Senior Product Designer

$200,000 USD/year ^{Pay is set based on global value, not the local market. Most roles = hourly rate x 40 hrs x 50 weeks}  ($100 USD/hour)

You'll be joining a validated educational model already delivering measurable results at Alpha School. LearnWithAI powers the platform beneath it and is scaling rapidly across the US and internationally. Students complete their core academics in two hours daily and achieve top national percentile rankings. The approach is effective. What's needed now is someone who thinks constantly about the people using it.

Your role is to establish design standards, define excellence, and build this function from the ground up. You'll focus on our learning platform and its related applications, serving diverse user groups both within and beyond Alpha.
Consider a five-year-old who hasn't learned to read yet, discovering numbers through an interface that must transform novelty into playful engagement. Or a teenager working two grade levels below target, rebuilding self-belief after years of academic setbacks—a single unclear interaction could undo that progress. A parent who finally understands their child's learning journey experiences relief that transforms them into an active partner. An academic coach overseeing a multi-age classroom requires visibility into progress without information overload. You must understand each user deeply enough to make fundamentally distinct design decisions for each context.

You own the experience layer: conduct thorough user research for each audience, transform insights into actionable design principles that engineers implement directly, and deliver production-ready code outputs that launch immediately rather than conceptual mockups awaiting approval. You collaborate with product leaders responsible for outcomes and engineers who deploy working software. You challenge requests that compromise user experience. You maintain complete ownership.

AI serves as your force multiplier for accelerated iteration and expanded scope, but your expertise—not automated suggestions—determines what reaches users. Primary emphasis remains our education platform, with select initiatives in additional domains.