Senior Product Designer

Sift

. Own the end-to-end design process for core product experiences from discovery and user research through prototyping, validation, and launch .

Posted 10/27/2026full-timeMarina Del Rey • California • United StatesSenior💰 $160,000 - $230,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in product design with a focus on UI/UX, including user research, interaction design, and the creation of polished visual interfaces. Proficient in building interactive prototypes and utilizing AI-assisted design tools to enhance design quality and efficiency.

Highest-signal resume keywords

6+ Years Of Experience In Product DesignStrong Interaction Design SkillsExperience Building Interactive PrototypesExcellent Communication And Storytelling SkillsStrong Systems Thinking

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Hard Skills

Product DesignUI/UX DesignInteraction DesignUser ResearchInformation ArchitectureVisual DesignPrototypingData VisualizationDesign SystemsSystems Thinking

Soft Skills

Excellent CommunicationStorytellingAbility To Navigate AmbiguityIndependent Work

Tools & Technologies

Claude CodeFigma MCPAI-Assisted Design Tools

Industry Keywords

Telemetry DataData-Rich ApplicationsTechnical UsersAerospaceDefenseRoboticsIndustrial SystemsEarly-Stage Startups

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the end-to-end design process for core product experiences from discovery and user research through prototyping, validation, and launch
Conduct user research, including on-site customer visits, to understand engineers’ work with complex telemetry data
Design sophisticated, data-dense interfaces with high usability, interaction quality, and visual craft
Partner with Product Management and Engineering to define problems, evaluate tradeoffs, and ship improvements
Use AI-assisted tools such as Claude Code and Figma MCP to build interactive prototypes and accelerate iteration
Contribute reusable components, interaction patterns, and improvements to Sift’s design system
Participate in design critiques and share tools and workflows to raise design quality

Requirements

What you’ll need

6+ years of experience in product design (UI/UX)
Strong portfolio demonstrating ownership of complex software experiences
Strong interaction design skills for technical, data-rich, or workflow-heavy applications
Ability to work across user research, information architecture, interaction design, and polished visual interfaces
Experience building interactive prototypes
Strong systems thinking
Excellent communication and storytelling skills
Interest in and willingness to experiment with AI-assisted design and development tools
Ability to work independently, navigate ambiguity, and move quickly without sacrificing design quality
Portfolio or relevant design work required; applications without visual work samples will not be considered
Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or protected individual such as an asylee or refugee in compliance with ITAR/EAR regulations
Must be willing to commute or relocate to the San Francisco or Los Angeles office
Bonus: experience with data visualization, observability, monitoring, analytics, charts, dashboards, real-time data displays, technical users, aerospace, defense, robotics, industrial systems, advanced hardware, early-stage startups, design systems, Claude Code, or Figma MCP

Benefits

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Benefits
In-person collaboration twice a week
Quarterly full-week team gathering in Los Angeles