Senior Product Designer

ParentSquare, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K retirement savings

Paid Parental Leave

Stock options

Health + wellness reimbursements

PTO increases each year

15 paid holidays

Fully remote

Job summary

ParentSquare, Inc. is seeking a Senior Product Designer to own end-to-end experience for a major area of our platform used by families and educators nationwide.

You’ll guide problems from discovery through shipped product, partnering with Product and Engineering as an equal voice, and collaborating with UX Research and Design Systems teams. You’ll mentor other designers and help raise the craft bar, while leveraging AI tools to prototype faster and create accessible, translation-ready

Qualifications

• 5+ years of product design experience with shipped work on complex web and mobile applications.
• Strong interaction design, information architecture, and visual design craft.
• Fluency with Figma, prototyping, and design systems.
• Experience running usability tests and translating research into design decisions.
• Hands-on use of AI tools in design workflows (e.g., Claude, Cursor, Figma Make).
• Knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG 2.2 AA) and how to design for them.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end design for a product area from discovery through shipped experience.
• Frame problems clearly and push back when a request is a solution looking for a problem.
• Turn complex workflows (messaging, forms, payments, permissions) into simple experiences.
• Collaborate with UX Research, Customer Success, and Support to learn from usage.
• Mentor other designers and raise the craft bar across the team.
• Present and defend design decisions to stakeholders and engineers.

Skills

Product design

Figma

Prototyping

UX research

AI tools

Accessibility

Communication

Tools

React

HTML/CSS

Job description

Who we’re looking for:

ParentSquare is seeking a Senior Product Designer to own the end-to-end experience for a major area of our platform, used by families and educators in districts across the country. You’ll take problems from discovery through shipped product, partnering with Product and Engineering as an equal voice in what gets built. You’ll work closely with our new UX Research and Design Systems practices, use AI tools to explore and prototype faster, and help raise the craft bar by mentoring other designers. This is a new role on a cross-functional product team.

Most importantly, you’re someone who shares in our passion for improving the lives of students through communication.

Reports to: Vice President, Product Design

This role will include:

• Owning end-to-end design for a product area, from problem framing and discovery through shipped experience
• Defining the problem before exploring solutions, and pushing back when a request is a solution looking for a problem
• Turning complex workflows like district-wide messaging, forms, payments, and permissions into experiences that feel simple, even for users who scan, skip, and make mistakes
• Partnering with UX Research, Customer Success, and Support to understand real usage, run usability tests, and make decisions from what you learn
• Designing accessible, translation‑ready experiences for families across languages (including right‑to‑left), abilities, devices, and comfort with technology
• Building on and contributing to the design system, delivering production‑ready work that covers states, edge cases, and responsive and native behavior
• Using AI tools to prototype faster, and designing AI‑powered features that users can understand, review, control, and correct
• Presenting and defending design decisions in Design Crit and with stakeholders, then partnering with engineers through implementation and review
• Mentoring other designers and helping raise the craft bar across the team

Our ideal candidate will have the following:

• 5+ years of product design experience, with shipped work on complex web and native mobile (iOS and Android) products
• A portfolio with 2 to 3 in-depth case studies showing how you framed the problem, made decisions, and measured results
• Strong interaction design, information architecture, and visual design craft, with fluency in Figma, prototyping, and design systems
• Experience running usability tests and using research and analytics to inform design
• Hands‑on experience using AI tools in your design workflow, such as Claude, Cursor, or Figma Make
• Working knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG 2.2 AA) and how to design for them
• Clear communication and the ability to influence PMs, engineers, and leadership

Bonus points for:

• Experience in EdTech, K–12, or products where the buyer and the end user are different people
• Experience designing for multilingual or low‑literacy users
• Experience designing AI‑powered features, including how users review, control, and correct AI output
• Experience prototyping in code (React or HTML and CSS) with AI coding tools like Cursor or Claude Code

The perks of working for us are great!

You’ll get your foot in the door as our company continues to grow. We’re big believers in work‑life balance and provide:

• Employer‑paid health insurance (including dependent coverage)
• An employer‑matched 401K retirement savings program from day 1
• Paid Parental Leave
• Stock options
• Health + wellness reimbursements
• PTO that increases each year
• 15 paid holidays, including your birthday!

As a fully remote team, we’ll make sure you have all the tools and equipment you need to make your home office a place where you can thrive.

We’re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. We are committed to maintaining a drug‑free workplace in compliance with applicable state laws.

The salary range for this role will be $120,000 - $150,000, DOE.