Candle helps friends and couples grow closer daily in just 5 minutes. Backed by Y Combinator.
About the role
From concept → prototype → polished UI → shipped feature. You’ll work directly with founders and engineers to bring ideas live fast. If you want to design something people use every single day with someone they love, this is that opportunity.
What they're looking for
- 2+ years designing and shipping consumer mobile products
- A portfolio that shows taste, restraint, and strong interaction thinking
- Deep understanding of mobile UX patterns and emotional design
- Strong Figma skills (components, systems, prototyping)
- Ability to prototype interactive flows (bonus: React Native, SwiftUI, Framer, ProtoPie, etc.)
- High product intuition, you can think like a PM when needed
More about this role
Design and evolve the heart of the Candle experience. This includes the daily challenges, streaks, games, onboarding, discovery, notifications, and more.
Craft emotional loops, streak mechanics, reward systems, and connection rituals that drive daily engagement.
From concept → prototype → polished UI → shipped feature. You’ll work directly with founders and engineers to bring ideas live fast.
Design new interaction patterns for connection and marketing: collaborative canvases, async voice, micro-games, emotional check-ins, rituals, etc.
Typography, motion, haptics, micro-interactions, empty states, streak animations, the small things matter here a lot. Every pixel is questioned.
- 2+ years designing and shipping consumer mobile products
- A portfolio that shows taste, restraint, and strong interaction thinking
- Deep understanding of mobile UX patterns and emotional design
- Strong Figma skills (components, systems, prototyping)
- Ability to prototype interactive flows (bonus: React Native, SwiftUI, Framer, ProtoPie, etc.)
- High product intuition, you can think like a PM when needed
- You care about user psychology
- You’ve worked on social, gaming, or habit-forming products
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