Senior Product Designer

 

Encord is the universal data layer for AI that helps 300+ AI teams train and run models on the right data. Our platform indexes, curates, annotates, and evaluates data across the full AI lifecycle, from development through production.

 

Trusted by Woven by Toyota, AXA, UiPath, Zipline, and more. We're an ambitious team of 100+ working at the frontier of AI and have raised $60M in Series C funding from Wellington Management, CRV, Next47 and Y Combinator.

 

 

 

We need a Senior Product Designer who can tackle one of the hardest problems in AI tooling: making powerful, flexible systems feel simple and intuitive.

 

You'll be designing configuration interfaces that balance flexibility for technical users with accessibility for non-technical annotation managers, multimodal workflows where any data type works together seamlessly, scale-aware patterns that work across millions of tasks, and complex data visualisation for AI model evaluation, data quality, and workflow analytics.

A designer with strong opinions and sharp instincts — you notice when a transition feels sluggish, when hierarchy breaks down, or when a micro-interaction elevates an entire flow

Excited by complexity rather than intimidated by it — you see dense, technical product surfaces as a design challenge worth solving

You have clear judgement about where quality defines the experience and where iteration beats perfection, and can articulate that thinking clearly to engineers, PMs, and senior stakeholders

Comfortable using AI coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, v0) to prototype and ship production-ready interfaces independently — you don't wait for engineering to validate ideas

You care about the details that separate "good enough" from "great", and hold conviction under pressure

6+ years of product design experience in B2B SaaS, with a portfolio that demonstrates systems-level thinking — components, patterns, and states — not just polished individual screens

Deep experience designing in at least one of the following domains: developer tools, highly interactive editors, technical workflow software, or data/ML platforms; familiarity with the constraints and expectations of technical users is essential

Expert proficiency in Figma, including the ability to build and maintain scalable design systems and component libraries

Proven end-to-end design ownership: from user research and problem framing through to shipped features, including edge cases, error states, and post-launch iteration

Strong communication and design advocacy skills — you can articulate decisions and trade-offs clearly and hold conviction under pressure

Experience mentoring other designers and contributing meaningfully to a shared design system

Bonus: prior experience with data visualisation, complex annotation interfaces, or multimodal workflows; exposure to AI/ML products or platforms; experience shipping frontend code in addition to design artefacts