Founding Product Designer, San Jose

Founding Product Designer | Onsite | San Francisco
Berkley Hunt is partnering with an early-stage AI infrastructure company building workflow automation tools for highly technical engineering environments.
Their platform integrates into complex engineering and operational systems, helping teams automate workflows across design, simulation, and enterprise processes.
This is a genuinely difficult product and design challenge.
The team is building AI-native tooling for technical users operating in complex environments, where trust, observability, approvals, and workflow clarity matter just as much as the underlying technology.
They're now hiring their first design hire to define the product experience from the ground up.
What You'll Do
Own product design across the core platform and user experience
Design complex workflow systems for highly technical users
Define interaction patterns for AI-assisted workflows, approvals, observability, and recovery flows
Work closely with engineering and leadership on product direction and UX strategy
Build and evolve the company's design systems and overall product language
Translate highly technical functionality into intuitive product experiences
Help shape product decisions in a fast-moving 0-1 environment
What We're Looking For
Strong product design experience across complex B2B or technical software products
Experience designing workflow-heavy enterprise platforms, developer tools, infrastructure products, or industrial software
Ability to simplify complex systems into intuitive user experiences
Experience working closely with engineering teams in startup environments
Comfortable operating with high ownership as a first or early design hire
Strong systems thinking and end-to-end product ownership
Bonus
Experience with AI products or agentic workflows
Experience working on desktop applications or technical platforms
Background in CAD, simulation, manufacturing, infrastructure, or engineering-focused software
Experience building products for highly technical users
Benefits
Competitive base salary + meaningful equity
High ownership and direct impact on product direction
Opportunity to define design within a category-defining AI product
Small, highly technical team with strong product and engineering talent