Principal 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're entering a proven educational model that is actively transforming outcomes at Alpha School. LearnWithAI powers the platform beneath it, scaling rapidly throughout the US and internationally. Students complete their core academics in two hours daily and perform in the nation's top percentiles. The approach is validated. What it requires now is someone who thinks constantly about the people within it.

You'll establish the definition of excellent design, create the standards, and construct the function. Your domain includes our learning platform and its complementary learning applications, serving diverse audiences both within and beyond Alpha.
A five-year-old without reading skills who is learning numbers through a system that must present novelty as play. A teenager struggling two grade levels behind who is restoring confidence after years of setbacks, where one unclear interaction could undo progress. A parent who finally understands how their child is truly learning. That understanding reduces worry and transforms them into an effective partner. An academic coach overseeing a multi-age classroom who must track progress without information overload. You must understand each deeply enough to make genuinely distinct design decisions for each.

Your responsibility is the experience layer: conduct thorough research into each audience, translate your findings into design principles engineers can implement directly, and deliver code-based outputs ready for immediate use, not mockups awaiting review cycles. You collaborate with product leaders who own results and engineers who deliver code. You object when requests compromise user experience. You own the complete process.

You'll leverage AI to accelerate iteration and expand your reach, but your judgment—not the model's initial output—determines what launches. The primary focus is our education platform, with occasional work in other areas.