Staff Product Designer, Handshake AI

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Handshake is hiring a Staff Product Designer, Handshake AI. This role involves partnering with cross-functional teams to define and build strategic product visions for operator independence and self-serve tooling, translating complex human-centered problems into clear design solutions, and owning the design process end-to-end from concept through production.

Highlights

Collaborate with product, engineering, data, research, and operations teams to create self-serve tooling visions.
Develop strategic product phases and work closely with Model Enablement and Fellow Experience squads.
Conduct user research including pilots and shadowing to identify pain points and prioritize investments.
Design complex systems and workflows with many stakeholders, ensuring clear and simple solutions.
Own design process from research to high-fidelity prototypes with a strong emphasis on craft.
7+ years of product design experience, preferably in enterprise, operations tooling, or internal platforms.
Strong communication skills to articulate design decisions to partners and leadership.
Experienced in visual and interaction design with measurable impacts of shipped work.
Bonus for experience in operator management, workflow systems, or internal tools for operations at high-growth companies.
Offers equity, competitive compensation, 401(k) match, medical benefits, parental leave, wellness stipends, and a $2,000 learning stipend.

Staff Product Designer, 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

Partner with product, engineering, data, research, and operations to define and build the vision for operator independence and self-serve tooling.
Develop strategic product visions and collaborate with partners to sequence them into pragmatic phases.
Collaborate closely with Model Enablement and Fellow Experience squadsâyour work enables theirs.
Partner with operations leaders and stay close to operatorsâ workflows. Run pilots, shadow users, uncover pain points, and translate insights into prioritized investments.
Tackle complex, ambiguous human-centered problems and translate them into clear, simple solutions.
Own design end-to-endâfrom concept through productionâiterating quickly through research, user journeys, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs with a strong point of view on craft.
Raise the bar for design culture and execution through systems thinking, product reasoning, pixel-level precision, facilitation, and mentoring.

Your experience

7+ years of product design experience, ideally working on enterprise products, operations tooling, or internal platforms.
Strong communicator who clearly articulates design decisions, tradeoffs, and the thinking behind them to partners and leadership.
Deep visual and interaction design expertise, with a proven track record of shipped work and measurable impact.
Experience designing complex systems, workflows, or platforms with many moving parts and stakeholders.
Highly collaborative, valuing diverse perspectives and incorporating them into the design process to achieve better outcomes.
Design-led thinker who raises the bar by embedding design thinking into day-to-day work and helping others grow.
Impact-driven, with the ability to prioritize ruthlessly and focus on the work that matters most.
Hands-on, willing to roll up your sleeves and take ownershipânothing is âsomeone elseâs problemâ.
Deeply motivated by Handshakeâs mission. Humble, kind, and curious, with a desire to keep learning and help others grow.
Bonus if you have experience in operator or driver management, workflow or task management systems, or building internal tools for operations teams at a high-growth company.

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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