Product Design Architect
Wayd, NYC
Wayd's mission is to make humans more human. In a world full of AI companions, AI friends, and AI everything, we believe the AI best use-case is not to substitute but enhance human connections.
We are building the first social network app with autonomous social agents.
to accelerate the next evolution of human connection and make humans more human.
We are backed & received offers by the same legendary investors of: SpaceX, OpenAI, Instagram, Pinterest, Notion, Stripe, ...
We are driven by ambitious goals, fast execution, and a strong sense of urgency. We are assembling the team to make our first "rocket" launch happen.
Wayd does not have recruiters. Every single application is reviewed directly by the CEO.
We want to work with exceptional people, and, to the extent that you excel, we want you to take on more responsibility and help all of us succeed. If this speaks to you, come join us.
We're a very small, talent-dense team driven by a shared obsession with innovation and impact. Every member brings a track record of exceptional achievement and relentless execution, including:
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Creating an app featured by Apple, with 500k+ downloads, at just 18 years old.• Launching a website with over 1M views and managing a team of writers at 13.
• Scoring perfect score in mathematics, placing in the top 0.1% nationally.
We thrive in a culture where audacity meets discipline, and ambition is backed by action. If you're ready to push boundaries alongside people who think and operate at the highest level, we'd love to hear from you.
You will architect our app starting from a blank screen, using first principles thinking. Your role might involve coming up with novel ways for users to interact with social networks. Your job will be to develop the feel, brand, identity, product and interactions from 0 to 1. This is a creative lead role. We are looking for a person that designs thinking of themselves as an architect, artist and inventor.
Your work will be seen and used by millions of people.
This is a part-time/contract job that can be converted to full-time.
You'll flourish in this role if you:
• Have collaborated with teams as a founding designer to shape innovative solutions.
• Obsess with consumer social apps.
• You have a strong point-of-view, without ego — You may occasionally pursue a hunch that not everyone on the team agrees with, but are relentless about testing, deleting, and learning from ideas which don’t work
• Possess a high-agency, generalist mindset, adaptable across diverse challenges.
• Question everything, and consider yourself an inventor.
• Thrived in a research-driven environment: navigating ambiguity, learning from failure, and focusing on what truly matters.
• Passionate about exciting future through transformative technology.
• A portfolio of demonstrated experience designing and shipping features end-to-end (i.e., initial conceptualization → nth prototype → initial release → nth iteration)
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• Experience designing for both web and mobile platforms
If your portfolio has a password what's the password?
We look for evidence of exceptional ability. Please provide us with three examples highlighting your exceptional ability concisely. This is your moment to WOW us!
NOTE: Answering this question fully is the most important part of our interview process. We prefer if you make it personal, we are looking for clear and unquestionable evidence for excellence throughout your life. Not necessarily highlights from your resume.
1 sentence max per bullet point.
What would you do if you had no chance of failure?
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Imagine you receive a magical envelope. Whatever you write inside this envelope, you will become - no chance of failure, guaranteed. You can choose anything: a singer, an actor, any career at all. What would you write? if you don’t write anything in the envelope within five minutes, you’ll lose this chance forever.
What's something that you find beautiful?
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It could be an app, a website, the photo of a human, animal, nature, an album cover, a statue anything! Send us the link of something that you truly find beautiful and that you think encompasses your aesthetic.
Are you a design engineer (you can also code fluently)?
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Who is the best designer you personally know?
Are you currently authorized to work in the United States?
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Will you, at any point, require employer sponsorship to work in the United States?
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Ideal start date in office
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How did you hear about this job?
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Are you able to work in our (city) office?
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