Staff Product Designer

Cambly • Full-time • Hybrid in San Francisco, California, United States • $190,000 - $220,000 / year • 1m ago

Fast Facts

Join Cambly as a Staff Product Designer, where you'll create impactful user experiences that empower students globally through innovative English education solutions.

Responsibilities: Design engaging user experiences, collaborate with product teams, advocate for users, and iterate on designs based on feedback and performance data.

Skills: Proficiency in design and prototyping tools (Figma, Adobe CS), effective cross-functional collaboration, and solid project management capabilities.

Qualifications: 7+ years of experience in digital product design, strong visual design skills, and experience in user-centered design processes.

Location: San Francisco, California, United States

Compensation: $190000 - $220000 / Annually

About Us

At Cambly, we're on a mission to bring high-quality English education to people around the world. English is a critical tool that unlocks new opportunities at home and abroad. Research by the World Economic Forum shows that job seekers with exceptional English compared to their country's average earn 30-50% higher salaries.

Role Overview

We're seeking a staff-level digital product designer to help evolve the Cambly experience across all platforms. You'll work directly with product managers and engineers to develop world-class user experiences. As part of a cross-functional team, you'll collaborate frequently with engineers, researchers, analysts, and other stakeholders throughout all phases of the product development cycle.

As a product designer at Cambly, you'll help shape experiences that literally change lives—enabling students to pursue international education, advance their careers, and connect with people across cultures. You'll work on challenges that combine educational pedagogy with consumer technology in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment where your designs will reach users worldwide.

What You'll Bring

7+ years of experience designing digital products (UI/UX)
A portfolio showcasing strong visual design skills—typography, color theory, layout, information hierarchy, and high-quality UI/UX execution
Proven ability to build effective cross-functional relationships, especially with engineering and product teams
Excellent project management skills with experience handling multiple workstreams simultaneously
Experience contributing to and working within design systems
Strong user-centered design practices and methodologies
Clear communication skills to articulate design decisions and rationale to diverse stakeholders
Experience in environments using A/B or multivariate experimentation
A proactive, curious mindset with a passion for continuous learning
Experience mentoring junior designers

What You'll Do

Design intuitive, accessible, and visually appealing user experiences for our global audience
Partner with product and engineering managers to define roadmaps, set metric goals, design experiments, and synthesize learnings
Advocate for users throughout the product development process
Lead the design process from concept through implementation, including user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and polished UI
Iterate based on user feedback, research insights, and performance data
Collaborate closely with engineers to ensure high-quality implementation that matches design intent
Provide clear documentation that effectively communicates user flows to partners and stakeholders
Contribute to our design system while ensuring consistency across products
Maintain proactive communication with team members and cross-functional partners
Educate non-designers on design processes, practices, and principles

Work on projects like…

Building a tutor discovery experience that is engaging and effective at connecting students with the perfect tutor
Expanding our marketplace offerings to capture new learner and tutor segments
Creating a classroom experience where lesson content is generated by AI to be tailored to the learner's needs
Building post-lesson activities that are curated to fit each learner's areas for improvement
Optimizing learner flows to drive increased bookings

Tools & Technologies

Strong proficiency in design and prototyping tools (we use Figma, Adobe CS, and Google Workspace)
Coding knowledge is a plus but not required

Why Cambly?

Impact: Your work will directly influence the way millions of people learn English worldwide.
Growth: Join a fast-paced company where your contributions will shape the future of language learning.
Mission-Driven Culture: Be part of a company that values education, innovation, and making a difference.

Life at Cambly includes…

$60M VC backed - check out why Bessemer invested in us
Hybrid First Company (Office days: M, T, & Th)
100% of Medical, Dental, and Vision paid
401(k) with up to 4% match
20 days of PTO
10 company holidays plus end-of-year shutdown

This role is based in San Francisco, and the expected base salary range for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits.

Compensation Package

$190,000-$220,000 USD Base Salary + Pre-IPO Stock Options

Also: We are proud to be a highly inclusive company and an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We believe in order to thrive, businesses need a diverse team and leadership. We welcome every background, identity, abilities, and mindset to join us on our mission to make high-quality English education for all. Everyone is welcome here.