Senior Product Designer

Woodside AI is a venture studio based in Palo Alto, focused on crafting category-defining AI companies in partnership with world-class entrepreneurs and industry market leaders.

Founded by industry titans and a top AI researcher from OpenAI, Woodside AI combines a proven track record of venture building and technical innovation. Our team members have shaped companies such as TSMC, Canva, and DRW, as well as backing disruptors like Anduril, Instacart, and Palantir in their early days. Our unique model of venture building has produced industry shapers such as Digital Asset (raised $135M Series E in 2025), Novaprime (now partnering with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac), ErisX (acquired by CBOE in 2022), and Hashnote (acquired by Circle in 2025).

We are fully self-funded and focused on tackling complex industry challenges unlikely to be solved by traditional startups. Our unique approach gives founders and early teams immediate market access, domain expertise, and ample funding to take bold swings with real impact, while saving precious time and energy by staying laser-focused on delivering valuable solutions.

The Opportunity

We’re looking for a Senior Product Designe r to join our Venture Studio team within Product & Engineering. This is a unique opportunity to help shape and visually define new ventures from the ground up. Each venture has a story to tell, and before product-market fit, design is how we bring that story to life.

You’ll be responsible for turning early ideas into compelling, high-quality design experiences that communicate vision and help drive early traction. You’ll work across several early-stage concepts, partnering with product leadership, engineers, and the studio team to create products that push boundaries and reimagine industries.

This role is perfect for someone who thrives in fast-moving, zero-to-one environments and wants to set the creative direction for a growing venture studio.

What You’ll Do

Translate product requirements into user experiences, information architecture, and design flows

Rapidly iterate and evolve prototypes from low-fidelity concepts to polished, interactive designs

Build high-fidelity responsive UX and UI prototypes for web applications based on user stories and product requirements

Create and maintain a shared design system and component library for use across the studio’s ventures

Partner closely with product leadership to define and refine design direction

Collaborate with engineers to ensure seamless design-to-code implementation

Contribute to building a strong, collaborative design culture within the studio

What We’re Looking For

5+ years of experience in product design or UI/UX design, ideally within a startup, venture, or design-led company

Deep expertise in Figma, including design systems, prototyping, and team collaboration

Working knowledge of CSS to maintain and evolve a shared component library

A strong portfolio that shows an ability to tell stories through design and bring early-stage ideas to life

An eye for aesthetics and attention to visual detail

Ability to manage multiple projects at once and adjust design direction across different ventures

Excellent communication and collaboration skills, working closely with engineers and product leadership

Nice to Have

Experience with React or TypeScript, or an interest in learning how to contribute to component libraries

Familiarity with AI-assisted design tools such as Cursor or other creative workflow tools

Experience in a venture studio, design agency, or early-stage startup environment

Background in creating or scaling design systems across multiple products

Passion for visual storytelling and designing products that inspire and engage users