Principal Product Designer
VIA Science, Inc. (VIA) is a Somerville-based data-security software company providing Web3, quantum-resistant, passwordless, AI, blockchain, and privacy technologies for government, defense, critical infrastructure, and enterprises.
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About VIA Science, Inc.
VIA describes itself as a provider of Web3 technologies to the U.S. Department of Defense and critical-infrastructure companies. Its current offerings include GHOST for corrections intelligence, Quantum Transfer for secure large-file transfers, SLAM AI for secure collaboration between teams and AI agents, VIA Wallet for offline-capable stablecoin payments, and VIA Zero Trust Fabric for passwordless application authentication. VIA also develops VIAsecurechain, a permissioned, DoD-accredited blockchain used for verifiable data protection and privacy-preserving workflows.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will own end-to-end UX and UI design for complex AI platforms, secure data exploration, agentic workflows, and permission-controlled data sharing. You will turn technical requirements into intuitive, high-fidelity concepts, prototypes, documentation, and UI copy. You will partner with stakeholders and engineers to shape roadmaps, address constraints, establish scalable design patterns, and mentor designers.
Requirements
- 8+ years of product design experience, including 3+ years in complex enterprise or technical domains
- Technical fluency with engineering collaboration and system architecture
- Experience designing agentic and collaborative workflows with shared state
- Experience designing complex workflows and security-focused systems
- Strong visual design skills for technical interfaces
- Design leadership and mentorship experience
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end UX/UI design across AI-native platforms, agentic workflows, collaborative data environments, and permission-controlled data sharing experiences
- Translate high-level workflows into low-fidelity mockups
- Design secure-by-default interaction patterns for data visibility, access control, and sharing
- Evaluate tradeoffs between technical complexity and user value to influence roadmap direction
- Lead strategic design efforts for cohesive, scalable data-platform workflows
- Partner with Engineering to explore technical constraints and align on backend logic
- Translate technical and security requirements into high-fidelity product concepts
- Create prototypes, component documentation, and UI copy
- Champion responsible AI use in human-centered design
- Establish and evolve scalable design patterns and principles
- Mentor designers and refine internal design processes
Benefits
- 401K plan with up to 5% employer contribution
- Fully funded health plan with vision and dental coverage for employees and their families from day one
- Up to 24 weeks of paid parental leave
- Four-week paid ramp-back program
- USD 10,000 family-forming benefit
- Flexible vacation policy
- Summer Fridays
- Extended holiday period in December
- Work-from-home flexibility
- Remote work from eligible locations for up to two months per year
- Access to three offices
- Transit benefits
- In-person team events
- Dedicated wellness advisor
