Product Design at AXL

Location: Toronto, ON, in-person

Apply here: https://forms.gle/FKVTVCTwEKVr2eNF6

Type: Full-time

Seniority and compensation: Final title and compensation will depend on experience and demonstrated seniority.

Design Human-Centered AI Products at AXL

AXL is a Toronto-based venture studio building new AI-powered companies from the ground up. We work at the intersection of research, emerging AI technology, product design, and venture creation.

AXL was founded to help close the gap between world-class AI research and products that actually reach users.

We are looking for a product designer who can move quickly from 0 to 1, turn ambiguous ideas into clear product experiences, and work closely with engineers to bring those experiences to life. This role is ideal for someone who is entrepreneurial, AI-native, and excited to design new ways for people to interact with AI.

What You'll Do

• Lead product design for new AI ventures from concept to MVP
• Own the design process through ambiguity, from early problem framing and workflow definition to polished product experiences
• Turn founder ideas, customer needs, and technical capabilities into intuitive product flows
• Rapidly prototype ideas using tools such as Claude Design, Claude Code, Figma, and other AI-based design tools
• Work closely with software engineers in agile development teams to move from design to implementation
• Create clear specs, flows, prototypes, and interaction details, and support engineers through implementation
• Conduct focused user research, usability testing, and customer discovery to deeply understand user needs and validate product decisions
• Help define reusable patterns for AI products, including copilots, agents, dashboards, and AI-assisted workflows

What We're Looking For

• 4+ years of product design experience across web and/or mobile products
• Strong portfolio showing thoughtful, polished, user-centered design
• Experience taking products from 0 to 1, ideally in a startup, venture studio, or fast-moving product environment
• Strong comfort with traditional design tools such as Figma and Adobe Creative Suite, as well as emerging AI-based rapid design and prototyping tools such as Claude Design and Claude Code
• Experience working closely with software engineers in agile development teams
• Strong interaction design, visual design, and product thinking skills
• Entrepreneurial mindset, with comfort working through ambiguity, speed, iteration, and changing priorities
• Curiosity about AI, human-computer interaction, and emerging product patterns

Bonus Points

• Experience designing AI-powered products
• Experience creating functional prototypes, not just static mockups
• Familiarity with copilots, agents, prompt-driven workflows, or human-in-the-loop systems
• Experience designing enterprise or B2B SaaS products
• Startup, venture studio, or 0 to 1 product experience
• Prototyping in code or working with AI coding tools

Why AXL?

At AXL, your design work will help shape the first versions of new AI companies. You will work closely with founders, engineers, HCI and AI researchers, corporate partners, and venture builders to turn early ideas into real products used by real customers.

This is an opportunity to design at the frontier of AI while staying grounded in human needs, strong product thinking, and practical execution.