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Product Designer, AI Models

$169K – $303K+ EquityYesterday5/5
Our take

Designing AI model interfaces at Figma means shaping how millions of designers will first interact with generative AI in their workflow. This role sits at the epicenter of the design industry's biggest transformation in decades.

Job description

# Product Designer, AI Models

Location: San Francisco, CA | New York, NY | United States

Employment Type: Full time

About Figma

Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. The platform enables teams to brainstorm, prototype, translate designs to code, and iterate with AI capabilities, facilitating real-time collaboration globally.

Role Overview

This position bridges AI research innovations with design principles. The role focuses on teaching AI models to become better design copilots while improving model capabilities and evaluation quality across all Figma products.

Key Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with AI researchers to enhance model performance from design perspectives
  • Develop and document design principles and heuristics for AI systems
  • Build methods to test and improve AI-generated output quality
  • Oversee design evaluation quality and guide external partners
  • Translate between AI research and design teams
  • Required Qualifications

  • Design heuristics and principles development experience
  • Leadership of multi-product design efforts
  • Experience using AI models for design (coding/image models)
  • Complex cross-team project management track record
  • Contractor and project management capability
  • Strong design background with excellent attention to detail
  • Preferred Qualifications

  • AI-generated design creation/evaluation experience
  • Operational process improvement mindset
  • Technical AI/ML understanding applied to design
  • Comfort navigating ambiguity and goal-setting
  • Cross-stakeholder communication skills
  • Compensation & Benefits

    Salary Range: $169,000 - $303,000 USD (San Francisco/New York hub locations)

    Remote positions adjusted 80-100% based on location.

    Benefits Include:

  • Equity
  • Health, dental, vision coverage
  • Retirement with company contribution
  • Parental leave and family planning support
  • Mental health and wellness benefits
  • Generous PTO and company recharge days
  • Learning and development stipend
  • Work-from-home stipend
  • Cell phone reimbursement
  • Annual bonus eligibility
  • Application Requirements

    Portfolio site with password required. Resume/CV, LinkedIn profile, and written response explaining interest in Figma are necessary. Work authorization and onboarding attendance in-person are required.

    About Figma

    Figma

    Collaborative design tool used by virtually every product design team in the world. Figma brought design to the browser and made real-time collaboration the default.

    figma.com

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