Product Design Lead

About the role

Aaru operates at the frontier of predictive intelligence, using AI to simulate and predict human behavior at scale. By generating and deploying instances of artificial intelligence that mirror humans, called agents, Aaru simulates entire populations with unprecedented accuracy. Our partners work with us for many reasons: they leverage Aaru to refine strategy in volatile geopolitical climates, cut new product innovation timelines from months to minutes, and deploy marketing campaigns that win in an era where consumers have never been harder to understand. We provide organizations with invaluable foresight, empowering them to anticipate outcomes and proactively make the right decisions at the right time, every time. We're a small, dedicated, mission-driven team and we intend to stay that way. We believe the best work happens when exceptionally talented people are given ownership, trust and the space to operate without bureaucratic friction. We work with urgency and intellectual honesty and expect new team members to match our velocity. We seek individuals who thrive at the frontier, who push beyond conventional limits, who bring curiosity and conviction in equal measure, and who want their work to have demonstrable impact in the world. If you're energized by the idea of a small team doing things that feel impossible, let’s build together.

Responsibilities

• Identify patterns across user needs and product to 10x our simulation software’s impact
• Ship fast while advancing the platform design system
• Force-multiply engineering with high-quality prototypes using agentic workflows
• Experiment and advance AI-native design workflows
• Help us hire designers who raise the bar

Requirements

• You’ve released your own products or have lead product design previously
• You thrive in ambiguous and novel technical domains
• You value feedback more than conformity
• You can defend your choices. When something's right, you can say why
• You use AI tools heavily, but your taste isn't outsourced to them
• You ship fast and know when to slow down for polish
• You communicate clearly in writing and in person
• You have the courage to push back and the humility to change your mind

Qualifications

• Strong candidates may also have built a design system for a platform or developer product
• Shipped 0→1 product surfaces, not just iterations on something that existed
• Contributed to open source or production codebases

Skills

• Product design
• Design systems
• Agentic workflows
• AI-native design

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
• Visa sponsorship and relocation support
• Variety of other benefits and perks

Pay

Compensation Range: $205K - $320K

Schedule

This role is based in New York City. Aaru is an in-person company, working 5 days a week in office. Candidates are expected to be located within the New York City metropolitan area or open to relocation.