We're creating a new AI operating system that has the potential to change the way companies operate. Our mission at Dust is to transform how work gets done by letting any team and employee shape the exact agents they need to accelerate their work.
With 70%+ weekly active users, people stick with Dust as much as they do with Slack and Notion. We already are a core part of their jobs.
We're at an exciting stage of our journey and growing fast. We're serving great customers like Cursor, Clay, Whatnot, and Persona, and aim to 5x our growth by the end of 2026.
Dust is a Sequoia-backed company with an experienced and determined team of optimists (coming from companies like Stripe and OpenAI) that likes to focus on users, getting great things done by shipping fast, and doesn’t take itself too seriously while doing so.
Dust is building the AI operating system that transforms how companies work, already used weekly by 70%+ of our customers' teams. We're looking for a Senior Product Designer who can tackle ambiguous product problems across our platform, working in close partnership with engineering in a highly technical environment where AI capabilities evolve weekly.
This isn't a typical design role. You'll define the end-to-end experience for how humans collaborate with AI agents, shaping a product category that lacks established patterns yet. You need strong discovery and product thinking to frame the right problems, exceptional UI craft to execute elegant solutions, and the communication skills to influence direction across a lean, technical team.
You'll thrive here if you're excited by:
Defining a new product category: Creating interaction patterns for AI agents that don't exist yet
High impact, high autonomy: Owning entire product areas from discovery through delivery with massive scope
Technical depth: Working alongside world-class engineers (ex-Stripe, OpenAI) who value craft and move fast
Real usage at scale: Seeing your work used daily by customers like Cursor, Clay, Whatnot, and Persona
Product-First: We're laser-focused on delightful product experiences with existing LLMs, not building foundation models.
Small, High-Impact Team: Alumni from Stripe, Square, OpenAI. We're keeping the team intentionally small—every person has massive scope and impact.
Transparency & Collaboration: Our repository is open source. We share information openly because the best ideas emerge from serendipity and open exchange.
Proactive Problem-Solving: See something broken? Fix it—without waiting for permission. We create solutions, not wait for them.
Ship to Learn: We move fast and learn from real user feedback. Speed matters.
Intellectual Humility: Strong convictions, loosely held. We advocate confidently for our ideas while staying open to new perspectives. If new data emerges, we adapt quickly.
Own end-to-end product areas from discovery through delivery. Defining problems, exploring solutions, shipping designs, and measuring impact
Lead product discovery by working with users, analysing behaviour, and framing ambiguous problems into actionable design opportunities
Create exceptional UI that balances simplicity with powerful functionality in a complex, AI-driven product
Partner deeply with engineering to understand technical constraints, explore what's possible, and influence implementation decisions
Shape product direction by presenting work clearly, building conviction with stakeholders, and advocating for user needs
Contribute across disciplines when needed. Research, prototyping, brand, or even code, in true early-stage startup fashion
Raise the bar by providing guidance to less experienced designers with a "no-ego, do-what-it-takes" attitude
Discovery & Product Thinking
You can frame design problems by understanding user needs, business constraints, and technical possibilities
You ask sharp questions that reveal insights others miss
You know when to explore broadly vs. converge on solutions
UI Craft & Execution
You create polished, thoughtful interfaces that balance aesthetics with usability
Your portfolio shows end-to-end thinking, not just pretty screens
You understand systems thinking and how details compound
Communication & Influence
You can articulate your thinking clearly, explaining the why behind decisions, not just the what
You present work confidently and handle feedback constructively
You influence without authority in cross-functional settings
Additional Requirements:
5+ years of product design experience, with at least 2 years working on complex B2B or technical products
Comfortable in technical environments: You understand engineering constraints and can work effectively with technical teams
Generalist mindset: Willing to step outside pure design when needed. Research, prototyping, brand, or light coding
Startup experience preferred: You've worked in ambiguous, fast-moving environments where you had to define your own scope
Competitive compensation: €80,000 - €110,000 base salary depending on experience and seniority*
Significant equity at all levels of seniority in a Sequoia-backed startup
Relocation support: Up to €10,000 for relocation to Paris, including apartment search and visa assistance
Health insurance for you and your dependents
Equipment: New MacBook Pro or Linux machine, monitor, keyboard, etc.
Beautiful office in the heart of Paris (4 days/week in-office)
US travel: Opportunity to visit our US operations multiple times per year
Regular team events and offsite gatherings
*We can go higher for outstanding profiles.
We're prioritizing building our team with an in-person culture at our offices in Paris and San Francisco, because we value the magic that happens when talented people work closely together.
We're not building yet another enterprise SaaS tool. We’re creating an AI OS that will fundamentally change how companies operate. We believe existing AI models are powerful enough to have a tremendous impact on the
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