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Salary Range
$197,500 - $237,000 /year
About the Role
Join Hinge's Trust & Safety Group as a Lead Product Designer to drive impactful work across strategic product areas. This role involves navigating complex, nuanced problem spaces to create elegant, user-centered experiences that empower meaningful connections with confidence. You will lead design for multi-quarter initiatives, mentor peers, and collaborate with Product, Engineering, and User Research teams.
Key Responsibilities
- →Lead end-to-end design for safety and trusted connection on Hinge, turning ambiguous problem spaces into thoughtful user flows, prototypes, and high-quality UI
- →Maintain a high bar for visual, interaction, and motion design while evolving design systems and visual language for cohesive, scalable safety experiences
- →Mentor designers and lead critiques to elevate design quality, model strong collaboration, and foster a culture of curiosity and emotional intelligence
- →Partner with Product, Engineering, Research, Data Science, Operations, and Policy to define vision, align stakeholders, and deliver outcomes tied to user needs and organizational strategy
- →Drive experimentation through advanced prototyping and emerging technologies, championing design-led innovation for emotionally complex spaces like dating, connection, and trust
Requirements
- ✓8+ years in product design, including 3+ years leading design for mobile consumer products
- ✓Experience designing for Trust & Safety, integrity, privacy, identity, or risk-related problem spaces strongly preferred
- ✓Proven track record of driving end-to-end design across complex, multi-surface experiences in fast-paced environments
- ✓A portfolio demonstrating exceptional product thinking, craft excellence, and ability to translate user insights into elegant, impactful solutions
- ✓Expertise in Figma, prototyping, and design systems; ability to work fluently across iOS and Android
- ✓Experience leading design through ambiguity and influencing strategy through storytelling and systems thinking
- ✓Strength in research collaboration, synthesis, and hypothesis-driven iteration
- ✓Skilled in workshop facilitation, stakeholder management, and executive communication
- ✓Deep understanding of accessibility, inclusivity, ethical design principles, and safety-by-design methodologies
Benefits
- ★401(k) matching: 100% match on first 10% of pre-tax contributions, up to $10,000 per year
- ★Professional growth: annual Learning & Development stipend after three months, plus free Udemy access from day one
- ★Parental leave & planning: 100% paid parental leave (20 weeks for both birth and non-birth parents)
- ★Fertility support: access to fertility care through Carrot, with a stipend for fertility preservation
- ★Date stipend: $100 monthly stipend for dates, plus free Hinge Premium for employees and loved ones
- ★Employee resource groups: eight ERGs providing support and community
