Product Designer/Senior Product Designer

Matterworks

Product Designer/Sr. Product Designer creating user experiences for scientific applications at Matterworks.

Posted 5/7/2026part-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Shape how scientists interact with Pyxis, our application layer for foundation models of biochemical data.
Produce dozens of design explorations through sketching, Figma, and coded prototypes in tools like Claude and v0.
Bring final work to a high bar of polish in typography, hierarchy, and interaction.
Turn recurring patterns into components that compose across the web app, MCP, and agentic surfaces.
Stay close to scientists through user interviews, customer calls, and session replay reviews.
Work with PM, engineers, and scientists to align on user needs and tradeoffs.

Requirements

What you’ll need

A portfolio that demonstrates end-to-end ownership of complex product surfaces alongside systems thinking (reusable patterns, components, or design primitives). Please include a portfolio link with your application.
Genuine love for the craft of design. You sweat the details because you can't help yourself, study products you admire, and find joy in the work itself.
Strong self-direction. You can take a brief, run with it independently, and come back with credible progress without close supervision.
Experience designing data-dense interfaces (tables, plots, dashboards).
Curiosity about scientific domains. You don't need a biology background, but you should be excited to learn about mass spectrometry, omics, and the workflows of lab scientists.
Comfort pairing with engineers through implementation, not just at handoff.
Comfort with ambiguity and a bias for shipping. You'd rather get something in front of users in a day and iterate than design in isolation for a week.
Fluency in Figma, rapid-prototyping tools (Claude, v0, Cursor, or similar), and clear written communication.
Experience designing AI-powered, agentic, or model-driven products is a plus, especially work that spans multiple surfaces or modalities.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive base salary
Stock options
Health & dental insurance
Long- and short-term disability
Life insurance
401k with company match
Flexible work & unlimited time away policy
Commuter benefits and parking
Regular team meals and outings
Company support for continued education/coursework and conference participation

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Hard Skills & Tools

design explorationssystems thinkingdata-dense interfacesuser interviewscustomer callssession replay reviewsAI-powered productsmodel-driven productsinteraction designtypography

Soft Skills

self-directioncuriositycomfort with ambiguitybias for shippingattention to detailindependent workcollaborationcommunicationuser-centered designiterative design