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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Staff-level Product Designer - **Company:** Altruist Corp - **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $175,000.0 - $225,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** JavaScript (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Software Design Patterns, Interaction Design, Productivity Software, TypeScript, User-Centered Design, ReactJS, Material UI, Front End Software Development - **Published:** September 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/founding-product-designer-hazel-ai-altruist-2-7711616 ## About the Role * 5+ years of experience in product design, with a focus on complex, multi-step workflows and end-to-end ownership from discovery through launch. * Strong interaction design fundamentals and a track record of shipping real products-not just concepts or prototypes. * A systems-level mindset for how features connect across a broad, complex product surface, and how those pieces should feel cohesive within one agent experience. * High craft bar and strong taste in interaction, UX writing, and visual hierarchy, with the portfolio to back it up. * Comfort designing in ambiguous problem spaces with evolving constraints and rapidly changing AI capabilities. * Product judgment beyond the pixels: ability to reason about scope and impact of design on the business. Bonus points if you bring * Ability to prototype and build in code (e.g., HTML/CSS/JavaScript/TypeScript, React, or similar), and comfort working directly in front-end codebases. * Experience designing or building AI-powered or agentic products, especially those that automate or assist with complex knowledge work. * Background in productivity tools, admin workflows, financial planning, or advisor/knowledge work software. * Familiarity with design systems and front-end component libraries, ideally in React or similar ecosystems. ## Description + Own the end-to-end design experience across Hazel, from core admin surfaces like note-taking, inbox, and tasks to specialized, high-complexity AI agents such as financial planning, and investment analysis. + Design how Hazel captures context, summarizes information, follows up, asks clarifying questions, and takes action on a user's behalf, all while staying predictable, transparent, and trustworthy. + Invent new interaction patterns for AI-assisted work where traditional UI doesn't fit, blending automation, suggestions, and human control to reduce cognitive load without hiding important context. * Define how the agent communicates and collaborates + Design patterns for how Hazel signals progress, uncertainty, permissions, and handoffs across multi-step and asynchronous workflows. + Shape how Hazel explains what it's doing, why it's doing it, and what it needs from the user in a way that feels intuitive and trustworthy. * Iterate quickly as Hazel evolves + Design, test, and refine experiences in tight feedback loops as Hazel's capabilities expand with model improvements. + Work on critical-path features, adapting designs as the underlying agent becomes more capable and the product surface area grows. * Own and evolve the design system + Contribute to and maintain Ethos, our design system, ensuring pixel-perfect implementation and consistent interaction patterns across Hazel and the broader platform. + Obsess over the details that make tools feel calm, fast, and reliable: clear hierarchy, thoughtful defaults, crisp feedback loops, and minimal friction in day-to-day use. * Shape product decisions and work fluidly across disciplines + Design for a wide range of advisor tech-savviness, making complex agent workflows approachable without dumbing them down or overwhelming less technical users. + Sit at the table on product strategy: help decide where features live, what to build versus defer, and what discovery is needed before committing to a direction. + Pair with product marketing, brand, and engineers on implementation, and pressure-test ideas directly with users and design partners. ## Related Videos - [Designing AI-first products: When the interface is no longer the product](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2062-designing-ai-first-products-when-the-interface-is-no-longer-the-product) - [Building a component library for modern challenges](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/650-building-a-component-library-for-modern-challenges) - [Watch Tests Go Brrrr! : Getting Started with Cypress in ReactJS](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/282-watch-tests-go-brrrr-getting-started-with-cypress-in-reactjs) - [Do TypeScript without TypeScript](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/327-do-typescript-without-typescript) - [Designing the intelligence layer: The future of products beyond interfaces](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2122-designing-the-intelligence-layer-the-future-of-products-beyond-interfaces) - [Can SVG be fast? 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