Product UI/UX Designer

Alpaca Research is seeking a Product UI/UX Designer to shape the visual identity and user experience for an AI personal computing product. This onsite role in Cambridge, MA focuses on designing beautiful, intuitive interfaces and interactions, then bringing those concepts into real production through prototyping and code.

In this position, you will help define a cohesive design language across the product ecosystem, from AI applications to device setup and beyond. You will iterate with engineers and users from early concepts through to working interfaces, testing ideas and continuously improving the experience.

What you’ll do

• Create beautiful, intuitive interfaces for AI applications, device setup, and the broader software ecosystem.
• Explore new ways for people to communicate with AI agents, manage their work, and interact with a personal AI computer.
• Translate sketches and concepts into high-fidelity designs, interactive prototypes, and working interfaces in code.
• Build and maintain a cohesive visual system across products, including typography, color, components, animations, and interactions.
• Refine layouts, transitions, motion, and microinteractions until every detail feels exceptional.
• Partner directly with engineers and users to take designs from concept to production, test ideas, and improve continuously.

What you’ll bring

• a strong eye for typography, color, composition, spacing, and motion, with an obsessive attention to detail.
• Proficiency with tools such as Figma, Illustrator, Photoshop, or similar, and the ability to create original, polished designs from scratch.
• Comfort working with HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript, React, or similar technologies to build and refine interfaces.
• Experience designing intuitive workflows, animations, transitions, and interfaces that feel as good as they look.
• The ability to turn complex capabilities into simple, coherent, and delightful user experiences.
• Interest in consumer technology, staying current with design and engineering tools, and experimenting with new ideas.
• A sense of ownership, close collaboration with engineers, and a commitment to relentlessly refine what you build.

Tools and technologies

• Figma
• Illustrator
• Photoshop
• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript
• TypeScript
• React

Compensation

$120,000 - $140,000 per year.