Product Designer - Thorin

8VC

$120K — $150K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of experience as a Product Designer, preferably in SaaS or enterprise products
  • Proven track record designing AI-powered products
  • Familiarity with enterprise workflows and productivity tools
  • Strong ability to bridge user needs, business goals, and technical constraints
  • Portfolio showcasing visual, interaction, and UX design skills with end-to-end project ownership
  • Experience collaborating with engineering and product teams in dynamic environments
  • Comfortable navigating ambiguity and shaping initial concepts in a startup setting

Responsibilities

  • Design seamless and intuitive product experiences that simplify complex AI functionalities
  • Collaborate with product and engineering teams from concept to launch
  • Create wireframes, prototypes, and detailed designs to facilitate implementation
  • Collect and analyze user feedback to continuously refine user experiences
  • Elevate and maintain high standards for Thorin's design system

Benefits

  • Join early-stage team and directly influence foundational AI direction
  • Work closely with a passionate founding team and Joe Lonsdale on product vision
  • Engage with customers early and often, enhancing product relevance
  • High level of autonomy and rapid iteration in product development
  • Valuable experience in shaping how an AI company goes to market from the ground up
Full Job Description
Title: Product Designer

Location: San Francisco
Company: Thorin
Stage: Seed | Incubated at 8VC

About the Role

We're hiring a Product Designer to help define and shape the core user experience of Thorin's AI-powered product. You'll play a critical role in translating complex AI capabilities into intuitive, elegant workflows that feel natural and valuable to enterprise users.

This role sits at the intersection of product strategy, design craft, and technical collaboration. You'll take ideas from early concepts through execution, helping ensure Thorin's product is not only powerful under the hood, but clear, usable, and delightful on the surface.

What You'll Do

  • Design intuitive, end-to-end product experiences that translate complex AI capabilities into clear, usable workflows.
  • Partner closely with product and engineering to shape features from early concept through launch.
  • Create wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs to explore ideas and guide implementation.
  • Gather and synthesize user feedback to iterate quickly and improve core experiences.
  • Help evolve Thorin's design system and uphold a high bar for design quality.


What You'll Bring

  • 4+ years of experience as a Product Designer (or equivalent), ideally in SaaS or enterprise products.
  • Experience designing AI-powered products.
  • Familiarity with enterprise workflows, productivity tools, or developer-facing products.
  • Strong product thinking - you can connect user needs, business goals, and technical constraints.
  • Excellent visual, interaction, and UX design skills, with a portfolio that demonstrates end-to-end ownership.
  • Experience collaborating closely with engineering and product in fast-moving teams.
  • Comfort working in ambiguity and shaping problems from scratch in a 01 environment.


About the Team & Why Thorin

  • Be among the first design hires and shape foundational AI direction.
  • Work closely with a small, highly driven founding team, design partners, and directly with Joe Lonsdale, who remains deeply involved in product vision, strategy, and hiring
  • Operate with high agency, rapid iteration, and direct customer exposure from day one
  • Help define how a category-defining AI company goes to market from first principles
  • Build with the backing of one of the strongest early-stage venture platforms in the industry

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