Product Designer

Authorium · San Francisco, CA · 2 wk ago

HybridArt & Creative$125k–$135k/yrFull-time

About Authorium

Authorium is the governed front door for government documents. Every consequential thing a government does starts as a document, whether a scope of work, a minimum needs statement, a bill analysis, a project charter, and it has to become governed, structured action: an approval, a procurement, a contract, a grant. We start with the document, connect it to a governed AI layer, and let it accrue the actions that turn it into a workflow. We’re investing in AI capabilities — both internally and externally — building workflows specifically for government operations, and building an AI-first operational culture to accelerate our work and go further. AI isn't a side project here - it's reshaping both what we build and how we build it.

What You'll Do

Take features from concept through interaction design, prototyping, and have a desire to front-end implementation.
Build and maintain real interfaces in our codebase (Hotwire / Next.js), partnering with Engineering on architecture, state, and performance.
Use Claude Design and other AI tooling to move fast: rapid prototypes, multiple directions, working components and bring strong judgment about which output is actually good.
Shape the product surface
Improve UX across the platform from intake, approvals, document generation, evaluations, configuration, and reporting including fixing inconsistencies and usability gaps as you go.
Contribute to the design system: components, patterns, and libraries that keep the product coherent and speed up everyone's delivery.
Help shape how AI shows up in the product with making AuthorAI feel context-aware and trustworthy for users across every level of AI comfort.
Ship with quality
Design and build for accessibility and compliance from the start (WCAG 2.1 AA).
Review your work against design intent through delivery and hold the bar on fidelity and polish.
Work in sprints; manage your work in Jira and participate in planning and grooming.
Partner with PMs to frame problems and make scope tradeoffs, and with Engineering on feasibility and front-end quality.
Talk to users: lightweight usability checks, observing real workflows, and turning what you learn into better interfaces.

Required

2–3 years building digital products where you both designed and implemented the front end portfolios that show shipped work, not just mockups.
Strong design craft: interaction design, layout, and a sharp eye for detail in dense, data-heavy interfaces with tables, filters, multi-step flows, role-based views.
Demonstrated fluency with Claude Design (and/or comparable AI design/build tools) used as a serious part of how you ship and please show us examples.
Proficiency in Figma (components, libraries, auto-layout, prototyping).
Comfort with ambiguity and a bias toward shipping and you make judgment calls with incomplete information and move between design and code in the same day.
Understanding of accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1 AA).
Clear communication as you can explain a decision in terms of user outcomes and tradeoffs, not just aesthetics.

Nice to Have

Experience with dense, workflow-driven enterprise / B2B products.
Exposure to government, public sector, or other regulated/compliance-driven environments.
Experience with product analytics tools (Pendo, Mixpanel, Amplitude, or similar).
Experience integrating AI features into a product UI.

What We're Looking For