Product Designer

Substack

Product Designer at Substack building user interfaces while leveraging LLMs for design and development. Engage with a dynamic team to create innovative publishing solutions.

Posted 5/19/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $150,000 - $215,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Rapidly build context about disparate product areas, community dynamics, and industry norms
Identify high-leverage opportunities for your team
Design beautiful, usable, scalable interfaces and flows
Think holistically about second-order effects on Substack as a product system
Find ways to help creators and audiences build long-lasting relationships
Help diversify the kinds of creators Substack supports
Shape the culture and processes of Design at Substack

Requirements

What you’ll need

All product design applications must link to or include a portfolio
3 years of experience designing software
High degree of competence with Figma
High tolerance for uncertainty and ambiguity
Interest in both independence and collaboration.

Benefits

Comp & perks

exceptional benefits
equity for all full-time roles

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Hard Skills & Tools

product designinterface designuser experience designsoftware design

Soft Skills

collaborationindependencetolerance for uncertaintytolerance for ambiguity