About this role
The enterprise team at Perplexity is building net-new, unprecedented products that blend multiplayer use cases with novel applications of artificial intelligence. As the Lead Product Designer for the enterprise product, the incoming designer will shape 0-to-1 surfaces that address the complex realities of organizational management, administrative controls, compliance, and security. This practitioner will craft intuitive interfaces that balance familiar UI paradigms with advanced AI capabilities, ensuring the software remains accessible to global users.
Operating autonomously and strategically, this individual will identify critical user problems and drive solutions from initial concept to large-scale optimization. Collaboration spans product, engineering, and brand design to touch every facet of the user experience, from interaction and copywriting to marketing and growth. An ideal candidate possesses extensive industry experience, a strong background in enterprise software mechanics, and a relentless focus on shipping functional, memorable products into the hands of real customers.
What you will do
- Design brand-new enterprise surfaces and multiplayer use cases from the ground up.
- Address complex enterprise requirements such as organizational management, administrative controls, permissions, security, and compliance.
- Build nuanced role-based experiences tailored to varying workplace policies and access levels.
- Integrate novel AI applications with established user interface paradigms to ensure universal usability.
- Operate independently to discover valuable problems and ship effective solutions.
- Manage the entire design lifecycle, spanning initial zero-to-one exploration and ongoing large-scale optimization.
- Collaborate with brand design to deliver enterprise products that are both functional and memorable.
What you need
- Bring five or more years of professional industry experience in design.
- Demonstrate a background in designing enterprise, consumer, or prosumer applications.
- Possess comprehensive knowledge of enterprise software functions, including role-based access, seat management, privacy, and compliance.
- Show direct experience designing non-deterministic tools utilized by large workplace cohorts.
- Exemplify strong visual, user interface, and interaction design capabilities.
- Communicate effectively with internal team members and external users alike.
- Demonstrate comfort with prototyping or writing code to test design concepts.
Nice to have
- Existing skills or interest in coding with React or SwiftUI
Skills and tech stack
Questions candidates ask
What kind of products will I be designing?
You will design net-new, zero-to-one enterprise surfaces and multiplayer use cases. This involves making software that bridges novel AI applications with well-established UI paradigms.
What enterprise software complexities must I account for in my designs?
Your work must account for organizational and seat management, administrative controls, permissions, privacy, security, and compliance. You will also craft nuanced role-based experiences that adapt to workplace policies.
What is the expected background and experience level for this role?
Applicants need five or plus years of industry experience with a strong background in enterprise, consumer, or prosumer products. Familiarity with designing non-deterministic tools used by large workplace cohorts is also required.
Is coding a requirement for the design team?
While comfort prototyping or coding your ideas is expected, writing production code is a nice-to-have skill. Some team members write production code using React or SwiftUI.