About the Role
We are seeking a craft-obsessed, systems-minded Product Designer to evolve our product suite and own & grow the Tavus design systems. This role demands exceptional visual design skills and product design judgment, with a focus on typography, color, spacing, and motion. Initially, you will focus on the design system, and as it matures, you will evolve into ownership of a product area. You will collaborate closely with product, engineering, and leadership in a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities
- Define the token architecture, component structure, and theming model to allow the system to flex across products and surfaces.
- Establish standards, documentation, and a contribution model to maintain system coherence.
- Partner with frontend engineers to ensure faithful and effective system implementation.
- Elevate visual and interaction craft, including motion and micro-interaction detail, for every component and pattern.
- Drive adoption by making the system easy to use and building supporting artifacts, documentation, and relationships.
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience as a product designer with solid UX judgment.
- Experience building and governing design systems at scale.
- Experience architecting and evolving a design system, with bonus points for work within existing component frameworks and from-scratch builds.
- Ability to operate with minimal specs and shifting priorities while maintaining a high quality bar.
- Comfort working closely with code, reviewing implementation, and speaking the language of engineers.
Skills
- Exceptional visual design skills
- Systems-minded approach
- Typography
- Color
- Spacing
- Detail-oriented
- Motion design
- Interaction design
- Product design judgment
- UX judgment
- User flows
- Interaction patterns
- Product tradeoffs
- Original design creation
- Principled decision-making
- Decisiveness in ambiguity
- Technical fluency
Location
- San Francisco Bay Area
Work Type
- Flexible work schedule
Experience Level
- 6+ years of experience
Benefits
- Flexible work schedule
- Unlimited PTO
- Competitive healthcare
- Gear stipends
About the Company
- Tavus is an AI research lab pioneering human computing, building PALs (Personalized AI Agents) that close the gap between people and machines.
- PALs combine human emotional intelligence with machine reach and reliability, enabling meaningful, face-to-face conversations.
- Tavus is a Series B company backed by investors including Sequoia Capital, Y Combinator, and Scale Venture Partners.
- We are a small, creative team of designers, engineers, and product enthusiasts dedicated to bridging the human-machine divide.
- We are not looking for cultural fits, we are looking for culture creators.
- Diversity drives our success and is core to how we hire, communicate, and work.
Equal Opportunity
- We are inclusive to all and combine our diverse backgrounds, skill sets, and perspectives to build the best experiences for our clients.
