CareerPlan

Product Design Lead, Founding Team

Remote · California | California / Los Angeles …RemoteFull-time$115k–$130k2026-11-09 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid · United StatesNo visa sponsorship

Core

Lead product design for an AI-native social and community platform, defining the design system, core product surfaces, and interaction language from scratch.

Role type

Senior IC product design lead (founding team)

Builds

AI-native social and community platform

Domain

Social media, community platforms, AI

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Design system architecture, end-to-end product ownership, motion and interaction design, user research, competitive analysis, design handoff

Preferred skills

Zero-to-one product experience, consumer social/creator tools background, personal projects in music/culture/media

Technologies

Design tokens, component libraries, pattern documentation

Responsibilities

Build and own the design system from scratch; design creator- and member-facing product surfaces; define product feel and partner with the founder; conduct research to flag experience gaps; deliver specs from concept to shipped screen; maintain the design system as the source of truth.