{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"4af4eccd2a763db0cf545f3c","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/4af4eccd2a763db0cf545f3c","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/4af4eccd2a763db0cf545f3c","title":"Product Designer","description":"About Consensus:\r\nConsensus is building the OS for research. Today, our academic search engine helps millions of students, researchers, and doctors analyze scientific papers and complete literature reviews 10x faster. Were applying the latest in AI agents to move science forward and make the worlds best researchers dramatically more capable.\r\nOur Series A was led by USV, with major participation from top AI investors, including Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross. Consensus has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, The New York Times, Nature, and a16z. Our mission is to empower the world to understand, create, and apply good science.\r\nRole:\r\nYou'll be the team's second product designer, working alongside our founding designer (Pablo Garces) and a lean engineering team. You'll own major product areas as we scale from search into a platform, shaping how millions of people interact with scientific knowledge.\r\nThere's no solidified design system, and no handed-down specs. You'll pick the right tool for the job; a polished mock, a scrappy A/B test, a user interview, or shipping a fix directly in code. High ambiguity, big ownership, real impact. If you want structure, this isn't it. If you want to define how AI reshapes research, it is.\r\nWhat Youll Do\r\nOwn design end-to-end for entire product areas as we scale: agentic research flows, research workspaces, collaboration, personalization, growth, and new products.\r\nShip fast with engineering. We value speed and taste over process and perfection.\r\nDesign complex, information-dense interfaces that feel simple to a broad userbase. We serve millions of users ranging from PhD researchers to undergrads to doctors.\r\nBuild and iterate in code when it makes sense. Were excited about designers who use AI tools (Cursor, Claude Code, etc.) to prototype and ship directly.\r\nContribute to brand and marketing design. This isnt a marketing role, but range here is a real plus.\r\nFind problems before theyre assigned. Use data, user feedback, and your own product sense to drive what gets built.\r\nWho You Are\r\n4+ years of product design experience, ideally at startups, in AI, or in fast-paced environments.\r\nInterest in the product and mission: science, research, education.\r\nYou have a portfolio that gets to the point: the problem, the thinking, the outcome. Bonus points for live links we can click and explore.\r\nTrack record of leading design on large, complex projects with no clear right answer.\r\nStrong visual eye: layout, typography, spacing, polish. You care about the details that most people dont notice.\r\nSome familiarity with frontend (React/Typescript) and hands-on experience with AI coding tools for prototyping or shipping.\r\nSharp prioritization. You focus on what matters most and avoid over-designing perfection in a sandbox.\r\nCompensation\r\n$160250k cash\r\nMeaningful early stage equity\r\nFinal offers are determined by multiple factors and may vary from the amounts listed above.","company":"Consensus","rawCompany":"consensus","city":"Union City","state":"CA","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-05-10T01:30:49.932Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1255.00","title":"Web and Digital Interface Designers","slug":"web-and-digital-interface-designers"},{"code":"27-1029.00","title":"Designers, All Other","slug":"designers-all-other"},{"code":"27-1021.00","title":"Commercial and Industrial Designers","slug":"commercial-and-industrial-designers"}],"industries":[{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"},{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Product Designer","description":"About Consensus:\r\nConsensus is building the OS for research. 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