Chalk · 22 hours ago
Founding Product Designer
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$150K/yr - $275K/yr
5+ years expChalk is building a data platform for machine learning applications, aiming to simplify complex workflows. They are seeking a Founding Product Designer to create intuitive interfaces for engineers and data scientists, shaping the product and visual standards from the ground up.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Big DataMachine LearningProductivity ToolsSoftware
Responsibilities
Work directly with engineers and founders to navigate the problem space, define requirements, prototype solutions, and ship polished experiences (we do not have product managers)
Own UI/UX end-to-end, from concept to high-fidelity mocks to implementation
Actively gather feedback from peers and users (mostly engineers and data scientists) to validate designs and rapidly iterate
Balance speed and polish, with a bias to making pragmatic trade-offs to ship fast and learn
Help start the design system: components, patterns, and principles that scale with the team
Within your first 7 days, ship designs ready for implementation
Qualification
Required
5+ years of full-time design experience
Portfolio that showcases shipped work
Comfort building for an engineering persona, with enough technical literacy to discuss APIs, data flows, and constraints
A collaborative mindset – low ego about your designs and open to feedback
Strong communication skills – articulate design decisions clearly and ask clarifying questions to align on context or feedback
Ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced environment, where 'just enough process' is the goal and without a formal PM structure or formal product documentation
Fluent in Figma
Preferred
Experience designing for developer tools or data-heavy B2B products
Familiarity with SQL, Python, data engineering, or machine-learning workflows
Dabbled with front-end code (HTML/CSS, React, or TypeScript)
Benefits
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Health Savings Account (HSA)
Expert Healthcare Guidance
Retirement savings
15 company holidays each year
15 days of personal time off each year
Flex Commuter Benefits
Daily lunch and dinner on Chalk
Office is fully-stocked with drinks and snacks to fuel your work day.
Staying late? Dinner is on us
Staying even later? Grab an Uber / Lyft home on Chalk
Company
Chalk
Chalk is a data platform for AI inference that provides the infrastructure needed to operationalize machine learning and AI.
51-200 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$60.34MKey Investors
Felicis
2025-05-28Series A· $50M
2023-12-12Seed· $10M
2023-02-13Seed· $0.34M
Leadership Team
Alexandra Lee Kane
VP Revenue and NY Site Lead
Recent News
General Catalyst
2025-12-15
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