What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Designer position at Sierra?
About us
At Sierra, we’re building a platform to enable every company in the world to build their own autonomous AI agents for everything from customer service to commerce. We are primarily an in-person company based in San Francisco, with growing offices in Atlanta and London.
We are guided by a set of values that are at the core of our actions and define our culture : Trust, Customer Obsession, Craftsmanship, Intensity, and Family. These values are the foundation of our work, and we are committed to upholding them in everything we do.
What You'll Do :
Solve for the customer : We serve multiple stakeholders – People looking for help from our Agents via chat & voice, CX managers using our tools to monitor and improve the process, and Developers looking to build on and extend our platform. Each of these has a unique set of needs and product challenges.
Innovate : AI Agents represent a new frontier. Discovering new tools and processes for building agents will be among the defining characteristics of the next generation of companies.
End-to-End Ownership : Drive the entire design process from concept to execution to iteration, in close collaboration with cross-functional partners.
Collaborate Across Teams : Partner closely with engineering, product, leadership, and the entire company to define and build a seamless and cohesive experience.
Gather Feedback : Get your hands dirty with customer feedback and usability testing to gather insights and iterate to ensure we solve user problems effectively.
Build Design Systems : Develop and maintain a scalable design system that ensures consistency and efficiency across all products and platforms.
What You'll Bring :
Proven Experience : Extensive experience in UI / UX design, with background leading design projects from ideation to launch.
Curiosity : Passion for deeply understanding user needs and finding the right solutions from first principles.
Full-Stack Design : Visual design is the baseline. You should be fluent in creating beautiful, high-quality designs—working end-to-end from shaping product direction to defining the right interactions and ensuring every pixel is crafted with care.
Great Collaboration : Design is a team sport, and building great products means working closely with product, engineering, and leadership to help bring ideas to life.
Excellent Communication : Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate problems, design concepts, and decisions to various stakeholders.
Research Skills : Experience gathering customer feedback, usability testing, and translating findings into actionable design improvements.
Technical Proficiency : Mastery of Figma, along with classics like Photoshop and Illustrator. Strong ability to prototype—whether in Figma, Principal, or code—quickly and effectively.
Adaptability and Resilience : Comfort working in a fast-paced startup environment, able to adapt to changing priorities and handle ambiguity with grace.
Even better...
Experience designing for AI-driven products or conversational interfaces.
Experience working on developer-driven products, including SDKs, APIs, and technical tooling.
Experience with Typescript, React, and other programming languages.
What we offer
We want our benefits to reflect our values and offer the following to full-time employees in the United States :
- Flexible (Unlimited) Paid Time Off
- Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits for you and your family
- Life Insurance and Disability Benefits
- 401(k) Plan with Sierra match
- Parental Leave
- Fertility and Family Building Benefits through Carrot
- Lunch, as well as delicious snacks and coffee to keep you energized
- Discretionary Benefit Stipend giving people the ability to spend where it matters most
- Free alphorn lessons
These benefits are further detailed in Sierra's policies and are subject to change at any time, consistent with the terms of any applicable compensation or benefits plans. Eligible full-time employees can participate in Sierra's equity plans subject to the terms of the applicable plans and policies.
Be you, with us
We're working to bring the transformative power of AI to every organization in the world. To do so, it is important to us that the diversity of our employees represents the diversity of our customers. We encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't precisely match the job description.
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