Join Salient as a founding product designer to shape AI solutions for regulated financial services in a fast-paced environment.
Posted by employer 3 months ago
First seen on Joblaze 2 months ago
Last verified on the company career page 6 days ago
AI in the day-to-day
Use Figma, rapid prototypes, and AI tools to test ideas quickly.
Requirements
- Experience
- 5+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
The Founding Product Designer at Salient will take charge of the entire product design process, from initial customer research to the launch and iteration of AI agents. This role requires expertise in designing complex B2B products, particularly those that leverage AI, and a strong portfolio demonstrating ownership of projects from concept to completion. Ideal candidates will have over five years of experience, a knack for collaboration with engineering teams, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment. Salient's focus on innovation in regulated financial services adds a unique challenge to the role.
Joblaze insights
Quick facts
- Is the Product Designer role remote?
- No — this is an on-site role in SF Headquarters.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Product Designer role.
- Where is the role based?
- Salient is hiring for this position in SF Headquarters.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AI/ML, Figma.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Salient targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Product Designer role at Salient.
From the original posting
We are:
Backed by a16z and Y Combinator, with $75M raised in Series A funding
Actively expanding into new financial services segments
Building together in person in San Francisco
We are hiring our first product designer to shape the next phase of the product. You will work directly with product, engineering, customers, and leadership to improve how customers build, manage, monitor, and improve our agents.
This is a hands-on role with broad ownership. You will help determine what we build, take projects from early ideas through launch, and establish the design foundation we need as the product grows.
What you’ll do
Own product design from customer research and early concepts through launch and iteration
Design how customers configure, test, launch, monitor, and improve AI agents
Build workflows for conversation review, quality assurance, approvals, escalations, and human intervention
Improve how our agents communicate across voice, text, chat, and email
Make agent performance, behavior, and outcomes clear to customers
Simplify complex, data-heavy servicing workflows
Work directly with customers to understand their needs and test new ideas
Partner closely with product and engineering to shape priorities and ship quickly
Build Salient’s design system and shared product patterns
Create a consistent experience across our five live agents and future products
Use Figma, rapid prototypes, and AI tools to test ideas quickly
Help define how the design function grows over time
What we’re looking for
5+ years of product design experience
Experience designing AI-powered products, agents, copilots, or human-in-the-loop systems
Experience designing complex B2B, enterprise, operational, or technical products
A portfolio showing work you personally owned from an ambiguous problem through launch
Strong interaction design, visual design, prototyping, and systems thinking
Experience designing monitoring, analytics, evaluation, or exception-management workflows
Experience working directly with customers and using feedback to shape the product
A track record of influencing product decisions rather than only executing requirements
Experience building or significantly improving a design system
Ability to design complete workflows, including permissions, edge cases, errors, and operational states
An understanding of how non-deterministic AI behavior affects trust, control, and product design
Experience partnering closely with engineers through implementation
Comfort using AI-assisted tools to prototype and explore ideas quickly
Strong communication and product judgment
Ability to work independently and create structure in a fast-moving environment
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