Product Designer

About the role

We are seeking a craft-obsessed, systems-minded Product Designer to evolve our product suite and own & grow the Tavus design systems.

Responsibilities

• Architect for scale: Define the token architecture, component structure, and theming model (light, dark, and beyond) that let the system flex across products and surfaces without forking or drifting.
• Own governance, not just files: Establish the standards, documentation, and contribution model that keep the system coherent as more designers and engineers touch it.
• Be the clear, decisive voice when tradeoffs get contentious.
• Partner deeply with engineering: Work hand-in-hand with frontend engineers to ensure the system is implemented faithfully and effectively.
• Elevate craft everywhere: Bring meticulous visual and interaction craft, including motion and micro-interaction detail, to every component and pattern so the system doesn't just function, it feels intentional and distinctly Tavus.
• Drive adoption: Make the system easier to use than not using it. Build the artifacts, documentation, and relationships that get other designers, engineers, and marketers to reach for the system first.

Requirements

• An indefatigable visual designer, with an exceptional, well-trained eye for typography, color, layout, and detail, plus real motion design chops.
• A genuinely capable product designer, with 6+ years of experience and solid UX judgment. You understand user flows, interaction patterns, and product tradeoffs well enough that your systems hold up with elegance under real product pressure.
• Experienced building and governing design systems at scale. You can point to a system you've architected and evolved, not just contributed to, with bonus points for work both within an existing component framework as well as from-scratch builds.
• Original, not just tasteful. We're not looking for someone who can recognize good design when they see it; we're looking for someone who can produce something distinct that hasn't been seen before. If your portfolio could pass for a dozen other SaaS products, this isn't the right fit.
• Principled and able to defend it. You’re especially adept at articulating why a decision is correct. You push back on your own instincts as readily as you push back on others.
• Decisive in ambiguity: You don't need permission to make a call. When a system decision has no clean answer, you weigh the tradeoffs, make a defensible choice, and move, while staying meticulous about the details within that decision.
• Techically fluent: You're comfortable working close to code: reviewing implementation, catching and stopping drift between design and build, and speaking the language of the engineers who ship your system.
• Built for startup pace: You can operate with minimal specs and shifting priorities, protecting the highest quality bar while moving fast.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience as a Product Designer.
• Exceptional eye and hand for typography, color, spacing, and detail.
• Experience with motion design.
• Strong product design judgment.
• Experience building and governing design systems at scale.
• Comfortable working closely with engineers and understanding technical implementations.
• Ability to make decisions confidently and defend them.

Skills

• Exceptional visual design skills.
• Product design experience.
• Experience with design systems.
• Ability to make decisions confidently.
• Technical fluency.

Benefits

• Flexible work schedule.
• Unlimited PTO.
• Competitive healthcare.
• Gear stipends.

Schedule

Based in the San Francisco Bay Area.