Senior Product Designer, BFF

Bumble Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Bumble Inc. is seeking a Senior Product Designer for the Bumble BFF Design team to lead end-to-end design for friendship-focused initiatives.

You will partner with product, engineering, and research to convert complex problems into intuitive experiences, while upholding Bumble's values and responsible AI use. You’ll drive design discovery, create scalable systems, and advocate inclusive experiences that help millions form meaningful friendships.

Qualifications

• Typically requires 6–8 years of experience in product design.
• Strong experience designing consumer-facing digital products with end-to-end ownership.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end design for key BFF initiatives, translating goals into high-quality experiences.
• Partner with product managers, engineers, and researchers to balance user needs and business goals.
• Lead design discovery and execution from concept to production-ready designs.
• Apply systems thinking for scalable designs aligned with Bumble’s design language.
• Use AI-powered design tools to accelerate exploration and synthesis while applying human judgment.
• Communicate design rationale with storytelling and data to align teams.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with agile mindset as priorities evolve.
• Champion inclusive design and Bumble values in output and collaboration.

Skills

Interaction design

Visual design

UX principles

Figma

Prototyping tools

AI tools in design

Collaboration across product/eng/rese

Storytelling with data

Tools

Figma

Prototyping tools

Job description

At Bumble, we’re building equitable relationships across love, life, and work — and with Bumble BFF, we’re reimagining how people find friendship, belonging, and community in an increasingly disconnected world. From discovery to shared experiences, BFF exists to help people truly find their people, and design plays a critical role in making those moments feel human, inclusive, and joyful.

As a Senior Product Designer on the Bumble BFF Design team, you’ll lead design work for meaningful product initiatives that help millions of members form and grow real friendships. You’ll partner closely with product, engineering, and research to turn complex problems into intuitive experiences, while role-modeling Bumble values like Curiosity, Courage, and Respect through your craft and collaboration. This role blends strong individual ownership with thoughtful influence — helping shape the product while continuously raising the quality of how we design and build together, including through responsible use of AI-powered tools.

What You'll Do:

• Own end-to-end design for key BFF initiatives, translating product goals and user insights into thoughtful, high-quality experiences that support healthy, equitable friendships.

• Partner closely with product managers, engineers, and researchers to define problems, explore opportunities, and deliver solutions that balance user needs, business goals, and technical constraints.

• Lead design discovery and execution across the full process — from concept exploration and prototyping to detailed interaction and visual design — with a strong bias toward learning and iteration.

• Apply strong systems thinking to ensure designs are consistent, scalable, and aligned with Bumble’s broader design language, contributing to shared patterns and design system evolution.

• Use AI-powered design and research tools to accelerate exploration, prototype ideas, and synthesize insights, while applying human judgment and care to final decisions.

• Communicate design rationale clearly and confidently, using storytelling and data to build alignment and move teams forward with purpose.

• Collaborate cross-functionally, take ownership of your work, and adapt plans with an agile mindset as priorities evolve.

• Champion inclusive design practices and role-model Bumble values of Respect and Excellence in how you design, collaborate, and deliver.

About You:

• Typically requires 6–8 years of experience, though we welcome candidates with alternative backgrounds that demonstrate equivalent skills.

• Strong experience designing consumer-facing digital products, with a portfolio that shows end-to-end ownership and thoughtful problem-solving across mobile-first experiences.

• Deep skills in interaction design, visual design, and UX principles, with the ability to balance craft, usability, and speed in a fast-moving environment.

• Proficiency in Figma and modern prototyping tools, and comfort working across multiple levels of fidelity — from early concepts to polished, production-ready designs.

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with product managers, engineers, and researchers, taking ownership while working toward shared outcomes.

• Experience using AI tools to support design workflows, research synthesis, or ideation, with curiosity about how AI can responsibly enhance product design.

• A clear, empathetic communicator who can give and receive feedback constructively and contribute to a culture of learning and continuous improvement.

• A people-first mindset, grounded in Bumble values like Curiosity and Courage, and a commitment to designing inclusive experiences that positively impact members’ lives.

About Us

Bumble Inc. is the parent company of Bumble Date, BFF, and Badoo. The Bumble platform enables people to build healthy and equitable relationships, through Kind Connections. Founded by Whitney Wolfe Herd in 2014, Bumble was one of the first dating apps built with women at the center and connects people across dating (Bumble Date) and friendship (BFF). BFF is a friendship app where people in all stages of life can meet people nearby and create meaningful platonic connections and community based on shared interests. Badoo, which was founded in 2006, is one of the pioneers of web and mobile dating products.

AI Fluency

AI is important to us. We’re excited by people who are curious and experimental, and who think thoughtfully about how AI can amplify their impact and outcomes.

We encourage you to use AI responsibly as you prepare your application. Please don’t use it to fabricate experiences or answer questions live in interviews. We care deeply about authenticity and want to understand your real skills, judgment and voice, because building a meaningful, genuine connection with you matters to us.

Final Compensation

Will be determined based on factors such as the selected candidate’s qualifications, relevant experience, skill set, and other job-related considerations.

Inclusion at Bumble Inc.

Bumble Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and we strongly encourage people of all ages, color, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and non-binary people, veterans, parents, people with disabilities, and neurodivergent people to apply. We're happy to make any reasonable adjustments that will help you feel more confident throughout the process, please don't hesitate to let us know how we can help.

In your application, please feel free to note which pronouns you use (For example: she/her, he/him, they/them, etc).

AI in Bumble Inc. Hiring

At Bumble, we may use AI tools to support parts of our recruitment process — such as helping us record, transcribe, and summarize conversations, and supporting job alignment by comparing resumes and job descriptions to highlight skills and potential roles that may be a good match. These tools help us work more efficiently and stay focused on you during our conversations. Importantly, all hiring decisions are made by people. AI is used only to support our team’s efficiency and improve the candidate experience — not to evaluate or decide on your candidacy. Participation in AI-supported interviews and conversations is completely voluntary and will not impact your candidacy. If you’d prefer to opt out, simply let your recruiter or interviewer know at the start of a call, or anytime during the interview or conversation. Summaries and related data are retained only as long as needed in line with our internal data retention policies. If at any point you’d like a transcription or summary deleted, please contact your recruiter directly.

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