Senior Product Designer

<div class="content-intro"><p>CodePath is the largest educator of college computer science students in the country. We have trained over 40,000 students from 1,000+ universities. Our partners include Amazon, Google, Meta, and 4,000+ companies across the industry. We’ve been training the next generation of technical talent for nearly a decade, and we just launched a $150M initiative with Anthropic, building one of the most ambitious AI workforce programs in the world.</p> <p>We're now expanding into new markets and scaling our team so we can move at the speed AI is transforming the workforce. People joining CodePath now will have the opportunity to help architect the next frontier of our work.</p> <p>We are building toward millions of learners, hundreds of millions in revenue, and billions in economic impact for a generation of technical talent who have historically been locked out of tech. If you want to own something and be part of a 0-to-1 journey at an organization moving at the speed of AI, we think you’d love it here.&nbsp;</p></div><p style="line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>About the Role</strong></span></p> <p style="line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Location:</strong> Remote (United States, Europe, Canada, or LATAM)</span></p> <p style="line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Role Type:</strong> Full-Time&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Reporting to:</strong> VP of Engineering</span></p> <p style="line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Compensation:</strong> $148,000 to $190,000 per year for US-based applicants. Adjusted contingent on location for applicants based in Canada, LATAM, and Europe.</span></p> <p style="line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">CodePath's educational programs run on our learning platform, a set of applications with functionality spanning admissions, course delivery, grading, career coaching, and reporting. These tools have been amazingly effective, but we’re increasingly seeing our limited design bandwidth holding us back in our efforts to take them further.<br></span></p> <p style="line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We're looking for our first <strong>Senior Product Designer</strong> to own the experience design of the platform: how a flow is structured, how people navigate, how an interaction feels. You'll also own the design system that keeps everything coherent as the platform grows.<br></span></p> <p style="line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">This is a hands-on individual contributor role. You'll own the work end to end: talk to the people who use our products, decide how an experience should work, and hand engineers something they can build from.<br></span></p> <p style="line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We focus on what's most impactful for our students: the quality of the experience. A UI-focused contractor is available to you as a resource, and you'll set the direction they execute against.<br></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>The ideal candidate is a designer inspired by potential projects like these:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Designing the Learner Hub, the student-facing part of our Career Mobility OS: personalized career roadmaps, skills tracking, and employer-connected pathways</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Building and owning CodePath's first design system: its interaction patterns and components</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Untangling and redesigning the core platform areas no single product manager owns today, like accounts, onboarding, and navigation</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Designing the interfaces for AI-powered learning tools, including tutoring, coaching, and grading</span></p> </li> </ul> <p style="line-height: 1.4;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Key Activities</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Design end-to-end user flows, navigation, and information architecture across the platform, and document them as wireframes and specifications engineers can build from</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Own CodePath's design system: the interaction patterns, components, and standards that keep the platform consistent</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Run lightweight product discovery. Talk to students, staff, and internal stakeholders to define what's needed, especially for platform areas and internal tools that no product manager owns</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Partner with product managers to turn prioritized initiatives into build-ready designs, and with engineers to resolve design questions as they build</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Direct a UI design contractor to extend your output</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Set and hold the bar for experience quality across the product</span></p> </li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p style="line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Qualifications</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">6+ years designing web products end-to-end, with a portfolio that shows your thinking on flows and structure and the process behind your work</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Strong information architecture and interaction design skills. You can take an ambiguous problem and produce a clear flow, navigation model, and spec</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Experience running your own discovery: talking to users and stakeholders to figure out what's needed rather than waiting for a fully specified brief</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Experience building or contributing to a design system</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Fluency producing engineer-ready artifacts (wireframes, prototypes, specs) in Figma or a comparable tool</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Comfort with ambiguity and small-team dynamics. You've worked without a large design org around you and know how to prioritize without perfect information</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Strong written and verbal communication</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Passion for education and desire to make a positive impact</span></p> </li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Nice to Haves</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Experience designing for education, marketplaces, or data-heavy products</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Experience as the first or an early design hire on a team</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Working familiarity with how AI and LLM features change product design</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Enough front-end fluency (HTML, CSS, Tailwind) to collaborate closely with engineers and judge what's feasible</span></p> </li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p style="line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Compensation</strong></span></p> <p style="line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">CodePath has standardized salaries based on the position’s level, no matter where you live. For this role, we’re hiring for an individual contributor position at an annual salary of <span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">$148,000 to $190,000 per year for US-based applicants. Adjusted contingent on location for applicants based in Canada, LATAM, and Europe. </span>Salary is determined based on your relevant experience and skills as evaluated through our interview process.</span></p> <p style="line-height: 1.4;">&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Full-Time Employee Benefits</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This is a 100% remote position—work from anywhere in the U.S.! CodePath prioritizes employee well-being with a competitive benefits package to support your health, financial security, and work-life balance.</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Health &amp; Wellness: Medical, dental, and vision insurance (90% employer-covered for employees and dependents), employer-funded healthcare reimbursement, FSAs, and Employee Assistance Program</span><br><br></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Financial Security: 401(k), employer-paid life &amp; disability insurance, and identity theft protection</span><br><br></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Work-Life Balance: Generous PTO, paid holidays, 10 weeks of fully paid parental leave, and an annual year-end company closure (Dec 24 – Jan 2)</span><br><br></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Professional Growth: $1,000 annual professional development stipend and home office setup support</span><br><br></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">​​Student Loan Forgiveness: CodePath is a qualifying employer for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF), helping employees manage student loan debt</span><br><br></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Additional Perks: Pet wellness plans, legal services, home/auto insurance discounts, and exclusive marketplace savings</span><br><br></li> </ul><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="title">Pay range</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$148,000</span><span class="divider">&mdash;</span><span>$190,000 USD</span></div></div></div>