Senior Product Designer I, Handshake AI

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Handshake is hiring a Senior Product Designer I, Handshake AI. This role involves partnering with product, engineering, and operations teams to design and ship pragmatic, production-grade solutions that address complex customer needs in the evolving AI economy. The designer will own the complete design process, quickly diagnose and solve problems, and iterate based on real-world feedback to improve user experiences.

Highlights

Design and ship solutions for expert-labeled data collection to train AI models.
Collaborate with leading AI labs, Fortune 500 partners, and educational institutions.
Own end-to-end product design from discovery through iteration.
Work closely with customers and internal teams to ensure user-focused solutions.
Strong proficiency in visual and interaction design, rapid prototyping, and workflow validation.
5+ years of product design experience with a proven track record.
Experience working collaboratively with product, engineering, data, and research teams.
Bonus for experience designing LLM or AI-powered products.
Benefits include equity, 401(k) match, parental leave, medical/dental/vision coverage, wellness stipend, learning stipend, flexible PTO, and team outings.

Senior Product Designer I, Handshake AI Full Description

About Handshake

Handshake is the career network for the AI economy. 20 million knowledge workers, 1,600 educational institutions, 1 million employers (including 100% of the Fortune 50), and every foundational AI lab trust Handshake to power career discovery, hiring, and upskilling, from freelance AI training gigs to first internships to full-time careers and beyond. This unique value is leading to unparalleled growth; in 2025, we tripled our ARR at scale.

Why join Handshake now:

Shape how every career evolves in the AI economy, at global scale, with impact your friends, family and peers can see and feel
Work hand-in-hand with world-class AI labs, Fortune 500 partners and the worldâs top educational institutions
Join a team with leadership from Scale AI, Meta, xAI, Notion, Coinbase, and Palantir, among others
Build a massive, fast-growing business with billions in revenue

Your role

Handshake AI powers expert-labeled data collection at scale, matching domain experts with leading AI companies to train frontier models. Weâre hiring a Senior Product Designer to operate at the front lines between our clients, operators, and product team, shaping the experiences that make this work possible.

In this role, youâll tackle design challenges as they arise, quickly diagnosing issues, stabilizing and improving existing features, and shipping pragmatic solutions that keep projects running smoothly for both customers and operators. Much of this work happens in fast-moving, ambiguous environments where speed, judgment, and strong product instincts matter.

Partner closely with product, engineering, and operations to work with leading AI labsâturning ambiguity into clear plans and rapidly designing solutions for emerging AI capabilities and real-world workflows.
Work closely with customer and internal teams to understand their needs, uncover insights, and ensure solutions address real user problems.
Own the end-to-end design processâfrom discovery and concept development through production-ready solutions and iteration based on real-world feedback.
Design tailored, production-grade solutions for complex, high-impact customer needs, often with little precedent. Rapidly prototype and validate workflows, ship pragmatic solutions, and share learnings with internal teams so successful patterns can be incorporated into the core product.
Deliver thoughtful visual and interaction design that balances usability, clarity, and scalability across both custom solutions and emerging platform capabilities.
Clearly communicate design decisions, tradeoffs, and rationale, helping teams move quickly and make strong product decisions.
Learn from shipped workâgathering feedback, analyzing outcomes, and iterating to improve the product over time.

Your experience

5+ years of product design experience with a track record of designing and shipping features users love.
Experience partnering closely with product, engineering, data, and research to bring ideas from concept to production.
Experience working closely with customersâtranslating real-world needs and feedback into thoughtful product solutions and engaging directly with users to understand their workflows, challenges, and goals.
Able to synthesize research, data, business goals, technical constraints, and customer needs into thoughtful solutions. You create clear mocks, prototypes, and flows, iterate quickly, and use strong product thinking to guide decisions.
Comfortable working in fast-moving environments, designing quickly and adapting as new information emerges.
Strong visual and interaction design craft, with attention to detail across flows, states, and edge cases.
You enjoy using design to bring clarity and simplicity to complex systems.
Youâre humble, collaborative, and curiousâexcited to keep learning and energized by working on a complex, evolving product.
Bonus if you have experience designing LLM or AI-powered products.

We Offer

Handshake delivers benefits that help you feel supported and thrive at work and in life.

The below benefits are for full-time US employees.

ð¯ Ownership: Equity in a fast-growing company

ð° Financial Wellness: 401(k) match, competitive compensation, financial coaching

ð¼ Family Support: Paid parental leave, fertility benefits, parental coaching

ð Wellbeing: Medical, dental, and vision, mental health support, $500 wellness stipend

ð Growth: $2,000 learning stipend, ongoing development

ð» Remote & Office: Internet, commuting, and free lunch/gym in our SF office

ð Time Off: Flexible PTO, 15 holidays + 2 flex days

ð¤ Connection: Team outings & referral bonuses

Explore our mission, values, and comprehensive US benefits at joinhandshake.com/careers .

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