Shape the future of intelligent e-commerce
AI is transforming how people discover and shop online. We're creating the technology that will power this transformation, making commerce more intelligent, transparent, and accessible. We need an exceptional product design leader to drive our next phase of innovation. You'll define how millions of people interact with e-commerce, working alongside world-class teams to solve unprecedented challenges in AI, crowdsourcing, and commerce.
The opportunity
Unlike traditional design leadership roles that move talented designers away from craft, this position combines hands-on design excellence with strategic influence at the frontier of AI and commerce. You'll be a working design leader who:
- Creates cutting-edge design solutions for our most strategic products and initiatives
- Shapes overall product design vision while remaining deeply hands-on
- Designs novel AI-human interaction systems that scale to millions of users
- Conducts and guides strategic user research to drive evidence-based decision making
- Partners directly with the CEO to translate vision into tangible experiences
- Mentors and elevates a team of talented designers through example and guidance
- Builds multiplication effects through frameworks, systems, and strategic design
About Demand.io
We're building the world's leading source of e-commerce knowledge through our unique technology stack:
- ShopGraph: Our proprietary knowledge graph containing real-time commerce data
- SimplyCodes (simplycodes.com): AI and community-powered platform covering 400,000+ stores (10x more than competitors)
- Product.ai (product.ai): Revolutionary AI shopping assistant redefining purchase decisions
- Profitable since founding in 2009, driving $1B+ in annual commerce volume
What sets us apart
Technical innovation
- Design systems that seamlessly blend AI capabilities with human insight
- Create interfaces where community and AI collaboration drive verification
- Solve novel challenges in conversational commerce and AI-powered interfaces
- Design crowdsourcing experiences that generate Byzantine fault tolerant validation
- Pioneer new approaches to privacy-first shopping intelligence
- Lead research initiatives that uncover deep user needs and behaviors
Strategic impact
- Shape product strategy at the highest level
- Drive transformation of core products toward AI-powered experiences
- Create design frameworks that multiply impact across teams
- Design systems that create self-improving products and interfaces
- Direct involvement in product innovation and strategy decisions
- Build research practices that inform product direction and business strategy
Creating wealth through innovation
We've reimagined tech compensation for elite talent. Unlike traditional tech compensation heavily weighted toward RSUs or illiquid equity, we provide substantial immediate wealth creation through monthly cash payments.
Foundation
- Base: $210,000 - $270,000
- Equity: 0.40 - 0.75%
- Partners Program: Substantial monthly profit-sharing bonuses
Partners Program with profit-sharing
Top performers achieve total compensation of $400,000 - $700,000+ annually through our unique Partners Program. Key advantages:
- Monthly cash payments (not annual or deferred bonuses)
- Immediate wealth creation (vs locked RSUs)
- Uncapped earning potential
- No lockup periods or liquidity events required
- Increasing bonus percentages as you advance through Partner levels
Additional benefits
- 🚀 Advancement opportunities based on impact
- 📚 Learning stipend for conferences, courses, and certifications
- 🖥️ Access to advanced AI tools including our own GPU cluster for AI model training
- 🏥 Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage for you and all dependents
- 🏖️ Unlimited PTO
- 👶 Parental leave policy
- 📈 401(k) program
- 🍽️ Catered lunches in our state-of-the-art Santa Monica office
- 🏠 Relocation assistance for exceptional candidates
What we're looking for
Design and research excellence
- Deep mastery of product design craft
- Strong portfolio demonstrating versatility across complex interfaces
- Proficiency in planning and conducting strategic user research
- Ability to execute sophisticated designs while maintaining usability
- History of successful AI-powered experiences
- Talent for balancing innovation with user-centered design
- Skill in translating research insights into actionable design decisions
Strategic thinking
- Demonstrated ability to develop comprehensive design strategies informed by research
- Experience translating business objectives into design frameworks
- Skill in creating measurable design outcomes
- Systems thinking approach to design challenges
- Capacity to connect design decisions to business metrics
- Ability to identify when and where research will have the highest impact
Deep generalist capabilities
- Expertise across multiple design disciplines (UX, UI, research, systems)
- Understanding of research methodologies and when to apply them
- Knowledge of technical constraints and opportunities
- Business acumen and strategic perspective
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Comfort with ambiguity and rapid iteration
Leadership through craft
- History of leading through example and mentorship
- Ability to elevate team capabilities while remaining hands-on
- Track record of creating frameworks that scale design impact
- Experience building design systems and pattern libraries
- Talent for inspiring and motivating through excellence
- Skill in fostering a research-informed design culture
Required experience
- 8+ years of product design experience
- Portfolio demonstrating exceptional design craft
- Experience conducting and implementing user research in product development
- Experience designing AI-powered products in production
- Track record of creating user-centered shopping experiences
- History of driving strategic design initiatives
- Expertise with crowdsourcing and/or community-driven products
- Demonstrable impact on business metrics through design
- Experience mentoring other designers
Nice to have
- Experience with e-commerce or marketplace products
- Background in designing for privacy and data ethics
- Experience with conversational interfaces
- Track record of innovation in consumer products
- Previous exposure to verification systems or trust mechanisms
- Design leadership in gamification or engagement systems
- Understanding of SEO considerations in design
- Experience building and scaling research practices
Ready to shape the future of commerce?
If you're energized by solving novel design challenges at the intersection of AI, community, and commerce, we want to talk to you. We understand exceptional candidates often have compelling current roles. Our founder is happy to have an initial confidential conversation about how this unique opportunity could align with your career aspirations.
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