[Hiring] Lead Product Designer, Discover @Circle.so

Role Description

You'll own Discover end-to-end as the lead designer: identifying opportunities, setting design direction, and shipping work that raises the bar for how discovery feels at Circle. You'll work closely with a founder-led product team that has strong vision and high standards — and you'll bring the craft, the systems thinking, and the bottom-up ideas that make that vision real.

This role is for designers with deep experience in consumer marketplace products — owning discovery, ranking, and engagement at scale; if your background is primarily in internal tools, CMS platforms, or growth systems, this role will not be a fit.

The problem you'll be solving:

• Serving two audiences with opposing needs: creators who need visibility, trust signals, and growth; and consumers who need signal through noise, confidence to commit, and experiences that deliver on their promise.
• AI as the core interaction model — understanding intent and surfacing what's worth someone's time.

What you'll be doing:

• Own Discover's design end-to-end.
• Identify opportunities, frame problems, set design direction, and ship.
• Design AI-driven discovery experiences.
• Serve both sides of the market.
• Prototype at speed.
• Mentor and elevate.

Qualifications

• Strong alignment with our values.
• Proficient in English (spoken, written, and reading) at a CEFR Level C2 / ILR Level 5.
• Marketplace or two-sided platform experience — this is a hard requirement.
• 5+ years of product design experience, including shipped 0→1 work, complex multi-user flows, and clear evidence that you drove product direction.
• Experience as the most senior designer on a product area.
• Genuine fluency with AI-assisted prototyping.
• Proficiency in Figma for high-fidelity design and cross-functional collaboration.
• Proactive communication.
• Comfort designing in ambiguity.

Requirements

• $140,000 - $170,000 USD per year.
• The cash compensation range shown is a starting point.

Benefits

• Fully remote: work from anywhere in the world!
• Autonomy and trust to do your job.
• Paid time away: all employees are given 35 days of PTO annually.
• Generous U.S. benchmarked compensation and startup equity.
• Awesome medical coverage with 100% coverage for you and your family.
• Parental leave for parents expanding their family.
• Home office stipend to help you get up and running.
• Learning & development stipend to help you level up your professional skills.
• Annual bonus potential for roles that don't already receive variable income or commission.
• Company retreats: Twice a year, the Circle team gets together for a fully paid company retreat.