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68 founding designer jobs at 47 companies in Walnut Creek, CA

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San Francisco, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Listen Labs
Listen Labs: Private AI-driven customer research platform helping companies interview people at scale and turn responses into actionable insights.
5+ YOE5+ years product design experience; strong visual taste; expert in Figma; experience building design systems; startup/high-velocity environment; collaborative with founders/engineers/customers; bias for action.
Figma, AI tools, Design systems
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San Francisco or Vancouver
$200k-$275k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Gumloop
Gumloop: Private software that lets business teams build and run AI agents without coding.
Experience shipping polished products, prototyping in Figma and AI design tools, refining complex experiences, accepting feedback, and translating ambiguous problems into clear solutions.
Figma, Paper, Claude Design, Cursor
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San Francisco, California, United States
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Runbook
Runbook: Runbook is an AI software that deploys workflow agents for logistics, manufacturing, construction, and field-service operators.
3+ YOE3+ years in product design; track record delivering large, ambiguous projects; strong product instincts; seeks ownership on an early team.
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New York City or San Francisco or Seattle or United States
$140k-$190k/yr RemoteFull Time
Leap Health
Leap Health: Specialty infusion care provider coordinating at-home and nearby treatments for self-funded employers and their members.
Senior product and growth designer able to define patient-facing design standards, design member journeys and campaigns, build reusable design systems and production workflows, collaborate cross-functionally, and lead external creative partners.
HubSpot, Customer.io, Braze, Iterable, Mailchimp, Webflow, Framer, HTML, CSS
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Bengaluru or San Francisco
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Cardboard
Cardboard: Agentic AI video editor in a browser for growth and marketing teams and serious creators.
Product-first designer with end-to-end experience, strong taste, Figma expertise, design systems and prototyping experience, collaboration with engineers and founders, and familiarity with modern design/AI tools.
Rive, Spline, Paper, Reve, Claude design, Figma
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San Francisco, California, United States
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Sable
Sable: AI is a private software that builds real-time AI agents for customer demos, onboarding, and product interactions.
2+ YOE2+ years product design experience (2–5 preferred), strong UX thinking, shipped product work, prototyping in code, close collaboration with engineers.
Figma
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San Francisco, California, United States
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Temper
Temper: Temper is a private San Francis AI software building supply-chain integrations for logistics teams.
Experienced designer able to design and ship production frontend for dense B2B SaaS, strong HCI and agent-UX knowledge, ownership mindset, works in codebase, capable of setting design language.
Figma, Vercel, Railway, LeetCode
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San Francisco, California, United States
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Inferact
Inferact: Private AI infrastructure building open-source software that makes LLM inference faster and cheaper.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in design or a related field, exceptional portfolio, technical product design experience, AI-native workflow, and ability to execute end-to-end visual and UI/UX designs.
Figma, Framer, Webflow, React, Tailwind, After Effects, Rive, Lottie, Blender, Cinema 4D, Spline
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San Francisco, California, United States
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Slash Financial
Slash Financial: A financial technology providing business banking, corporate cards, treasury, payments, and working capital.
Strong product design, systems thinking, graphic design or illustration, end-to-end ownership, startup experience, customer research, and active use of Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor.
Figma, Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT
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United States or Canada or San Mateo
$200k-$275k/yr HybridFull Time
P-1 AI
P-1 AI: AI software startup building an engineering agent for industrial hardware design teams.
Experience designing products for technical users; strong interaction design, prototyping, product architecture, and visual craft; portfolio with examples of simplifying complex workflows; user research and collaboration skills.
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Fort Lauderdale or New York City or San Francisco or Seattle
RemoteFull Time, Contract
Fit:Match
Fit:Match: The world's leading Body AI platform.
8+ YOE8+ years product design experience, mobile-first (iOS) portfolio, experience in regulated or measurement-critical domains, design system leadership, independent judgment, and product-focused decision making.
iOS, 3D, AR, ML/AI
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San Francisco, California, United States
$150k-$250k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Clera
Clera: AI-powered talent agent matching candidates to startup roles.
1+ YOE1–5 years of product design experience, React and TypeScript proficiency, Figma and Tailwind CSS experience, technical UX background, strong design judgment, and autonomous early-stage work capability.
React, TypeScript, Figma, Tailwind CSS
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Founding Product Designer
San Francisco, California, United States
$175k-$230k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Salient
Salient: AI workflow automation platform helping U.S. consumer lenders automate servicing, collections, compliance, claims, and disputes.
5+ YOE5+ years product design experience; experience with AI-powered products and complex B2B/enterprise workflows; strong interaction, visual design, prototyping, systems thinking; customer research and collaboration with product and engineering; portfolio of end-to-end work.
Figma
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Founding Product Designer
San Francisco, California, United States
$150k-$220k/yr HybridFull Time
Zoomlogi
Zoomlogi: AI-native healthcare logistics software for pharma, biotech, distributors, diagnostics, medical-device companies, and health systems.
4+ YOE4+ years product design experience, strong interaction/visual/systems skills, shipped data-dense B2B products, fluent in Figma and prototyping, comfortable with customer calls and ambiguity.
Figma, Google Slides, React, TypeScript
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Founding Product Designer
Palo Alto, California, United States
$120k-$185k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Sage Care
Sage Care: Private healthcare AI platform helping health systems automate patient support, triage, scheduling, and provider matching.
6+ YOE6+ years product design experience, strong portfolio, Figma fluency, experience with complex B2B SaaS or operational tools, research skills, and familiarity with AI tools (Cursor, GPT, Claude).
Figma, Cursor, GPT, Claude
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Founding Product Designer (UI/UX)
San Francisco, California, United States
$100k-$160k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Lance
Lance: Hospitality AI-agent startup serving hotel operators with autonomous agents for guest calls, sales, and hotel operations.
Founding Product Designer with UI/UX expertise for B2B SaaS; strong design system skills; user research; cross-functional collaboration; front-end familiarity.
Figma, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React
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Founding Software Engineer - Backend
San Francisco, California, United States
$125k-$300k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Hypercubic
Hypercubic: AI-native mainframe modernization platform serving enterprises and governments with tools to understand, operate, and transform COBOL systems.
0+ YOEFounding backend engineer with strong engineering and design taste; ownership over architecture and engineering culture. Experience with AI-powered systems and legacy modernization is a plus.
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Founding Engineer - Software
San Francisco or United States
$200k-$350k/yr RemoteFull Time
uRun
uRun: AI infrastructure helping model labs, builders, and research teams run real-time interactive video and stateful inference.
7+ YOE7+ years backend experience; proficient in TypeScript/Node.js or Python/Go; API design, distributed systems; cloud, containers, performance, and concurrency; real-time/latency-sensitive systems.
TypeScript, Node.js, Python, Go, WebRTC, WebSockets, Kubernetes, Observability, Cloud, Containers
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Founding Design Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$170k-$280k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Circleback
Circleback: AI-powered meeting notes and automations
Design engineer or engineer with exceptional product design taste who can take ideas from concept to shipped software, with demonstrated portfolio or shipped work and strong interaction design expertise.
React, Next.js, Figma, Electron, Swift, React Native, Cursor, Claude Code
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Founding Design Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$125k-$225k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Orchard Robotics
Orchard Robotics: An AI farming providing camera systems and farm-management software to growers for precision crop decisions.
1+ YOERequires 1–5 years of design experience, exceptional portfolio, product and visual design skills, zero-to-one project experience, Figma and prototyping fluency, and familiarity with Claude Code and AI tools.
Figma, Claude Code
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