Staff Product Designer, Handshake AI
About Handshake
Handshake is the career network for the AI economy. 20 million knowledge workers, 1,600 educational institutions, 1 million employers (including 100% of the Fortune 50), and every foundational AI lab trust Handshake to power career discovery, hiring, and upskilling, from freelance AI training gigs to first internships to full-time careers and beyond. This unique value is leading to unparalleled growth; in 2025, we tripled our ARR at scale.
Why join Handshake now:
Shape how every career evolves in the AI economy, at global scale, with impact your friends, family and peers can see and feel
Work hand-in-hand with world-class AI labs, Fortune 500 partners and the world’s top educational institutions
Join a team with leadership from Scale AI, Meta, xAI, Notion, Coinbase, and Palantir, among others
Build a massive, fast-growing business with billions in revenue
Your role
Partner with product, engineering, data, research, and operations to define and build the vision for operator independence and self-serve tooling.
Develop strategic product visions and collaborate with partners to sequence them into pragmatic phases.
Collaborate closely with Model Enablement and Fellow Experience squads—your work enables theirs.
Partner with operations leaders and stay close to operators’ workflows. Run pilots, shadow users, uncover pain points, and translate insights into prioritized investments.
Tackle complex, ambiguous human-centered problems and translate them into clear, simple solutions.
Own design end-to-end—from concept through production—iterating quickly through research, user journeys, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs with a strong point of view on craft.
Raise the bar for design culture and execution through systems thinking, product reasoning, pixel-level precision, facilitation, and mentoring.
Your experience
7+ years of product design experience, ideally working on enterprise products, operations tooling, or internal platforms.
Strong communicator who clearly articulates design decisions, tradeoffs, and the thinking behind them to partners and leadership.
Deep visual and interaction design expertise, with a proven track record of shipped work and measurable impact.
Experience designing complex systems, workflows, or platforms with many moving parts and stakeholders.
Highly collaborative, valuing diverse perspectives and incorporating them into the design process to achieve better outcomes.
Design-led thinker who raises the bar by embedding design thinking into day-to-day work and helping others grow.
Impact-driven, with the ability to prioritize ruthlessly and focus on the work that matters most.
Hands-on, willing to roll up your sleeves and take ownership—nothing is “someone else’s problem”.
Deeply motivated by Handshake’s mission. Humble, kind, and curious, with a desire to keep learning and help others grow.
Bonus if you have experience in operator or driver management, workflow or task management systems, or building internal tools for operations teams at a high-growth company.
We Offer
Handshake delivers benefits that help you feel supported and thrive at work and in life.
The below benefits are for full-time US employees.
🎯 Ownership: Equity in a fast-growing company
💰 Financial Wellness: 401(k) match, competitive compensation, financial coaching
🍼 Family Support: Paid parental leave, fertility benefits, parental coaching
💝 Wellbeing: Medical, dental, and vision, mental health support, $500 wellness stipend
📚 Growth: $2,000 learning stipend, ongoing development
💻 Remote & Office: Internet, commuting, and free lunch/gym in our SF office
🏝 Time Off: Flexible PTO, 15 holidays + 2 flex days
🤝 Connection: Team outings & referral bonuses
Explore our mission, values, and comprehensive US benefits at joinhandshake.com/careers.