Staff Product Designer - BFF

Bumble Inc. is seeking a Staff Product Designer to lead product design across BFF features, champion the user, and set the bar for design craft in a fast-paced, innovative environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead product design across BFF features: from concept through launch, you’ll define the vision, explore complex problem spaces, and shape elegant solutions that scale.
• Champion the user: bring insights from research, product data, and your own design intuition to guide decisions and ensure user needs are at the heart of every solution.
• Collaborate deeply with partners: work side-by-side with engineers and product managers to align on strategy, define roadmaps, and ship meaningful work.
• Mentor and inspire: help shape the culture of the design team by guiding junior designers and fostering a collaborative, curious environment.
• Elevate our design system: expand and evolve the BFF design system to ensure consistency while leaving room for creativity and play.
• Design across fidelity: know when to sketch quickly, when to prototype, and when to polish with pixel-perfect detail.
• Experiment and innovate: leverage new tools (including AI-powered ones) to push our design process forward and ship smarter, faster.

Requirements

• 8+ years of hands-on product design experience, with a strong portfolio showcasing mobile apps or consumer digital products.
• Demonstrated expertise across the full design process—from user flows and interaction design to polished UI.
• Exceptional visual design skills and a strong grasp of UX principles, typography, and interaction design.
• Proficiency in Figma and prototyping tools; comfortable exploring ideas at both lo-fi and hi-fi levels.
• Clear communicator who invites critique and collaboration while influencing stakeholders at all levels.
• A balance of craft excellence and pragmatism—you sweat the details but know when to ship.

Key Skills

• Experience mentoring or managing early-career designers.
• Background in consumer tech, fast-paced startups, or product-focused agencies.
• Familiarity with design systems, multi-platform design (iOS, Android, web), or conducting/participating in user research.
• A strong understanding of engineering workflows and principles.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k) match, and Unlimited Paid Time Off Policy.