Grindr
AI-native platform
SeniorProductDesigner
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“Senior Product Designer at Grindr. Skills: Product design, Mobile app design, Consumer tech, Design systems. Own end-to-end product design for core areas. Drive design decisions independently”
What You'll Achieve.
Drive design from ambiguity to shipped product; Sets the quality bar; Make decisions that show up in the product within weeks; Outcomes over outputs
Industry & Context.
Problem framing; Move work from ambiguity to execution
Must be in person Tuesdays and Thursdays
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years of product design experience as a senior IC at a consumer-focused tech company, Portfolio demonstrating end-to-end ownership – problem framing to shipped solution – with clear articulation of your role, decisions made, and measurable impact, Proven experience designing for consumer mobile apps on iOS and/or Android, including complex interaction systems, edge cases, and multi-state flows, Track record of shipping features end-to-end within tight timelines, with systems thinking that accounts for implementation constraints and business impact, communication skills – able to articulate design rationale, influence stakeholders, and build alignment with product and engineering partners, Experience designing for monetization surfaces – paywalls, subscriptions, conversion flows, or upsell moments
Nice to Have
AI-native or rapidly becoming so – you actively use AI tools in your workflow and are always looking for new ways to leverage them, Worked at a growth-stage startup or smaller company and know how to do more with less, Thrive in ambiguity and move quickly when requirements shift, Care about community, inclusion, and building products that genuinely serve an underrepresented user base, Want to grow into a senior design voice on a team being built for scale
What You'll Do.
Own end-to-end product design for core areas
Drive design decisions independently
Raise the quality bar across the team
Collaborate with Design Systems Specialist
Shape Grindr's design culture
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partnering closely with Product, Engineering, and Data; Collaborate actively with the Design Systems Specialist; Build alignment with product and engineering partners
Communication Scope
Able to articulate design rationale; Influence stakeholders; Build alignment; Sharp cross-functional communication
Full Job Description
About the Team: Grindr is an AI-native platform powering how millions of gay people connect globally. With 15M+ monthly users, 130B+ annual messages, and a team of fewer than 200, we move fast, stay lean, and tackle technical problems at a scale few companies ever see. The Design team at Grindr punches well above its weight. Designers here work directly alongside product and engineering leadership - shaping what gets built and how it shows up for millions of users, not executing against briefs handed down from above. This Senior Product Designer role is a foundational senior IC hire: someone who sets the quality bar, drives design from ambiguity to shipped product, and helps define how the design function operates as we scale. The mandate is real - a full uplift of the Grindr core app, used by millions of people daily, with the ownership and proximity to leadership to make it happen. At a company this size, the decisions you make show up in the product within weeks, not quarters. At Grindr, we operate in Grindr Mode. Moderately hardcore day to day, truly hardcore when it counts. It's about doing great work without burning out. Outcomes over outputs. Smart, driven people who raise your bar, with room to live full lives. This is a hybrid role based in our San Francisco office and will require you to be in person Tuesdays and Thursdays. About the Job: - Own end-to-end product design for core areas of the Grindr app - from early discovery and problem framing through high-fidelity production specs and shipped features - Drive design decisions independently with clear rationale, partnering closely with Product, Engineering, and Data to move work from ambiguity to execution at pace - Raise the quality bar across the team by modeling excellent craft, rigorous process, and sharp cross-functional communication - Collaborate actively with the Design Systems Specialist to contribute to and improve Grindr's evolving design system - bringing a consumer product lens to system deci
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