Lead Product Designer

About the Company

Circle is building the world’s leading all-in-one platform for online communities. We make it possible for creators, coaches, educators, and businesses to bring together their audience with engaging discussions, live streams, events, chat, courses, and payments — all in one place, all under their own brand.

Responsibilities

• Own a product area end-to-end: identify opportunities, frame the problem, set design direction, and ship
• Design complex, multi-step product flows that serve multiple user types
• Prototype and test at speed using AI-assisted tools and code-generation workflows
• Influence product strategy and contribute to roadmap conversations
• Drive the craft standard for interaction design and visual quality
• Collaborate closely with engineers and design engineers to turn concepts into working experiences
• Raise the bar for the broader design team through feedback and shared frameworks

Requirements

• 5–7+ years of product design experience
• Proficiency in Figma for high-fidelity design and collaboration
• Strong prototyping skills with the ability to build clickable, realistic prototypes
• Experience operating as a senior designer setting direction and making tradeoffs
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills for asynchronous collaboration
• An active, evolving AI workflow integrated into your design process
• Proficiency in English at a CEFR Level C2 or ILR Level 5

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using AI-assisted prototyping tools like Cursor, Claude Code, v0, or Lovable
• Proven track record of shipping 0→1 work and complex multi-user flows

Benefits

• U.S.-benchmarked compensation globally
• Company equity with ongoing refresh grants
• 35 days of paid time off each year
• Fully remote work with biannual company retreats