Product Designer Contractor H/F

AltaML is a leading North American applied AI company with extensive experience in building and operationalizing AI software solutions.
We are looking for creative problem-solvers who obsess about the customer to find wins across different industries.
Agile, Gritty Humble, and Happy. Not a design resource that work gets sent to. In the room, from the first discovery conversation to the shipped product and every iteration after.

Your job on that team is to own usability risk. On enterprise AI products that risk is real and it is where most of these products fail. The way you attack that risk is discovery and prototypes. The bar is not software that works. The bar is software that customers love to use.

You will design within our shared design system and standards, and you will make them better. When a standard fails a user, you flag it and help fix the standard, so the same problem does not get rebuilt ten more times. We define design standards up front, precise enough that our AI coding tools build things right the first time, and your findings from real users are what keep those standards honest.
Shipped software people actually use. Figma and AI-assisted design tools, working prototypes over static mocks, and you would rather test three rough versions this week than one polished version next month.
We build for government and public sector clients where accessible design is a requirement, not a nice to have.
This is not a settled design org and it will not be for a while.
You will be working on new age AI products, helping design the future of how AI gets deployed with our platform. The work is using AI to improve the lives of our customers and making a real difference, ensuring what we build is not just usable but lovable, because lovable is what earns adoption and keeps it. Your prototypes will be in front of real users within weeks of joining, and there is real room to grow here as the design practice grows around you.
$AltaML employees, contractors, and associates must be trained and well-versed in the importance of Responsible AI and empowered to enact RAI principles by developing and deploying AI solutions. AltaML is responsible for elevating public discourse and awareness of AI through open, transparent communications with the broader public.
We welcome applications from qualified individuals of all backgrounds, encompassing ethnicity, religion, disability status, gender identity, sexual orientation, family status, age, nationality, and educational backgrounds. AltaML acknowledges that its head office is located on Treaty 6 territory, and respects the histories, languages, and cultures of First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and all First Peoples of Canada, whose presence continues to enrich our vibrant community.
Uncapped Vacation - For all full time, permanent employees. Working with PhD and Master Level Colleagues - Endless conversations around the latest in Machine Learning and Applied AI.
Competitive Benefits - For all full time, permanent employees.
Office as a Resource - Hybrid work environment with state-of-the-art office spaces that ignite collaboration.
⚡ You will be working at a company with employees who have multiple years of industrial and academic experience in data science, software engineering, product development, and machine learning fields.

You will be able to experience a collaborative company culture, which means we believe in working hard, getting the job done, and enjoying the group social on Fridays. You’ll also get flexibility in where you work, what hours you work, how much vacation you take, and what you wear. We believe that by embodying these values in everything we do, we will exceed our customer’s expectations while creating a positive and empowering work environment for our team members. We are dedicated to living our values and strive to make them the foundation for our success.
Agile - We make decisions based on “little bets” creating a safe space to take risks. Humble - We listen to data, embrace new ideas, admit limitations and take ownership to solve problems. We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.