The Role
TIDAL design is a small, nimble team building at the intersection of music, technology, and culture-shipping across uploads, streaming, AI-powered creative tools, and financial services that connect artists directly with their audiences in 60+ countries.
We're looking for a Principal Product Designer to set the vision and quality bar across TIDAL's product and brand ecosystem. You will be a foundational design voice on a small team where your work will have outsized impact-shaping not just pixels but the future of how artists build careers. You'll drive complex projects from concept to ship, influence strategy, and directly elevate the craft of everyone around you.
You Will
- Define and drive long-term product vision and design strategy across TIDAL's key product areas
- Lead the most complex, ambiguous design initiatives end-to-end-from early exploration through shipped experiences
- Partner with Product, Engineering, and ML/AI leadership to shape roadmaps and influence business strategy
- Set the bar for design excellence by defining systems, standards, and quality benchmarks at scale
- Pioneer AI-driven design approaches that expand team capabilities and accelerate velocity
- Mentor designers through feedback, critique, and knowledge sharing
- Identify new opportunities for the business and act on them
You Have
- 8+ years of Product Design experience with a portfolio demonstrating high craft and systems thinking
- Graphic design skills, working with building and extending brand for 360 activations and social to have cohesion across brand and product.
- Experience developing long-term product vision that informs roadmaps across a brand or multiple products
- Experience shipping impactful, strategic work autonomously-from multi-year visions to iterative releases
- Expertise defining design systems and standards that promote cohesive experiences at scale
- Influence and partnership skills as a trusted peer to leadership
- Fluency with AI and new technologies-pioneering new approaches and identifying where AI unlocks creative or business potential
- A passion for music, artists, and the creative economy
- Comfort operating on a small, fast-moving team where you wear many hats
Application Guidelines
Candidates may submit up to 9 active applications within a 60-day period. Reapplications to the same role are accepted 90 days after a previous application has been reviewed.
Use of AI in Our Hiring Process
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Every benefit we offer is designed with one goal: empowering you to do the best work of your career while building the life you want. Remote work, medical insurance, flexible time off, retirement savings plans, and modern family planning are just some of our offering. Check out our other benefits at Block.
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Skills Required
- 8+ years of Product Design experience with a portfolio demonstrating high craft and systems thinking
- Graphic design skills building and extending brand for 360 activations and social to ensure cohesion across brand and product
- Experience developing long-term product vision that informs roadmaps across a brand or multiple products
- Experience shipping impactful, strategic work autonomously, from multi-year visions to iterative releases
- Expertise defining design systems and standards that promote cohesive experiences at scale
- Influence and partnership skills as a trusted peer to leadership
- Fluency with AI and new technologies, pioneering approaches where AI unlocks creative or business potential
- A passion for music, artists, and the creative economy
- Comfort operating on a small, fast-moving team and wearing many hats
TIDAL Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as robust through the parent company, including multiple medical plan options, mental‑health support, and dental and vision care. Fertility benefits and gender‑affirming care further indicate breadth beyond basic coverage.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave, adoption and surrogacy assistance, and childcare support are highlighted. These programs suggest meaningful family support embedded in the overall package.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity grants and an employee stock purchase plan are available via the parent company. This ownership access can enhance total rewards beyond base salary.
TIDAL Insights
What We Do
TIDAL is a global music streaming platform bringing fans closer to artists through unique experiences and the highest sound quality. Artists and musicians are inherently entrepreneurial. They face a lot of the same challenges Square constantly works to solve for small business owners. The intersection between artists and the economy is getting increasingly more frequent (examples: merch stores, NFTs, and tipping platforms). At TIDAL, we’re committed to creating artist tools that allow them to create a business from their music and develop deeper connections with their fans.
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TIDAL Offices
Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
TIDAL has always been a distributed team working across timezones and continents. Today, we're remote-first by default, but encourage you to choose how you want to work: from home, one of our offices, or a mix of both.