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 stepping into a validated learning system that's already delivering results at Alpha School. LearnWithAI powers the platform that supports it, scaling rapidly throughout the US and internationally. Students complete their core academics in two hours daily and score in the nation's top percentiles. The approach is proven. What's missing is someone who thinks constantly about the people at its center.

You'll establish what exceptional design means, create the standards, and develop the capability. Your territory includes our learning platform and its ecosystem of learning applications, serving multiple audiences both within and beyond Alpha.
A five-year-old who can't yet read is learning to count through a system that must transform novelty into play. A teenager struggling two grade levels below is rebuilding self-belief after years of setbacks, where a single unclear interaction could undo progress. A parent finally gains visibility into their child's actual learning process. That transparency reduces worry and transforms them into an effective partner. An academic coach overseeing a multi-age classroom must track advancement without being overwhelmed by information. You must understand each group deeply enough to make meaningfully distinct decisions for every one.

Your domain is the experience layer: investigate each audience with genuine rigor, translate your findings into design principles that engineers can implement directly, and deliver code-ready outputs that function immediately, not concepts that languish in feedback cycles. You collaborate with product leaders accountable for results and engineers who deploy working software. You challenge proposals that compromise user experience. You own the complete journey.

You'll deploy AI as your multiplier to accelerate iteration and expand capacity, but your discernment, not the tool's initial output, determines what launches. The primary emphasis is our education platform, with periodic work in additional domains.