Staff Product Designer

About the role

This role is a key part of the Design team—Duolingo’s key creative partner across nearly every project. From our mobile apps and website to our brand voice, email newsletters, and community events, the Design team helps shape the full user experience.

Responsibilities

• Work on the user experience across features within the Duolingo language app
• Play a leadership role on the product design team
• Collaborate with designers and artists to build upon and expand the Duolingo design language
• Partner with engineers and product managers to define both the long-term strategy and the short-term tactics for our products
• Sometimes work on very broadly defined, loose concepts, and sometimes on narrowly defined, tactical features
• Craft the experience considering all parts: from copy to animation to business impact
• Use a mix of internal and third-party AI tools at every step of your creative process

Requirements

• An online portfolio with mobile app or web design samples
• Design experience in a consumer application, product, or software role
• A desire to strive for excellence in your work until all details are attended to
• The ability to explain your work, process, and decisions and seek feedback to help you produce your best work
• Experience ideating, building, and prototyping with AI tools, like ChatGPT and Cursor

Qualifications

• Experience with managing early-career designers and an interest in developing design talent
• Experience participating or leading user research sessions
• Experience with illustration and/or animation
• Experience with shipping AI-driven products

Skills

• Exceptional candidates will have...

Benefits

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Pay

The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation.

Schedule

Salary Range $200,000—$300,000 USD