Backed by USV.
About the role
This role has a deliberate arc. You'll join as a hands-on principal designer: for your first several months, your job is to get your hands dirty shipping the future of Quizlet — setting the visual and experiential direction of our next-generation learning experience and building it yourself, using AI tooling that lets a single designer produce working, production-quality prototypes at a pace that used to require a team.
What they're looking for
- 15+ years of product design experience, including consumer products at significant scale, with a portfolio demonstrating principal-level craft and strong visual taste
- Proven systems design ability: you've designed and maintained design systems spanning multiple surfaces that other contributors could pick up and run with
- Fluency operating at both altitudes — setting design strategy and creative direction, and personally executing polished work at high velocity when the workload demands it
- An AI-first design practice: you already use AI tools to design, prototype, and ship faster, and you're eager to push that further
- Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally — navigating difficult conversations and competing priorities across product, engineering, and marketing with low ego and high effectiveness
- Comfort with the arc of this role: hands-on IC first, leadership second, in a small team where everyone builds
More about this role
At Quizlet, our mission is to help every learner achieve their outcomes in the most effective and delightful way. We’re a $1B+ learning platform used by two-thirds of U.S. high school students and half of college students, powering over 1 billion learning interactions each week.
We blend cognitive science with machine learning to personalize and enhance the learning experience for students, professionals, and lifelong learners alike. We’re energized by the potential to power more learners through multiple approaches and various tools.
Join us to design and deliver AI-powered learning tools that scale across the world and unlock human potential.
🌎 Massive reach: 60M+ users, 1B+ interactions per week
🧠 Cutting-edge tech: Generative AI, adaptive learning, cognitive science
📈 Strong momentum: Top-tier investors, sustainable business, real traction
🎯 Mission-first: Work that makes a difference in people’s lives
🤝 Inclusive culture: Committed to equity, diversity, and belonging
Design at Quizlet is a small but mighty team with outsized reach: our work touches 60M+ learners and over a billion learning interactions every week. We own design across the full surface area of the company —...
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