Staff Product Designer, Education . Learning Commons

Hard Problems; Redwood City (CA); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Volunteer time off

Family-forming benefits funding

Relocation support

Job summary

Learning Commons seeks a Staff Product Designer in Redwood City to own developer experience end-to-end. You will shape how developers integrate with our platform, lead cross-functional design work across the platform, and raise the craft standard through mentorship and system-wide pattern adoption.

You will work in a hybrid setting at our Redwood City HQ, collaborating with engineers, product managers, and researchers to extend the dataset catalog and improve access to the AI-powered education

Qualifications

• At least 8 years of professional experience.
• Strong visual craft combined with product thinking and brand expression in the product.
• Experience closing the loop with design systems so recommendations land in the system.
• A track record of owning an entire product or platform in production, setting direction and balancing value/risk.
• Strong systems instincts and technical depth: permissions, organization models, multi-surface navigation, reading API references, engineering constraints.
• Comfort with AI-native working methods, including prototyping in code and validating early.

Responsibilities

• Own developer experience end to end, forming a view on sustained use through research, usage data, and partner contact, and translate into a roadmap.
• Design developer integration views from scratch to give developers visibility into integration performance across usage, quality, errors, and impact.
• Lead systematic design work across platform, catalog, docs, and marketing surfaces, establishing patterns and information architecture.
• Extend the dataset catalog and access experience with new features, richer discovery, and the permission/organization models underneath.
• Set the craft bar for the team, mentor designers, collaborate with the design systems lead to propagate patterns, and review work.

Skills

Product thinking

Visual design

Design systems

Product ownership

Systems thinking

AI-native design

Job description

# Staff Product Designer, EducationLearning Commons, Redwood City, USAEducationNonprofitOur Pick## Why this work mattersBuilds open AI infrastructure that translates learning science research into classroom tools, expanding access to effective, research-backed teaching practices for all learners.This job was selected as “Our Pick” because the hiring organization is particularly good for the world.View the full listing and apply →Listed 26 Oct 2026Applications are handled by Learning Commons, not by Hard Problems.## About Learning CommonsLearning Commons aims to scale proven teaching and learning practices to benefit every learner by building AI infrastructure that better connects the way students learn to the tools they learn with. It pairs technology with grantmaking to translate learning science into classroom practice, and offers open, public-purpose infrastructure — including a Knowledge Graph of academic standards, Evaluators for measuring model quality in educational contexts, and Agent Skills — that partners such as Canva, Diffit, and Playlab build on.### The roleThis Staff Product Designer role owns developer experience end to end. The platform has shipped its foundation; the next phase is about what developers do with it. You would set direction rather than inherit it, building a point of view on what drives sustained use and then building the product: developer integration flows, a platform that reads as one coherent system, and a clear access model underneath. The role sits within a team that includes a design systems lead and other designers.### What you would do* Own developer experience end to end, forming a view on what drives sustained use through research, usage data, and direct partner contact, and turning that into a roadmap the organization aligns behind.* Design developer integration views from scratch, giving developers visibility into how their integrations are performing across usage, quality, errors, and impact.* Lead systematic design work across platform, catalog, docs, and marketing surfaces, setting patterns and information architecture rather than applying existing ones.* Extend the dataset catalog and access experience with new features, richer discovery, and the permission and organization models underneath.* Set the craft bar for the team, mentor designers, partner with the design systems lead to get patterns adopted, and act as a reviewer others seek out.### What they are looking for* At least 8 years of professional experience.* Strong visual craft combined with product thinking; the ability to bring brand expression into the product is required.* Experience closing the loop with design systems so that recommendations land in the system rather than remaining one-off solutions.* A track record of owning an entire product or platform in production, setting its direction, framing ambiguous problems, and making explicit value and risk tradeoffs.* Strong systems instincts and technical depth: comfort with permissions, organization models, multi-surface navigation, reading API references, and designing within real engineering constraints.* Comfort with AI-native working methods, including prototyping in code and validating early rather than running a linear design cycle.### Working arrangementsThis is a hybrid role based at Learning Commons' headquarters at 1180 Main Street, Redwood City, CA. You would be required to be on-site for at least 60% of the working month, approximately 3 days a week, with specific in-office days determined by the team's manager.### Pay and benefitsThe Redwood City, CA base pay range for a new hire is $170,000 - $235,400 per year. New hires are typically placed in the lower portion of the range. Actual placement is based on job-related skills and experience. The position may also be eligible for a discretionary annual performance bonus. Additional benefits include a generous employer 401(k) match, paid volunteer time off, funding for select family-forming benefits, and relocation support.## DetailsLocation: Redwood City, USAOn-site or remote: HybridSalary: $170,000 - $235,400Sector: EducationRole: Product designSeniority: StaffOrganisation: CharityThis job is listed on the Hard Problems job board, but details come from the employer’s own listing and may have changed — always check the original posting.