Founding Product Designer, New AI Products

Everyone is welcome at Handshake. We know diverse teams build better products and we are committed to creating an inclusive culture built on a foundation of respect for all individuals. We strongly encourage candidates from non-traditional backgrounds, historically marginalized or underrepresented groups to apply.Your impactHandshake is expanding into AI research and development, building a world-class network of expert Fellows - PhDs, researchers, and subject matter specialists - who contribute to cutting-edge AI through specialized research, model evaluation, and domain-specific applications. We’re looking for a Product Designer to build high-impact products that support our Fellows in their work, ensuring they have the tools and infrastructure needed to drive AI innovation.This is a unique opportunity to play a pivotal role in a fast-growing space, working directly with leading AI labs and tech companies to develop solutions that enhance research workflows, model evaluation processes, and domain-specific AI applications. You will build critical features for products from the ground up, collaborating closely with product, design, and engineering teams to create seamless and effective experiences.Your role• Organize, craft, and iterate on AI products: you'll use data, research and product thinking to form your vision, and make the future tangible by painting possible paths forward in pixels and prototypes.• Collaborate closely with your cross-functional partners: research, PM, engineering, analytics, design systems, brand, marketing – to ship and iterate on strategic, well-thought-out, surprisingly great-to-use designs that make real impact for both our customers and business.• Help the team raise our bar on quality and execution of design work, including product reasoning, systems thinking, pixel level precision, prototyping, ability to facilitate conversations with and present to stakeholders, stellar teamwork and mentoring.• Strengthen the team’s ability to experiment, iterate, ship, and learn, both by creating visual artifacts / organizing information in ways that make conversations / decision-making easier.Your experience• You've designed and shipped features that customers love, ideally for both mobile and desktop, and can articulate what it took to make that happen, from product strategy down to pixel-level decision-making.• You know how to roll data, research, business goals, technical constraints, and customer needs together into strongly-crafted solutions (mocks, prototypes, flows); you iterate fast, ensure you gather feedback, use strategic reasoning to inform your decisions.• You relish using your design skills to bring clarity and simplicity to both process and product.• You're humble, kind, excited to keep learning, curious about the workings of a three-sided marketplace and ever-evolving team / product surface area.• Extra bonus if you're experienced with one or more of: multi-sided marketplaces, LLM products in production.Compensation range• $200,000-$250,000For cash compensation, we set standard ranges for all U.S.-based roles based on function, level, and geographic location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. In order to be compliant with local legislation, as well as to provide greater transparency to candidates, we share salary ranges on all job postings regardless of desired hiring location. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including geographic location as well as candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above.About usHandshake is the career platform for Gen Z. With a community of over 17 million students, alumni, employers, and career educators, Handshake’s network is where career advice and discovery turn into first, second, and third jobs. Nearly 1 million companies use Handshake to build their future workforce—from Fortune 500 to federal agencies, school districts to startups, healthcare systems to small businesses. Handshake is built for where you’re going, not where you’ve been.When it comes to our workforce strategy, we’ve thought deeply about how work-life should look at Handshake. With our hybrid-work model, employees benefit from collaboration and shared team experiences three days per week in our vibrant offices, and enjoy the flexibility of remote work two days per week. Handshake is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in New York, London, and Berlin.What we offerAt Handshake, we'll give you the tools to feel healthy, happy and secure.Benefits below apply to employees in full-time positions.• Equity and ownership in a fast-growing company.• 16 Weeks of paid parental leave for birth giving parents & 10 weeks of paid parental leave for non-birth giving parents.• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision policies including LGTBQ+ Coverage. We also provide resources for Mental Health Assistance, Employee Assistance Programs and counseling support.• Handshake offers $500/£360 home office stipend for you to spend during your first 3 months to create a productive and comfortable workspace at home.• Generous learning & development opportunities and an annual $2,000/£1,500/€1,850 stipend for you to grow your skills and career.• Financial coaching through Origin to help you through your financial journey.• Monthly internet stipend and a brand new MacBook to allow you to do your best work.• Monthly commuter stipend for you to expense your travel to the office (for office-based employees).• Free lunch provided twice a week across all offices.• Referral bonus to reward you when you bring great talent to Handshake.(US-specific benefits, in addition to the first section)• 401k Match: Handshake offers a dollar-for-dollar match on 1% of deferred salary, up to a maximum of $1,200 per year.• All full-time US-based Handshakers are eligible for our flexible time off policy to get out and see the world. In addition, we offer 8 standardized holidays, and 2 additional days of flexible holiday time off. Lastly, we have a Winter #ShakeBreak, a one-week period of Collective Time Off.• Family support: We partner with Milk Stork to provide comprehensive 100% employer-sponsored lactation support to traveling parents and guardians. Parental leave coaching and support provided by Parentaly.(UK-specific benefits, in addition to the first section)• Pension Scheme: Handshake will provide you with a workplace pension, where you will make contributions based on 5% of your salary. Handshake will pay the equivalent of 3% towards your pension plan, subject to qualifying earnings limits.• Up to 25 days of vacation to encourage people to reset, recharge, and refresh, in addition to 8 bank holidays throughout the year.• Regular offsites each year to bring the team together + opportunity to travel to our HQ in San Francisco.• ️ Discounts across various high street retailers, cinemas and other social activities exclusively for Handshake UK employees.(Germany-specific benefits, in addition to the first section)• 25 days of annual leave + 5 days of a winter #ShakeBreak, a one-week period of Collective Time Off across the company.• Regular offsites each year to bring the team together + opportunity to travel to our HQ in San Francisco once a year.• Urban sports club membership offering access to a diverse network of fitness and wellness facilities.• ️ Discounts across various high street retailers, cinemas and other social activities exclusively for Handshake Germany employees.Looking for more? Explore our mission, values and comprehensive US benefits at joinhandshake.com/careers.Handshake is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or reasonable accommodation, please let your recruiter know during initial communications.