Senior Product Designer, Bumble Date

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2 Locations
Hybrid
190K-215K Annually
Senior level
Mobile • Other
The Role
Lead end-to-end design for significant areas of Bumble Date, from discovery through launch. Collaborate with PMs, researchers, engineers, data and content to craft intuitive mobile experiences, evolve design systems, apply inclusive and accessible design, and responsibly use AI tools to enhance workflows and personalization.
Summary Generated by Built In

At Bumble, we’re on a mission to create a world where healthy relationships are built on respect and equality. The Bumble Date Design Team brings that mission to life by shaping experiences that help millions of people connect with confidence, authenticity, and joy.

As a Senior Product Designer focused on our flagship Date experience, you’ll help reimagine what modern dating feels like: safe, intuitive, and deeply human. You'll partner closely with Product Management, Engineering, User Research, Data, and Content Design to solve meaningful problems through exceptional product experiences, balancing user empathy, commercial thinking, and outstanding design craft.

You'll take end-to-end ownership of meaningful areas of the Bumble Date experience, from identifying opportunities and framing problems through to delivering polished, high-quality solutions. You'll be a trusted design partner who brings clarity to complexity, raises the quality of work through collaboration, and models Bumble's values of Respect, Curiosity, and Joy in everything you do.

What You'll Do

  • Own the end-to-end design of one or more significant product areas within Bumble Date, leading work from discovery and problem definition through interaction design, visual execution, prototyping, testing, and launch.
  • Shape intuitive user journeys and interaction models grounded in research, behavioral insight, and a deep understanding of what Bumble members need, expect, and value.
  • Partner closely with Product Managers, User Researchers, Engineers, Data Partners, and Content Designers to define opportunities, validate hypotheses, and iterate based on qualitative insights and quantitative evidence.
  • Create thoughtful, high-quality visual and interaction design that brings clarity to complex problems, paying equal attention to overall experience architecture and the details that make products feel effortless.
  • Contribute to and evolve Bumble's design system by championing scalable patterns, accessibility, consistency, and inclusive design across the Bumble ecosystem.
  • Apply AI-powered tools responsibly to accelerate exploration, enhance accessibility, streamline design workflows, and support more personalized experiences, while exercising sound judgment and ethical decision-making.
  • Contribute actively to design critiques, share feedback with clarity and care, and help foster a collaborative culture that values curiosity, continuous learning, and exceptional craft.
  • Model Bumble's core competencies by collaborating with purpose, taking ownership, adapting with agility, and consistently delivering outcomes from insight through to impact, while embodying our values of Courage, Respect, and Joy.

About You

    • You're an experienced end-to-end product designer with a proven track record of delivering thoughtful, high-quality mobile product experiences from ambiguity through to launch.
    • You bring strong product thinking, framing problems before jumping to solutions, connecting design decisions to user and business outcomes, and thinking in systems as confidently as you think about individual screens.
    • You demonstrate exceptional visual design, interaction design, and prototyping craft, producing work that is polished, purposeful, and grounded in a deep understanding of human-centered design.
    • You bring rigor to your design process, combining research, experimentation, prototyping, and iteration to solve complex product challenges with clarity and confidence.
    • You balance user empathy with commercial pragmatism, knowing when to advocate for the ideal experience and when to make thoughtful trade-offs that maximize impact.
    • You're highly proficient in Figma and modern prototyping tools, using them not only to communicate ideas but to explore, validate, and refine solutions.
    • You have a strong understanding of inclusive design principles, accessibility standards, and designing for a global audience across different cultures, needs, and contexts.
    • You're curious about AI's role in product design and confidently use AI-enabled tools to improve your workflow while applying critical thinking, ethical judgment, and human-centered decision-making.
    • You build trusted cross-functional relationships, communicate with clarity, take ownership of outcomes, and positively influence the quality of work through collaboration and thoughtful feedback.
    • Typically requires 5–8 years of experience, though we welcome candidates with alternative backgrounds that demonstrate equivalent skills.
    • ✨ Kind, curious, and low-ego designers thrive at Bumble. If you're excited to shape how people around the world form relationships and find belonging, we'd love to hear from you.

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.
For further information on how we hold and manage your data, please refer to our Privacy Policy.

Skills Required

  • 5-8 years of product design experience (or equivalent)
  • Proven track record delivering end-to-end mobile product experiences from ambiguity to launch
  • Strong product thinking: framing problems, connecting design to user and business outcomes
  • Exceptional visual design, interaction design, and prototyping craft
  • Rigorous design process using research, experimentation, prototyping, and iteration
  • Highly proficient in Figma and modern prototyping tools
  • Strong understanding of inclusive design principles and accessibility standards
  • Ability to collaborate cross-functionally and influence product outcomes
  • Experience contributing to or evolving a design system and scalable patterns
  • Thoughtful, ethical use of AI-enabled tools in design workflows
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The Company
HQ: Austin, TX
1,440 Employees

What We Do

Bumble Inc. is the parent company of Bumble, Badoo, and Fruitz. The Bumble platform enables people to connect and build equitable and healthy relationships. Founded by CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd in 2014, Bumble was one of the first dating apps built with women at the center. Badoo, which was founded in 2006, is one of the pioneers of web and mobile dating products. Fruitz, founded in 2017, encourages open and honest communication of dating intentions through playful fruit metaphors. Download Bumble : http://bit.ly/bumblesignup

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