Principal Product Designer - AI-First Development

About the Role

We are hiring a Principal Product Designer to join our innovative team at Unqork. This remote Principal Product Designer position offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of AI-native applications for some of the world’s largest organizations. You will play a pivotal role in defining the foundational Information Architecture for a new, AI-enabled Integrated Development Environment (IDE). As a visionary systems designer, you will be at the intersection of user experience, platform architecture, and agentic AI, creating interaction models that balance the speed of natural language with the rigorous governance required in regulated industries.

What You'll Do

• Define core mental models for the new AI-enabled IDE, establishing system structures for projects, modules, components, and services.
• Architect system logic by designing information architecture for complex data workflows, including dependencies, versioning, state, and environments.
• Lead AI-native interaction by designing workflows where natural language serves as the primary interface for generation and iteration.
• Design for AI reliability by building frameworks for AI-driven validation and troubleshooting, ensuring human oversight and reversibility are prioritized.
• Bridge technical abstractions by collaborating with architects to translate complex configuration-driven systems into intuitive developer experiences.
• Scale enterprise governance by ensuring the user experience supports high-stakes requirements like auditability, compliance, and permissions without sacrificing speed.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in product design, specifically in designing developer platforms, IDEs, or internal tools for enterprise/regulated software.
• Mastery in systems thinking with deep expertise in information architecture and a strong understanding of software development processes.
• Technical breadth with comfort in designing for declarative systems, complex state, and traceable workflows.
• An AI-first mindset, with experience embedding AI into core workflows focusing on trust, explainability, and failure modes.
• Strategic versatility to define new interaction paradigms in ambiguous spaces.

Nice to Have

• Experience building high-scale developer platforms, modern AI labs, or enterprise-grade orchestration tools within industry-defining organizations.

What We Offer

• Work from home with a remote-first community.
• Unlimited PTO, with encouragement to use it.
• Student loan payback program.
• 100% employer-covered medical, dental, and vision options for you and your dependents.
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
• Monthly stipend toward your WFH setup, vacation, development, and more.
• Employer-sponsored 401(k) with contribution match.
• Subsidized ClassPass Membership.
• Generous paid parental leave.

Unqork employs a market-driven approach to establish compensation ranges. In addition to a base salary, employees may also be eligible to receive a target incentive and company equity in the form of stock options. As a remote-first company, Unqork incorporates a geographic differential into our compensation structure, depending on the candidate’s location. Our geographic tiers are defined as follows: Tier 1 includes New York Metro, Seattle Metro, and San Francisco Bay Area, while Tier 2 encompasses all other US and US territory locations. Unqork embraces a culture of security and privacy awareness by consistently safeguarding sensitive information, adhering to company policies, and actively participating in training and initiatives to protect our data and the privacy of our stakeholders. We are an equal opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, nationality, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, disability, or age.