Lead end-to-end design for Bumble BFF features, from discovery and prototyping to detailed interaction and visual design. Collaborate with PMs, engineers, and researchers, apply systems thinking and AI-enabled tools, champion inclusive design, and contribute to the design system while driving user-centered, scalable solutions.
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.
Benefits & Perks
Insurance: Medical/dental/vision, 30-day eligibility. Bumble has multiple competitive offerings that will be available to you on the first of the month following date of hire.
Unlimited PTO + 1 company-wide week off + Focus Fridays every week
Fully paid life and long-term disability insurance
401k with 4% company match if you contribute 6%, 90-day eligibility
Monthly wellness benefit and access to Noom, Unmind, and Your Money Line
Maternity and Fertility benefit + 26 week paid parental leave
Premium App Access
Inclusion at Bumble Inc.
Bumble Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and we strongly encourage people of all ages, colour, 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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