Get the depth of qualitative interviews at the speed and scale of a survey with the power of AI-moderated research. Make better, faster decisions for your business. Backed by Y Combinator.
About the role
Own product surfaces end to end. Take projects from early concepts through launch and iteration, including a central role in our Simulations work. Simplify technical complexity. Dig into how our simulations and other systems actually work, then design experiences that make the output legible and trustworthy to researchers. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- We don't have many explicit requirements, and exceptional candidates might bend these rules
- 5+ years of product design industry experience, ideally including time as the lead or founding designer on a product or major product area
- Experience taking a product from 0 to 1, or working in an early-stage environment where the direction changed often
- Genuine curiosity about technically complex systems, and a track record of designing clear products on top of them
- Comfort working directly with customers and treating their feedback as a primary input to design
- Exceptional communication skills
More about this role
Outset invented a better way to do research: AI-powered user interviews.
Global brands like Hubspot, Microsoft, Uber and Nestle use Outset to achieve deeper, qualitative insights about their users at unprecedented speed and scale.
The research industry is massive (>$140B and growing) and ripe for disruption. Incumbents are outdated, slow, and burdened by high-cost services. That's our opportunity.
Outset is backed by top Silicon Valley investors and raised a $30M Series B in December 2025—less than six months after our Series A—led by Radical Ventures with participation from M12 (Microsoft’s venture arm), 8VC, Y Combinator, and Adverb Ventures.
The raise follows a breakout year, with our business growing 8x as enterprise customers across industries adopt our category, AI‑moderated research, as the new standard for understanding people.
We’re a tight-knit team serving some of the world’s largest enterprises.
We're looking for an experienced product designer to join our small team and own meaningful parts of the Outset product. A significant part of your purview will be our Digital Twins / Simulations Lab—a new 0→1 product we're building alongside the core platform—though the work...
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