Product Designer

San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Product / Full-time / On-site

About Kira Learning

Kira Learning is creating curriculum and learning tools that empower teachers and prepare students for a world in which technology and science play pivotal roles in everyone's lives. By way of our expert-backed content and intuitive, integrated teaching platform, Kira is intent on transforming the way computer science and artificial intelligence is taught and learned.

We are backed by top-tier Venture Capital funds including New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and Andrew Ng’s AI Fund.

We’re looking for a Product Designer to join our small but mighty design team and shape our core teaching experience. As an integral member of the teachers pod, you’ll drive and iterate on features throughout the entire product lifecycle, from strategic discovery to high-fidelity prototypes. You'll serve as a strong advocate for users and set a high bar for crafting intuitive, accessible, and beautiful experiences. You’ll collaborate with internal and external stakeholders and ensure clear communication and alignment across the team. This is a great role for someone who is passionate about empowering both teachers and learners and thrives in a scrappy environment where they can have a lot of ownership.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Through honing and refining our product for educators, create a world class teaching experience to enable educators to teach Computer Science, AI and beyond Lead product design from blue sky concepts and onwards.
• Conduct actionable user research, from field visits to analytics, to inform design and product decision.
• Identify and understand our user types, their behaviors and the pain points of their user journeys.
• Partner with product, engineering, and content in a highly collaborative, ego-free environment.
• Evangelize UX/UI best practices and processes, helping maintain a high bar of standards.

Requirements

• 4+ years of professional experience with a proven track record of building beautiful UI/UX and understanding customer’s needs.
• A passion for turning complex problems into elegant and engaging user experiences.
• Outstanding product design sensibility and craft – excelling at UX, visual design and interaction.
• Product sensibility – experience informing product roadmaps and feature prioritization.
• Self-motivated, and confident in independently leading end-to-end design work – creating concepts, defining requirements, documenting and assessing post-launch learnings.
• Experience designing inclusively (ex. international, multi-language, accessible use cases).
• Strong verbal and written communication skills: you can clearly and concisely communicate with a diverse group of peers across time zones.
• Nimble and adaptable. Can roll with the punches and thrive in a fast-paced, early-stage startup environment.
• A positive, can-do attitude. You’re not deterred by minor setbacks and are able to swiftly overcome ambiguity.
• You believe feedback is a gift. You can thoughtfully share feedback to others as needed, and you can receive feedback and grow from it.
• Will consistently cultivate a culture of inclusion where all team members feel a sense of belonging and can bring their authentic selves to work.

Compensation: $135,000 - $150,000 a year. Competitive salary and equity package in a well-funded, high growth company. Compensation is based on a number of relevant factors such as location, professional experience and related skill sets.

Flexible PTO, Paid parental leave, Top-notch medical, dental and vision coverage, Company 401(k) plan.

Interview Process

In the spirit of transparency, we want to share the process so that you can prepare to put your best foot forward. Should you move through the interview process you can expect the following steps:

• Portfolio Review Internally
• Recruiter Screen (30 minutes)
• Hiring manager interview (45 min)
• Portfolio presentation (1 hr); Engineering interview (30 min); Product management interview (30 min)
• Take-home project (3-5 hrs)
• Values interview (30 min)

In your portfolio we are looking for 2-3 real-world examples of customer-facing products/features and an outline of your process, challenges, and learnings.

PLEASE NOTE: APPLICATIONS WITHOUT A PORTFOLIO WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.

Background Check

Kira Learning will make a conditional job offer in line with local, state and federal laws, and a subsequent criminal, education, and employment history background check will then be issued.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

At Kira Learning, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Kira believes that diversity and inclusion among our employees are critical to our success as a company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. Selection for employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.