Founding Product Designer

Sentra

Founding Product Designer at AI startup creating UX/UI for complex software products. Collaborating with CEO and product team to define product direction and visual design strategies.

Posted 4/23/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $150,000 - $200,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Work directly with CEO on overall strategy and decision-making about product direction
Work with the product team to take ambiguous product ideas and turn them into clear requirements, flows, interactions, and design interfaces.
Create flows, interactions, and designs for multi-surface products: desktop app, web dashboard, notifications, AI outputs, etc.
Rapidly prototype ideas (Figma, interactive mocks) to test with customers
Create and iterate on flows, prototypes, and high-fidelity visuals, as well as provide thoughtful feedback for others doing the same so you can all do your best work
Collaborate with engineers to ensure designs are buildable, performant, and scalable
Create reusable components, patterns, and documentation as the product scales
Collaboratively define metrics and data points to collect and measure design effectiveness
Run lightweight user research, usability tests, and feedback loops with real operators
Help deliver and refine clear storytelling around product needs and opportunities
Contribute to our design org’s culture by participating in design critiques, mentoring peers, and sharing best practices across teams

Requirements

What you’ll need

3+ years of work or equivalent experience designing UX and UI for a software product of similar scale and complexity
Great attention to detail and a strong eye for visual craft, such as composition, typography, and layout of modern AI products
Fluency in interaction design and prototyping in Figma and related tools, to express and refine nuanced design decisions
A track record of independently driving design processes from discovery through launch—balancing user needs, technical constraints, and business goals
The ability to guide decision-making with structured thinking, clearly articulated rationale, and user-centered research
Experience with data-driven decision making in the design process, defining metrics and data points to evaluate and measure design effectiveness

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary and equity
Free meals on in-office days
UberEats credits
Health insurance coverage (medical, dental, and vision)
Equinox and other fitness/wellness memberships
Transportation stipend
Flexible time off

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Hard Skills & Tools

UX designUI designinteraction designprototypingvisual designuser researchusability testingdata-driven decision makingdesign metricscomponent documentation

Soft Skills

attention to detailstructured thinkingcollaborationmentoringstorytellingfeedbackcommunicationproblem-solvingcreativitycritical thinking