Lead Product Designer

About the role

You’ll own design for one of Circle’s most important product areas. That means you define the problem, shape the direction, and ship the experience—not wait for a brief. AI is not a section on this job description—it’s how we work. Circle’s design team builds with AI tools daily: exploring product directions, prototyping with code-generation tools, stress-testing ideas faster than traditional workflows allow.

What you’ll be doing

• Own a product area end-to-end: identify opportunities, frame the problem, set design direction, and ship
• Design complex, multi-step product flows that serve multiple user types—balancing creator needs against member experience
• Prototype and test at speed—using AI-assisted tools, code-generation workflows, and whatever gets you to a testable concept fastest
• Influence product strategy beyond your own surface: contribute to roadmap conversations, flag opportunities other teams miss
• Drive the craft standard on your area—interaction design, visual quality, and small details
• Collaborate closely with engineers and design engineers to turn concepts into working, shippable experiences
• Raise the bar for the broader design team through feedback, shared frameworks, and the quality of your own output

What you’ll need to be successful

• Strong alignment with our values, find our values on our career page if you haven’t read up on them yet
• You are proficient in English (spoken, written, and reading) at a CEFR Level C2 / ILR Level 5.
• 5–7+ years of product design experience with systems-level thinking and shipped 0→1 work
• Experience operating as the most senior designer on a product area—setting direction and owning outcomes
• Strong prototyping skills—building clickable, realistic prototypes (AI-assisted tools experience is a bonus)
• Proficiency in Figma for high-fidelity design and collaboration
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Comfortable designing in ambiguity and building conviction through iteration
• An active, evolving AI workflow—using AI tools in your design process

What We Have to Offer

• Fully remote: work from anywhere in the world!
• Autonomy and trust to do your job: we care about outcomes over everything else.
• Paid time away: all employees are given 35 days of PTO annually. We also offer a paid sabbatical after 5 years.
• Generous U.S. benchmarked compensation and startup equity no matter where you are in the world.
• Awesome medical coverage with 100% coverage for you and your family, or medical reimbursement options where applicable!
• Parental leave for parents expanding their family, or just starting one.
• Home office stipend to help you get up and running.
• Learning & development stipend to help you level up your professional skills.
• Company retreats: Twice a year, the Circle team gets together for a fully paid company retreat in incredible places around the world!