AI Native Product Designer

We are open to remote candidatesbased in the Americas time zones.Zero is a small team inside Metalab. We explore new tools, workflows, and ways of building products. We test ideas fast, validate what works, and feed learnings back to the broader org.The role is client-facing. You'll be embedded in active engagements, putting our research to the test on real product work.You design product experiences end-to-end and take them to ship: structuring flows, making the calls on hierarchy and interaction, then directing AI coding tools to turn your designs into working product. You push for working artifacts over polished mockups. You feed back honestly to the people building the tools.If your work ends in Figma, that's good. If it ends in something the team can actually use, that's the point.You're curious, adaptable, and excited that product design is changing in real time. This isn't a hand-off-to-engineering role. AI coding tools (Cursor, v0, Lovable, Claude, etc.) are becoming the bridge from design intent to shipped product, and you're the one wielding them to make it real.What you’ll doDesign and ship product experiences across web, mobile, AI-native, and emerging interfacesTranslate ambiguous product briefs into working prototypes and shipped artifacts, not just static mockupsUse AI tools and agents as a core part of your workflow to design, prototype, and produce working codeCollaborate closely with engineering leads on larger products while independently owning implementation for prototypes, MVPs, and smaller productsPresent work clearly to clients and internal teams, holding the line on design quality while moving at the pace the work demandsBuild, test, and improve the design tooling and AI workflows themselves, feeding honest learnings back to R&DRequirementsProduct design experience at a digital product agency, studio, or consultancyStrong UI/UX fundamentals: systems thinking, product intuition, and the ability to structure flows, interactions, and behavior thoughtfully under real client constraintsYou don't just use AI, you build with it. Likely in your personal life and hobby time. You've used Cursor, v0, Lovable, Claude, or similar to ship something realComfortable enough with how frontend works (components, layout, responsive behavior, basic state) to direct AI coding tools effectively and recognize when the output is wrongA bias toward making ideas tangible quickly, with the judgment to know when polish actually mattersPassionate about staying ahead of how AI is reshaping product design, with a personal point of view on what's working and what isn'tHappy working alongside R&D, taking experimental tools and folding the findings back into how the broader org designsEqual opportunity employerResearch shows that women and other marginalized groups tend to only apply for a job when they meet every single criteria. Does this role sound like it was made for you, yet you don’t check every box? Reach out anyways! We’re an equal opportunity employer and are dedicated to fostering an inclusive and diverse environment for employees from all walks of life. We hire based on talent, and we’re proud of our global perspective.Originally posted on Himalayas