Founding Product Designer

HR&Co. LLC · California, United States

SeniorDesignRemotePosted 6 days ago

Pay — up front: $70k–$80k
Level: Senior
Location: Remote
Apply via: BambooHR

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Our Client is Hiring – Founding Product Designer

Augex | Remote (North America) | Full-Time

HR&Co. is excited to partner with Augex, an innovative AI startup building the next generation of AI-powered work.

About Augex

Augex is building an AI agent marketplace that enables experts to package their knowledge into deployable AI agents, allowing businesses to automate complex work without hiring additional specialists. Our platform is live with real customers, and we're looking for our first full-time Product Designer to help define the user experience, visual identity, and design foundation for the next generation of AI-powered work.

If you're excited about building products from the ground up and making a lasting impact, we'd love to hear from you.

The Opportunity

As our Founding Product Designer, you'll own the end-to-end product experience—from user research and information architecture to polished interfaces and implementation reviews. You'll work directly with the founders and engineering team to design intuitive, elegant experiences for an AI-native platform while establishing the design standards that will shape the company's future.

This is a high-impact, high-ownership role for someone who thrives in an early-stage startup environment.

Responsibilities

Design end-to-end user experiences for web-based AI products.

Create intuitive user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity UI designs.

Build and maintain a scalable design system and reusable component library.

Partner closely with founders and engineering throughout the product development lifecycle.

Conduct usability testing and iterate designs based on user feedback.

Review implementations to ensure design quality and consistency.

Improve usability, accessibility, and overall customer experience across the platform.

Qualifications

We're looking for someone who has

5+ years of Product Design, UX/UI Design, or related experience.

An outstanding portfolio demonstrating shipped digital products.

Strong expertise in UX, UI, interaction design, information architecture, and visual design.

Experience designing SaaS, B2B, marketplace, workflow, or AI products.

Experience creating and maintaining design systems.

Proficiency with Figma and modern design/prototyping tools.

Strong collaboration skills with product managers and engineers.

Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment with high ownership.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience designing AI, workflow automation, or marketplace platforms.

Experience as a Founding Designer or first design hire.

Familiarity with responsive design, accessibility, and motion design.

Understanding of frontend development constraints and implementation.

Experience using AI tools to accelerate the design process.

Why Join Augex?

Become the Founding Product Designer of a growing AI startup.

Work directly with the founders and engineering leadership.

Help define the product experience from the ground up.

Build products used by real customers.

Make meaningful design decisions that shape the future of AI-powered work.

Competitive compensation and significant ownership opportunities.

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