Senior Product Designer
chromatic
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✦ Applicant intel Generated from the posting text on September 28, 2026 · synthesis, not source data — always read the full description
Chromatic (dev-tooling company) seeks a Senior Product Designer to design developer workflows for AI agents — spanning research, design, implementation, and agent skills/harnesses that encode design decisions. Requires 8+ years, shipped technical products, fluency with coding agents, and the ability to build prototypes and production UI in React. Remote, North America or Europe; $143K–$162K plus equity.
Must-have skills
- 8+ years product design with strong UX and visual craft
- shipped technical products with deep understanding of their mechanics
- prototypes and production UI built in React
- uses coding agents and tunes the quality of their output
- durable design systems (components, tokens, guidelines) for engineers and agents
Nice-to-have
- researching customer workflows against business priorities
- verifying implementation quality: interaction, accessibility, copy, edge cases
- explaining technical ideas and design decisions clearly in writing and visuals
Tools mentioned
Experience
8+ years
Scope & seniority
Senior IC designer on dev-tooling product; designs for agents as users, not just humans
Practical notes
- Required location: North America or Europe
- Salary range: $143K–$162K + equity
✓ Green flags
- Designing agent-facing developer workflows — genuinely new design surface
- Salary band disclosed; compensation philosophy published
- Hands-on builder role: design to code to agent harnesses in one seat
⚠ Worth knowing
- Must build production UI in React — effectively a design-engineer role, not pure design
- Short posting for an 8+ year role; little signal on team, roadmap, or craft bar
Full description
Product Design spans research, design, and implementation. We’re looking for a hands-on builder who is deeply curious about bringing developer workflows to agents.
Required Location: North America or Europe.
Responsibilities
Design every detail of a product experience from initial concept to user flow to pixels.
Understand the algorithms, policies, and prior art that underpin design.
Research how customers work, then weigh the findings against business priorities to decide what to build.
Verify implementation quality, including interaction behavior, accessibility, copy, and edge cases.
Build durable design systems with components, tokens, and guidelines for engineers and agents.
Develop agent skills and harnesses that encode design decisions.
Work with Marketing on visuals and content for the features you've shipped.
Requirements
8+ years of product design experience with strong UX and visual craft.
You’ve shipped technical products and demonstrate a deep understanding of their mechanics.
You use coding agents, experiment with new workflows, and tune the quality of their output.
You build prototypes and production UI in React.
You work within existing design patterns and balance scope against business needs.
You bring recommendations, seek feedback early, and change your mind with new data.
You explain technical ideas and design decisions clearly in writing and visuals.
Salary Range: US $143K - US$162K + equity. Learn more about our compensation philosophy here. For a list of our other benefits & a peek into life at Chromatic, visit our careers page.
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