About Sandbar
Sandbar is an interface company in New York City. We aim to augment individuals so we can each think, act, and move more freely. Our team has built SW, ML, and HW products across Meta, CTRL-labs, Google, Apple, Fitbit, Peloton, and Equinox.
Our first product, Stream, is a self extension—a private voice ring and conversational interface. Stream has been featured in WSJ, Bloomberg, & Wired, and begins shipping in Summer '26.
Join us in creating technology that extends human thinking.
An Open Letter: Design @ Sandbar
About
We’re looking for a Lead Product Designer for Stream, a new conversational interface. This role touches every aspect of our end-user experience—including UI/UX, multimodal interactions, agentic control, information representation, personality, and more. You’ll work closely with software engineers, machine learning engineers, and founders to lead the design of a new computer.
This role is perfect for someone with wide vision and minute attention to detail, who is humanistic and technical, who is experienced and yet continually ready to start over.
Responsibilities
Own end-to-end product design spanning visual, AI, and interaction design
Ideate, prototype, and evaluate novel software features
Work closely with engineers and product to scope and implement new experiences
Qualifications
Experience developing design systems spanning multiple platforms
Experience shipping iOS-based apps is required
Demonstrated passion and enthusiasm for large language models
Experience with novel form factors, inputs, audio, or vision are a plus
Experience in non-software design disciplines such as architecture or industrial design is a plus
Portfolio of prior work is required
FTE Benefits
Health, vision, and dental benefits
Company-sponsored 401(k)
Unlimited PTO and sick time
Early stage equity