough to recognize when AI output is generic, and practical enough to use it when it saves time on the mechanical parts. You have opinions about which AI design tools actually work and which ones are hype. You have product judgment that goes beyond visual design.
You can distinguish between "stakeholders want this" and "users need this." You push back on decisions that sound good in a meeting but feel wrong in the interface. You've told a product manager or founder that their feature idea was solving the wrong problem, and you proposed an alternative. You care about the user outcome, not the pixel output. You work in public and seek feedback early.
You ship sketches. You share thinking in progress. You get feedback from engineers, PMs, and users before you get attached to a direction. You've had your designs criticized publicly and you handled it by improving the work, not defending the ego. You treat critique as signal, not noise. You've shipped consumer products and you understand what that costs.
You understand the discipline of designing for millions of people. You know what it costs to add a feature and what it costs to remove one. You've experienced the gap between "this tested well in research" and "this works at scale," and you respect that gap. You're not a design director. That's not your job. Your job is shipping designs that users love. Process matters when it serves shipping. Otherwise it's drag. Ownership
We operate as a high-performance studio, not a typical corporation. Every builder at Product.ai is a partner, not an employee collecting a paycheck. Base:
$120,000 - $180,000 . Competitive for the role level. Your base covers your life; your ownership builds your freedom. Equity:
You receive a formal ownership stake via
Profits Interest Units (PIUs)
-
Class B Membership Interests
with a
$0 strike price . Not options. Not RSUs. Actual ownership that participates in the upside from day one and qualifies for
Capital Gains tax treatment . Profit Sharing:
You participate in the company's annual success. As an equity holder, you receive a pro-rata share of
Free Cash Flow (FCF)
- real cash, every year, not a promise tied to a future exit. Liquidity:
We operate an
Annual Tender Offer
where the company buys back vested interests at fair market value. You can turn ownership into cash every year. No waiting for an IPO. No hoping for an acquisition. Benefits:
100% premium coverage for you and your family, daily catered lunches, and unlimited PTO that we actually expect you to use. How to Apply
We skip the 60-minute recruiter screen. Instead, you'll answer a few short video questions so we can get to know how you think and work. Less time than a phone screen, and you can do it whenever works for you. The Process:
Click Apply. Record short video responses to our questions (no prep required - we want to see how you naturally think). Your responses go directly to the hiring team. No ATS. No keyword parsing. We're not looking for polished presentations. We're looking for signal on who you are.
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