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Design Lead

Austin, TX

Join Outlive

Help Build the Operating System for Better Long-Term Health

Outlive is translating the principles of Medicine 3.0 into a practical, evidence-based product that helps people change the trajectory of their health. We focus on what matters most. Setting meaningful long-term goals, understanding the risks that can get in the way, and selecting the tactics that move the needle. Our approach is grounded in the ideas Peter Attia has spent his career developing. A deliberate practice with clear metrics and truly personalized plans that extend healthspan, not just lifespan. 

We’re building a system that takes the essential pillars of long-term health and makes them actionable. Our goal is simple. Give people a structured way to understand where they are today, what levers truly matter, and how to make durable progress over time.

Why Outlive

You will shape the foundation, not optimize at the margins

We’re in the earliest stages of building something that doesn’t exist anywhere else. There are no templates. No inherited systems. The work requires people who want to solve first-principles problems and create frameworks built to last.

Science and design sit at the center of everything

We aim to convey complex ideas with clarity and precision. That means pairing rigorous scientific thinking with thoughtful, intuitive design; so users can understand why something matters and how to act on it.

AI is part of how we work 

The product itself is grounded in science and behavior change. But as a team, we use AI to think, test, draft, explore, and accelerate our work. It’s a tool that enhances judgment and craftsmanship, not a replacement for either.

We care about rigor, honesty, and high standards

The team is small, driven, and aligned around a shared goal: build something that meaningfully improves long-term health. We challenge ideas respectfully, expect clear reasoning, and operate with a bias toward action. Precision matters. So does integrity.

About the Role

We’re hiring a Design Lead who will own the entire Outlive product experience end-to-end. This is a foundational design role, very hands-on, deeply craft-driven, and essential to shaping the future of Medicine 3.0 in digital form.

This is not a “brand designer” or a design manager who floats above the work. This is the person who creates the work.

This role exists because:

  • Outlive requires a designer who can translate extremely complex medical, behavioral, and scientific concepts into intuitive, elegant user experiences.
  • We need a design leader who can shape visual systems, interaction patterns, and the emotional journey of the user — across iOS, web, and future surfaces.
  • Our founders operate with high abstraction and rapid ideation; we need someone who can take abstract feedback (“this feels flat,” “this should feel more meaningful”) and turn it into precise, beautiful design decisions.
  • As a zero-to-one product, Outlive needs someone who can build a design system from scratch, collaborate closely with engineering, and establish a design culture that sets the bar for years to come.

You will define the visual and interaction language of Outlive and build the systems that allow it to scale.

This is your canvas.

How the Role Will Evolve

Build (first 90 days)

  • Absorb the existing Figma files, product flows, and scientific frameworks.
  • Extend Outlive’s design language including typography, color, spacing, motion, and interaction philosophy.
  • Rebuild early designs as needed to meet a premium aesthetic and usability bar.

Operate (post-launch readiness)

  • Ship weekly product design across features, modules, and surfaces.
  • Partner closely with Product and Engineering to scope, refine, and deliver features.
  • Create intuitive, behaviorally-aware flows that bring Medicine 3.0 to life.
  • Maintain high-quality handoff, documentation, and interaction fidelity.

Scale & Reiterate (ongoing)

  • Build the rituals and standards that define Outlive’s design culture.
  • Collaborate with scientific advisors to convert insights into UI and interactions.
  • Participate in roadmap development and contribute to product strategic direction.
  • Eventually help hire and mentor future designers as the team expands.

What You’ll Do

Product Design Leadership

  • Define the end-to-end experience of the Outlive app.
  • Translate complex medical and behavioral frameworks into intuitive UX flows.
  • Lead design sprints, explorations, and high-fidelity execution.
  • Drive clarity, simplicity, and science-backed behavior design across the product.

Visual & Interaction Design

  • Build and evolve Outlive’s UX and visual identity across platforms.
  • Own typography, layout, hierarchy, motion, color, iconography, and spatial rules.
  • Create calm, premium, modern interfaces that feel inevitable and intentional.
  • Ensure accessibility, readability, and long-term usability.

Design System Ownership

  • Build the Outlive Design System from day one.
  • Create components, patterns, tokens, and motion libraries.
  • Maintain clear documentation for product, engineering, and content partners.
    Ensure consistency and scalability across features and screens.

Cross-Functional Partnership

  • Work closely with the Product Team, CEO, and engineering leaders.
  • Collaborate with scientific advisors and behavioral experts to integrate insights.
  • Participate in product roadmap discussions, prioritization, and strategic decisions.
  • Influence engineering workflows through clear documentation, prototypes, and collaboration.

Design Culture & Leadership

  • Set and maintain an exceptionally high craft bar.
  • Build rituals: critiques, reviews, prototyping cycles, and design standups.
  • Help hire and mentor future designers as we scale.
  • Advocate for design excellence across the organization.

You’re likely a strong fit if you have:

  • 7+ years of product design experience, including 3+ years in a senior or lead role
  • Mastery of product, visual, and interaction design
  • A portfolio demonstrating world-class taste, systems thinking, and depth
  • Experience owning a zero-to-one or core consumer product end-to-end
  • Deep expertise in Figma and advanced prototyping
  • Ability to translate abstract founder feedback into concrete solutions
  • Comfort in fast, iterative, founder-led environments
  • Strong communication and storytelling skills
  • Deep intuition for simplicity, clarity, and behavior design
  • Ability to work cross-functionally with product, engineering, science, and content

Nice-to-haves:

  • Experience designing in health, wellness, longevity, or behavior change domains
  • Experience simplifying complex data, diagnostics, or scientific concepts
  • Ability to contribute to marketing creative, brand work, or motion design
  • Fluency in advanced iOS interaction patterns and motion systems
  • Familiarity with AI design workflows (e.g., rapid exploration, pattern generation)

How You Work

You will thrive at Outlive if you:

  • Treat design as craft, system, and philosophy
  • Move with speed, precision, and deep ownership
  • Use AI as a natural extension of your thinking and execution
  • Care about aesthetics, clarity, and emotional resonance
  • Love translating complexity into simple, beautiful user experiences
  • Stay calm and creative in fast-changing environments
  • Have low ego, high standards, and a founder-adjacent mindset
  • Want to build something meaningful, useful, and lasting

As part of our hiring process, candidates complete a personality and cognitive assessment. We use this to better understand working styles and team fit, not to put anyone in a box.

Salary Range

$160,000-$200,000
Final compensation is based on experience, skills, location, and interview performance.

What We Offer

  • 100% employer-paid medical, vision, and dental insurance (multiple plans available).
  • 100% employer-paid life insurance, short-term, and long-term disability insurance.
  • Employer-sponsored HSA contributions for HDHP medical plans
  • Additional HSA and FSA spending account plans for employees
  • 401(k) with a 5% company match.
  • Generous PTO and holiday schedule.
  • Company-issued technology and work-from-home stipend.
  • A chance to shape a product, and a company, from the ground up.
  • The opportunity to work at the forefront of health and longevity science with a team of world-class professionals dedicated to precision, mastery, and excellence.

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