[Hiring] Head of Design @OpenClaw Foundation

Role Description

The OpenClaw Foundation is seeking a Head of Design to define the design vision, systems, and experiences that shape how people interact with AI agents. This is a foundational, highly hands-on role for a design leader with exceptional taste and a track record of building and shipping best-in-class products from zero to one.

• Establish a cohesive design language across the OpenClaw ecosystem.
• Develop scalable design systems.
• Invent new interaction paradigms for how people collaborate with, delegate to, and maintain control over AI agents.
• Operate at the intersection of product strategy, interaction design, visual design, and engineering.
• Set the bar for design quality across consumer experiences, developer tools, and agent interfaces.
• Create systems that enable a broader open source ecosystem to build cohesive products.

Qualifications

• A proven track record of building and shipping exceptional zero-to-one products, with clear ownership from early concept through launch.
• Exceptional design taste, visual craft, and a strong point of view on the future of software and human-computer interaction.
• Deep expertise in design systems, including building scalable component libraries, interaction patterns, and visual languages from the ground up.
• The ability to combine strategic vision with hands-on execution, moving fluidly between product direction, rapid prototyping, and pixel-level detail.
• Strong interaction design and systems thinking, with the ability to simplify complex technical capabilities into intuitive user experiences.
• Technical fluency and a history of close collaboration with engineering teams to ship polished, production-ready products.
• Comfort operating in ambiguous, fast-moving environments and influencing direction without relying on large teams or heavy processes.
• A compelling portfolio demonstrating product impact, design excellence, and end-to-end ownership.

Requirements

• Experience designing AI-native products, autonomous agents, assistants, or emerging interaction models.
• Experience building developer tools, technical platforms, or infrastructure products.
• Contributions to open source projects or experience designing for distributed communities.
• Familiarity with agent identity, permissions, privacy, security, or interoperability.
• Experience with front-end development or code-based prototyping.