About the role
About Genius AI
Genius AI is building technology to help local businesses run themselves. Genius AI products do the admin work that keeps practitioners from the work they love and the people they serve. From GlossGenius to Reception, its products work 24/7 on busywork like booking, marketing, client management, finances, staff and inventory management, and more.
Genius AI technology has saved businesses 106M in admin hours, earned them $2.0B in additional revenue, and facilitated more than 624M client touch points.
About the Role
Genius AI's core product: scheduling, client management, payments, team tools, is the daily operating system for 120,000+ service businesses, and it's being rebuilt around AI. As a Staff Product Designer on the Core team, you will lead design strategy and implementation for key product experiences, shaping how intelligent features integrate seamlessly to feel useful and native, rather than tacked on. This is a high-ownership role: you'll work directly with Product and Engineering counterparts from early strategy through shipped product, and your design decisions will shape the experience that hundreds of thousands of business owners rely on every day. The bar is high, and the pace is real; we expect you to move fast, hold craft, and actively push the product forward.
You must be commutable to our NYC headquarters and will operate in a hybrid environment. We default to being in-office 3–4 days per week with required attendance on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
What You'll Do
Own the end-to-end design process for your product area; from strategy and early ideation through user testing, refinement, and production, with full accountability for what ships
Define how AI-powered experiences show up in the Core product: thoughtfully, usefully, and in a way that reduces real friction for the service businesses we serve rather than adding complexity
Use AI throughout your design workflow for rapid concepting, prototype generation, and research synthesis, and hold a higher output bar because of it
Build user flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity prototypes that communicate design intent clearly enough for engineering to build from without losing the detail
Lead user interviews and shape product design strategy from direct customer insight, not secondhand summaries
Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Marketing to deliver experiences that are recognized as the best in the category, not just functional, but genuinely excellent
Identify net-new interaction patterns and proactively bring them to the roadmap rather than waiting for a brief
What We're Looking For
7+ years of product design experience, with a portfolio that demonstrates ownership of complex, high-impact product areas, prior experience with scheduling, booking, team management, or payments products is a strong plus
You use AI to accelerate concepting, prototype faster, and shape design strategy, and you have a track record of shipping AI-driven product experiences that actually work for users
Move fast and make decisions; you don't need a fully defined brief to start exploring, you'd rather put something real in front of users and iterate than spend weeks in abstract concepting
Expert command of Figma and advanced prototyping tools (Principle, Framer, or similar), with demonstrated ability to prototype at the fidelity engineers can build from
Deep empathy for the service businesses we serve, you understand their daily reality well enough to design for what they actually need, not just what they say they want
Thrives in ambiguous, high-growth environments, energized by open-ended problems and capable of bringing structure to them without waiting for someone else to do it first
Benefits & Perks
Competitive health & dental insurance options, effective on your first day of employment
Flexible PTO
In-office lunch twice per week for NYC and SF employees, plus late night dinner stipends
Access to Wellhub, a corporate wellness platform with discounted gym memberships, fitness classes, and mental health resources
Annual stipend for professional development and continued learning
High performers at 5 years receive a generous stipend to use however you recharge best
401k benefit: employees are eligible to contribute starting day 1 of employment
Dependent Care FSA
Paid parental leave
Fertility and adoption benefits via Carrot and Kindbody
The starting base salary for this role in San Francisco is between $215,000-$258,000 + target equity + benefits. The base salary offered is dependent upon many factors including skills, experience, location, and education. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.
At Genius AI, we celebrate our differences and are committed to creating a workplace where all employees feel supported and empowered to do their best work. We believe this benefits not only our employees but our product, customers, and community as well. Genius AI is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.
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Genius AI may use automated tools, including artificial intelligence and machine learning systems (AI Tools), to assist in evaluating applicants’ qualifications and fitness for the position. These AI Tools may be used alongside human review during one or more stages of the recruiting process, including application screening, skills assessments, and interviewing. No final hiring decision will be made solely by AI Tools without human oversight.