What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Product Designer position at Onton?
About The Role
At Onton, we’re building the future of product search and discovery. It takes the average shopper 79 days to make a >$50 purchase decision, and we’re taking that to less than 1. You have the chance to build with us Amazon and Google’s replacement as you introduce category-defining paradigms for searching and shopping online, crafting a beautiful decision-making experience that people love and use every day.
You have the opportunity to:
We are remote (today), but not distant. We operate on Pacific Time. We’re building hubs in San Francisco, CA and Salt Lake City, UT so we can connect in person. We’re offering relocation compensation as we build density in these areas.
About Onton
We’re a team of four engineers pioneering the next generation of search. Since launching our product publicly last year, we’ve grown exponentially to hundreds of thousands of users.
More recently, we’ve built the foundation of a neurosymbolic AI in-house that dramatically increases search accuracy. In 2025, we plan to use this technology to expand into new categories and grow to 10M MAU.
To support expansion, we’ve raised $10M in funding. Our most recent Seed round was led by a top-tier firm and a supporting cast of well-known VCs and individuals with backgrounds from Amazon, Google, Stitch Fix, Whatnot, Stripe, Honey, Shopify, and more!
At Onton, we’re building the future of product search and discovery. It takes the average shopper 79 days to make a >$50 purchase decision, and we’re taking that to less than 1. You have the chance to build with us Amazon and Google’s replacement as you introduce category-defining paradigms for searching and shopping online, crafting a beautiful decision-making experience that people love and use every day.
You have the opportunity to:
- Own the overall product design at Onton.
- Conduct user research to better understand our users and refine our products.
- Construct and evolve an internal design system.
- Help establish our design culture and grow our team.
- Stay up to date with the latest technologies and shape the future of AI.
- Develop process to ensure we’re always shipping changes you’re proud of, as often as possible.
- Have experience working on consumer applications and AI products.
- Ship constantly. Design can’t be great without learning from usage.
- Be comfortable designing from 0 to 1 while considering how your decisions will scale to millions of users.
- Care deeply about your craft, polish, and user delight as much as you care about its impact on growth metrics.
- Study and learn from successful products but be willing to try something entirely new.
- Think holistically about the experience across product, user interaction, engineering, brand, and copywriting.
- Partner closely with engineering, research, and growth to guide your designs across the finish line.
- Have a degree in Visual or Interaction Design, Fine Arts, Neuroscience, or comparable (or equivalent experience).
- Have coding experience.
- Competitive salary and equity
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
- Regular offsites and team events.
- Unlimited time off and 12 company holidays per year.
- Macbook and accessories.
- Home office stipend.
- 401(k) plan (US).
We are remote (today), but not distant. We operate on Pacific Time. We’re building hubs in San Francisco, CA and Salt Lake City, UT so we can connect in person. We’re offering relocation compensation as we build density in these areas.
About Onton
We’re a team of four engineers pioneering the next generation of search. Since launching our product publicly last year, we’ve grown exponentially to hundreds of thousands of users.
More recently, we’ve built the foundation of a neurosymbolic AI in-house that dramatically increases search accuracy. In 2025, we plan to use this technology to expand into new categories and grow to 10M MAU.
To support expansion, we’ve raised $10M in funding. Our most recent Seed round was led by a top-tier firm and a supporting cast of well-known VCs and individuals with backgrounds from Amazon, Google, Stitch Fix, Whatnot, Stripe, Honey, Shopify, and more!
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