Principal Product Designer (R5250)

Shield AI
United States, San Diego, Washington, San Mateo
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 230,000 - 340,000 annuallyFunction: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)Experience: 12+ yearsSkills: ["Communication","Collaboration","User research","Usability testing","Visual design"]

Lead the design of production-ready interfaces for agentic AI products across multiple Shield AI platforms. You’ll ship React/TypeScript code, establish reusable design patterns, collaborate with engineers and product leadership, and drive adoption through user research, usability testing, and measurable usage insights in a fast-evolving enterprise AI environment.

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Shield AI
Shield AI
3 months ago

Principal Product Designer (R5250)

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Job Summary

Lead the design of production-ready interfaces for agentic AI products across multiple Shield AI platforms. You’ll ship React/TypeScript code, establish reusable design patterns, collaborate with engineers and product leadership, and drive adoption through user research, usability testing, and measurable usage insights in a fast-evolving enterprise AI environment.
Location: United States, San Diego, Washington, San Mateo
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and build the user experience for agentic AI products across the office of the CTO: an enterprise knowledge assistant, an agent-driven engineering platform, and enterprise AI/data applications.
  • •Prototype in code. Ship working React/TypeScript implementations, not mockups — then land them in production with the product teams.
  • •Design the core interaction patterns of agentic software: streaming responses, citations and provenance, multi-modal input, artifact sharing, and human-in-the-loop review surfaces.
  • •Design interfaces for foundation-model based autonomy architectures and model lifecycle tooling: evaluation dashboards, trace inspection, observability, and verification surfaces.
  • •Conduct user research across engineers, operators, and executives; define personae and translate findings into design decisions.
Travel: Low travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 230,000 - 340,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •12+ years designing and building production software interfaces, with end-to-end ownership from research through shipped product.
  • •Expert-level React/TypeScript; you write production-quality front-end code, not just prototypes.
  • •Portfolio of shipped tools or applications demonstrating strong interaction design and visual craft.
  • •Hands-on experience designing LLM-powered experiences: streaming, progressive rendering, loading states, context and conversation management.
  • •Deep knowledge of client and UI state management, the DOM, browser APIs, WebSockets, and Server-Sent Events.
Experience:12+ yearsAIEnterprise softwareDefense
Skills:CommunicationCollaborationUser researchUsability testingVisual design
Languages:English
Tech Stack:ReactTypeScriptWebSocketsServer-Sent EventsLinuxDockerAzureAWSGCPGoPythonGitCI/CDHTMLCSSWebGLD3

Company Brief

Shield AI
Develops AI-powered autonomy and software for military aircraft and drones to enable autonomous ISR and combat missions, integrating perception, navigation, and mission planning for defense customers.
Industry: Defense Technology
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: San Diego, United States
Founded: 2015
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