Senior Product Designer

ABOUT US

Smith.ai builds AI voice agents that redefine how SMBs handle phone calls — allowing businesses to book appointments, take payments, and manage complex call flows without missing a beat. We serve a wide range of businesses, from law firms to home contractors and many other service-based companies, leveraging the latest in LLMs, speech-to-text, and text-to-speech to deliver human-like conversation at scale. With over 4,000 SMBs already trusting Smith.ai (and staying with us thanks to world-class retention), we’re driving the next wave of AI innovation where it matters most: real-world customer interactions. 

ABOUT THIS ROLE

As a Senior Product Designer, you will shape and ship features of our product and internal tools, with a primary focus on growing our AI-first, human-in-the-loop AI Receptionist. (Recent examples include: Onboarding guidance so customers get the most of their accounts, simple yet powerful options for controlling AI voice conversations, and building out a suite of reporting tools for AI + human performance metrics.) You’ll work in a fast-paced, high-growth environment, balancing design fidelity and resourcing with business objectives. You'll be part of a small team, working collaboratively with the entire company. 

ABOUT YOU

A design generalist, you bring creative problem-solving to complex challenges. You understand design's nuanced role in creating meaningful experiences and the balance between successful user and business outcomes.

• Proactive communicator who works with minimal oversight
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and driving results
• Curious about understanding problems and proactive in learning from others
• Quick learner who embraces design iterations
• More focused on impactful progress than perfection
• You live and have the right to work in the United States.

If you're a lone wolf who prefers isolation, this isn't the right fit. We need a collaborative, adaptable team player.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborate: Partner with founders, Product & Ops teams, customer support, and marketing to design and implement new products/features.
• Facilitate Cross-Functional Teamwork: Initiate and focus on collaboration across engineering, marketing, support, and operations teams.
• Drive Project Execution: Oversee projects through completion and follow through with warranty work.
• Define Requirements: Contribute to product definition and requirements to shape development.
• Build the Design System: Support and grow the fledgling design system to ensure consistency and scalability.
• Document for Engineering: Record design decisions and prepare work for engineering.

EXPERIENCE

Must have

• Based in or operates primarily within the Eastern Time Zone (EST)
• 5+ years in Product Design roles
• Experience in startups (Seed to Series B)
• Successful team-based remote work environment experience (e.g., Slack, Teams)
• Adept in Figma (our design tool of choice) and have used project management and development tools (e.g., ClickUp, GitHub).
• Proven success in different stages of the product lifecycle, from shaping to execution to refinement.

Nice to have

• Spanish proficiency (conversational to fluent) to support collaboration with our Spain-based engineering team
• Product design experience within B2B product-focussed organizations
• SaaS, AI/ML, or SMB-focused product experience.
• An understanding of prompt engineering, RAG, and other AI mechanisms

HIRING PROCESS

We understand that the best designers are often too busy to carefully curate a portfolio or website. For that reason you don't need one to apply, however we do require a representation of your work—in whatever format you think is appropriate—that demonstrates your suitability for this role. For example: a Figma file, a Notion page, a PDF, a video - something that gives us a sense of your capabilities.
 

• Resume screen
• 15-20 minute interview with the hiring manager
• 45-60 minute design walkthrough with the Design Team (showing 1-3 of your raw design files in a non-recorded space)
• Time-capped take-home exercise (3 hours)
• Take-home review discussion with a Product Manager
• Final calls with leadership
• Reference check
• Presentation of offer

BENEFITS

• Location: Fully Remote (US-based)
• This is a full-time position with a salary that ranges between $120,000 - $150,000 per year, depending on experience
• We offer equity and a competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401k, and unlimited FTO

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