Grindr

Staff Product Designer

Grindr • $110K — $130K *
Los Angeles, CA 90011In-Person
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of product design experience at a consumer-focused tech company
  • Demonstrated strong end-to-end ownership in a portfolio
  • Proven experience with consumer mobile app design for iOS and/or Android
  • Track record of shipping features end-to-end within tight timelines
  • Strong communication skills for articulating design rationale
  • Experience with designing monetization surfaces like paywalls and subscriptions

Responsibilities

  • Own product design for core Grindr app features from discovery to execution
  • Drive independent design decisions with supporting rationale
  • Raise design quality by modeling process and communication
  • Collaborate with Design Systems Specialist to enhance the design system
  • Shape Grindr's design culture and critique processes

Benefits

  • Full health, dental & vision coverage for employees; partial for dependents
  • Up to $300,000 in family formation support, including IVF and adoption
  • 401(k) plan with a 6% match and immediate vesting
  • Industry-competitive compensation including bonuses and equity
  • Leading gender-affirming care offerings with significant cost coverage
  • Flexible vacation policy and two annual company-wide rest weeks
  • Additional monthly stipends for wellness, food, and commuting expenses
Full Job Description
About the Job:
  • Own end-to-end product design for core areas of the Grindr app - from early discovery and problem framing through high-fidelity production specs and shipped features
  • Drive design decisions independently with clear rationale, partnering closely with Product, Engineering, and Data to move work from ambiguity to execution at pace
  • Raise the quality bar across the team by modeling excellent craft, rigorous process, and sharp cross-functional communication
  • Collaborate actively with the Design Systems Specialist to contribute to and improve Grindr's evolving design system - bringing a consumer product lens to system decisions
  • Shape Grindr's design culture as a senior IC on the team - contributing to how we critique, how we give feedback, and how we operate


Role Requirements:
  • 5+ years of product design experience as a senior IC at a consumer-focused tech company
  • Portfolio demonstrating strong end-to-end ownership - problem framing to shipped solution - with clear articulation of your role, decisions made, and measurable impact
  • Proven experience designing for consumer mobile apps on iOS and/or Android, including complex interaction systems, edge cases, and multi-state flows
  • Track record of shipping features end-to-end within tight timelines, with systems thinking that accounts for implementation constraints and business impact
  • Strong communication skills - able to articulate design rationale, influence stakeholders, and build alignment with product and engineering partners
  • Experience designing for monetization surfaces - paywalls, subscriptions, conversion flows, or upsell moments

You May Thrive in this Role if You:
  • Are AI-native or rapidly becoming so - you actively use AI tools in your workflow and are always looking for new ways to leverage them
  • Have worked at a growth-stage startup or smaller company and know how to do more with less - you don't need a fully built system to execute at a high level
  • Thrive in ambiguity and move quickly when requirements shift - you generate multiple strong concepts fast without sacrificing craft
  • Care about community, inclusion, and building products that genuinely serve an underrepresented user base
  • Want to grow into a senior design voice on a team being built for scale - and are energized by proximity to product and engineering leadership, not just execution


Benefits and Perks:
  • Health, Dental & Vision Full premium coverage for you. Partial coverage for dependents.
  • Family Formation Up to $300,000 in fertility and family-building support, covering IVF, surrogacy, egg freezing, and adoption.
  • Retirement: 401(k) with 6% match and immediate vesting.
  • Compensation: Industry-competitive compensation, company bonus, and equity for every employee.
  • Gender-Affirming Care : Industry-leading gender-affirming offerings with up to 90% cost coverage, access to Included Health, monthly stipends for HRT, and more.
  • Time Off & Rest Flexible vacation policy. Two company-wide rest weeks per year.
  • Other Benefits: Monthly stipends for cell phone, internet, wellness, food, and commuting, breakfast/lunch

About Grindr

Grindr is a location-based social networking and online dating application for gay, bi, trans, and queer people. The app was one of the first geosocial dating apps and was launched in 2009. Grindr is available in over 190 countries and has over 27 million users. The app is owned by San Vicente Acquisition LLC, a company based in West Hollywood, California. Grindr has faced criticism for its handling of user data and for facilitating the spread of sexually transmitted infections.
Learn more about Grindr
Size
100 employees
Market Cap
$836.3 million
Industry
Hospitality & Recreation
Founded
2008
NASDAQ
GRND
* Ladders Estimates

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