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'll be joining a learning model already delivering measurable results at Alpha School. LearnWithAI powers the platform behind it, scaling rapidly throughout the US and into new markets. Students complete their core academic work in two hours daily and perform in the top national percentiles. The approach is validated. What's needed now is someone who thinks constantly about the people using it.

You'll establish design excellence, set quality benchmarks, and create the function from the ground up. Your scope includes our learning platform and its associated learning applications, serving multiple audiences both within and beyond Alpha.
Consider a five-year-old who can't yet read, learning to count through a system where novelty must feel like discovery. Or a teenager working two grade levels below target, rebuilding self-belief after years of academic struggle—one unclear interaction could undo that progress. A parent who finally understands their child's learning journey gains clarity that reduces worry and enables better support. An academic coach overseeing a mixed-age classroom needs visibility into progress without information overload. You must understand each group well enough to design fundamentally different solutions for each.

Your role centers on the experience layer: conduct deep research into each audience, translate findings into design principles engineers can implement directly, and deliver code-ready outputs that deploy immediately—not static mockups awaiting review cycles. You collaborate with product leaders accountable for outcomes and engineers responsible for deployment. You challenge requests that compromise user experience. You own the full cycle.

You'll leverage AI to accelerate iteration and expand coverage, but your judgment—not the model's initial output—determines what ships. Primary focus is our education platform, with selected projects in adjacent domains.