Inworld AI · 8 hours ago
Staff Designer - USA
Mountain View, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$200K/yr - $260K/yr
5+ years expInworld AI is a product-oriented research lab developing advanced AI technologies. They are seeking a Staff Designer to elevate visual and UX quality across all external surfaces, providing strategic and hands-on design leadership.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Developer APIsDeveloper ToolsGenerative AIMachine LearningMobile Apps
Responsibilities
Own the visual design and UX across all external surfaces from concept through execution
Lead the design of intuitive experiences for state-of-the-art generative AI systems
Provide horizontal design leadership across product, marketing, and growth experiences
Lead and manage relationships with external agencies and vendors, setting clear direction and ensuring work meets Inworld’s quality bar
Establish and evolve design standards and guidelines that enable speed without sacrificing quality
Think about design as a growth lever, using insights, data, and experimentation to improve engagement, conversion, and overall experience quality
Qualification
Required
5-10+ years of experience, or incredible track record of high-growth, preferably at startups and on 0 → 1 products
Experience designing developer-facing products. You can translate complex, real-time AI systems and deep-tech pipelines into intuitive, high-performance solutions
Strong visual and UX design skills, with experience applying brand across developer-facing surfaces
Comfort owning outcomes, not just outputs, thinking about design in terms of clarity, adoption, engagement, and business impact
Experience collaborating closely with product managers and engineers, and translating ambiguous ideas into crisp designs
Excellent communication skills, able to clearly articulate design decisions to technical partners
Hands-on experience with tools like Figma and modern design systems
Deep curiosity about the AI space
Founder-level proactivity: you bring solutions, not just mockups, and fix broken experience-level touchpoints before you're asked
You use AI in your daily work, continually experimenting to improve both efficiency and quality
Benefits
Bonus
Equity
Benefits
Company
Inworld AI
Inworld AI is an AI runtime powering massive consumer applications.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$123.2MKey Investors
Lightspeed Venture PartnersComcast NBCUniversal LIFT LabsIntel Capital,S32
2023-08-02Series A· $56M
2023-06-27Non Equity Assistance
2022-08-23Series A· $50M
Leadership Team
Michael Ermolenko
Chief Technology Officer
Ilya Gelfenbeyn
Executive Chairman
Recent News
2026-01-23
2025-12-18
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