About Layer

Layer AI is on a mission to empower game artists with cutting-edge AI tools for generating images, videos, 3D, and audio assets. Our platform helps artists create high-quality assets more efficiently and flexibly, redefining the creative process in the gaming industry. As a rapidly growing startup, we’re looking for passionate engineers who thrive in fast-paced environments and want to build products with real impact.

The Role

As Staff Product Designer, you’ll be the principal hands-on designer for our creation suite. You will own end-to-end user experience— from early research and prototyping through polished, pixel-perfect interfaces—across image, video, 3D, and audio workflows. You’ll partner with Product, Engineering, and Customer Success to translate game-studio pain points into elegant, intuitive tools that feel “built for artists.”

This is a senior individual-contributor (IC) role with company-wide impact: you’ll set design quality bars, evolve our design system, and mentor other designers as the team grows.

What You’ll Do

• Lead product design for flagship features—concept sketches, user flows, wireframes, high-fidelity mocks, and interactive prototypes.
• Drive artist-centric research: plan studies, run interviews, synthesize insights, and turn findings into clear action.
• Shape our design system (components, patterns, tokens) to keep experiences cohesive across web and desktop surfaces.
• Collaborate tightly with VP of Product & VP of Engineering to scope MVPs, validate interaction models, and refine in iterative releases.
• Champion accessibility & craft—ensure every interaction feels fast, delightful, and inclusive.

What We’re Looking For

• 7+ years of product/UX design with at least 2 years designing complex creator or B2B SaaS tools.
• A portfolio demonstrating shipped, production-ready experiences (bonus if for 3D, video, or other creative pipelines).
• Mastery of Figma (or equivalent), rapid prototyping, and design-system thinking.
• Fluency in user-centered research methods and ability to translate research into strategic product decisions.
• Proven track record collaborating with cross-functional partners in an agile, fast-moving startup environment.
• Excellent written and spoken English; you can articulate design rationale to artists, engineers, and executives alike.

Nice to Have

• Experience with generative-AI, game-art pipelines, or game art tools (e.g., Unreal, Unity, Blender).
• Experience in designing realtime collaborative experiences.
• Familiarity with Gaming, LiveOps, or Ad Tech.

Don’t worry if you don’t meet every single requirement—if you’re enthusiastic and ready to learn, we’d love to hear from you.

Why Join Layer AI?

• Innovative Projects: Shape the future of AI-driven tools for game artists.
• Autonomy: Lead projects from concept to launch.
• Growth: Join a rapidly expanding startup with abundant growth opportunities.
• Collaboration: Work with passionate technologists and creatives.

Apply Now

If you’re excited about redefining creative workflows with generative AI, we’d love to hear from you! Please send your resume and any relevant portfolio links. Let’s shape the future of game art together.

Our Values:

🚀  Execute Pragmatically: We approach work with speed and practicality in mind. We take individual ownership over our work, and we trust each other to deliver, but we avoid working in isolation. We strive to be excellent at what we do and will take time to deepen our knowledge of our craft; the more we learn, the better we can execute!

💓  Be Open: At Layer, openness applies to both the business and the people who work within it. We are continually open to giving and receiving feedback and learning new things from each other. We communicate openly and honestly. We are humble and kind and acknowledge that we are not always right.

🌎 Artists First: We are building a tool for artists, to enable them to be more creative and imaginative. We make sure that everything we are building serves artists first.

What we offer:

• Equity plan
• Competitive salary
• Laptop / equipment budget

Commitment to equal opportunity:

We believe that everyone should work in an environment free from discrimination and harassment. All applicants will be treated fairly and judged solely on their merits. Our recruitment process is open, honest, and fair.