Interaction Designer, Emerging AI, Paradigms

Staff Interaction Designer, Emerging AI, Paradigms

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By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following:
San Francisco, CA, USA;
Austin, TX, USA;
New York, NY, USA;
Seattle, WA, USA
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• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in a technical, UX, or design setting, or related experience.
• 6 years of experience in UX, interaction, or systems design.

• Experience in prototyping with LLMs or Generative AI tools.
• Experience in developing speculative or future-state visualizations, vignettes, and concept models.
• Ability to define foundational engineering principles adopted by cross‑functional teams and provide a clear perspective on how agentic systems fundamentally transform the role of the user interface.

• Build software specifically to test how agentic capabilities change user behavior.
• Analyze your own builds and the wider landscape to spot emerging behaviors. Identify the recurring interaction models (e.g., non‑deterministic interfaces, agentic hand‑offs) that naturally arise when users interact with intelligent systems.
• Translate your observations into structure. Partner with Center for Entrepreneurship Development and Incubation (CEDI) and platform teams to turn your experiments into reusable components, guidelines, and frameworks.
• Frame and reframe ambiguous problem spaces. Facilitate cross‑team sessions to build alignment around these new patterns, acting as the translator between raw engineering capability and coherent product strategy.
• Employ motion, flow, and narrative techniques to articulate the system’s story and visualize agentic behaviors for a broad audience.

The US base salary range for this full‑time position is $178,000-$265,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Salary details are determined by role, level, and location. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

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