About Us
Circle is building the world’s leading all-in-one platform for online communities. We make it possible for creators, coaches, educators, and businesses to bring together their audience with engaging discussions, live streams, events, chat, courses, and payments — all in one place, all under their own brand.
We’re proud to be a fully remote company of around 200 (and growing!) team members from 30+ countries around the world. We seek exceptional individuals around the world, set them up to do the best work of their lives, and in turn, create a meaningful impact in their own lives. We don't track hours, but we do manage for high expectations very closely. We collaborate across time zones, are highly async, and like to document a lot.
Twice a year, we bring the whole company together in beautiful places around the world for our company offsites. So far, we’ve hosted offsites in Turkey, Portugal, Mexico, Thailand, Colombia, Italy, Ireland, and more, with still more to come!
Check out our Careers page for more about working at Circle.
About the role
We're looking for a Lead Product Designer for Applied AI at Circle.
You'll design AI-native experiences—agents that act on behalf of community managers, workflows that reduce manual work, and a copilot that helps creators run their communities more effectively.
You'll work with our Applied AI engineering team to turn AI capabilities into real workflows and product experiences for our customers. You'll own the design direction for Applied AI surfaces across Circle.
These aren't typical product design challenges. You'll make AI behavior legible, build trust in non-deterministic systems, and give users meaningful control without overwhelming them. You'll shape how creators and AI collaborate inside Circle.
You'll be joining a design team where context is shared openly, ownership is real, and talented people are trusted to do their best work.
What you’ll be doing
- Own the design strategy for Applied AI surfaces, from discovery through shipped experiences
- Provide thought leadership for Applied AI at Circle: stay on top of AI and UX trends and drive our direction in this area
- Operate with high autonomy: you identify opportunities, frame the problem, and drive from 0→1 with minimal guidance
- Act as a peer to Product and Engineering on product decisions, not just a downstream executor
- Design end-to-end AI experiences—from initial concept to launch—including agents, workflows, and copilot features
- Define patterns for AI-assisted and AI-automated actions: triggering, monitoring, correcting, and building user trust
- Tackle novel UX problems around transparency, control, and error handling for unpredictable systems
- Prototype and test AI-powered flows and interactions quickly with users
- Collaborate closely with engineers and design engineers using Cursor and Claude Code to turn your concepts into working experiences
- Work embedded with engineering and ML teams, iterating as capabilities evolve
What you’ll need to be successful
- Strong alignment with our values, find our values on our career page if you haven’t read up on them yet.
- You are proficient in English (spoken, written, and reading) at a CEFR Level C2 / ILR Level 5.
- 6+ years of product design experience with a strong portfolio demonstrating UX and visual craft
- You already use AI deeply in your design work today—you can explain concretely how AI is integrated into your workflows (research, exploration, prototyping, content, visuals)
- Hands-on experience with AI-assisted prototyping tools (e.g., v0, Lovable, Cursor + Claude Code)
- Experience designing AI-powered tools, conversational interfaces, automation systems, or similarly complex products
- Strong prototyping skills—you build clickable, realistic prototypes yourself, not just static screens
- Proficiency in Figma for high-fidelity design and collaboration
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills—able to clearly explain complex ideas, influence decisions, and align teams asynchronously
- Comfortable designing in ambiguity and solving problems without existing patterns
- Attention to detail that results in polished, shippable work
$140,000 - $170,000 USD per year
We are hiring at a Lead level for this role; however, we may consider offering this position at the Senior level depending on a candidate’s experience level alignment with the role. In either case, the offer would fall within the published compensation range.
The fun stuff
- Fully remote: work from anywhere in the world!
- Autonomy and trust to do your job: we care about outcomes over everything else.
- Paid time away: all employees are given 35 days of PTO annually. We also offer a paid sabbatical after 5 years.
- Generous U.S. benchmarked compensation and startup equity no matter where you are in the world.*
- Awesome medical coverage with 100% coverage for you and your family, or medical reimbursement options where applicable!*
- Parental leave for parents expanding their family, or just starting one.
- Home office stipend to help you get up and running.
- Learning & development stipend to help you level up your professional skills.
- Annual bonus potential for roles that don't already receive variable income or commission.
- Company retreats: Twice a year, the Circle team gets together for a fully paid company retreat in incredible places around the world! We’ve had past retreats in Colombia, Portugal, and Mexico, with more planned on the horizon.
- Check out our Careers page for more.
*Your role, location and unique circumstance may affect this.
Candidate Safety & Interview Process Notice
At Circle, the safety and trust of our candidates is extremely important to us. Unfortunately, recruiting fraud is increasingly common in the job market, and bad actors sometimes impersonate companies or employees.
To help protect you, here’s what you can expect from our hiring process:
How Our Process Works
- All applications are submitted through our official applicant tracking system (Greenhouse).
- If selected to move forward, you may be invited to record a short introductory video, or directly into a live interview.
- All live interviews are conducted face-to-face over video (Zoom or Google Meet) with a member of the Circle team.
- We do not conduct text-only interviews.
- We do not conduct interviews via chat apps or messaging platforms.
- We do not use AI bots to interview candidates.
Official Communication Channels
- All official communication from Circle will come from no-reply@us.greenhouse-mail.io, or an email address ending in @circle.co or @circle.so.
- We will never contact you from unofficial domains (such as “.team”, “.careers”, or similar variations).
- We will never request sensitive personal information early in the process, or ask for payment of any kind.
If you receive a suspicious message claiming to be from Circle, please do not respond.
We appreciate your vigilance, and look forward to connecting with you through our official channels.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
As a fully-remote international company, diversity is baked into our DNA. Here’s how our CEO, Sid Yadav, frames our hiring mission: “let’s find talent in underserved and under-represented corners of the world, set them up to do the best work of their lives, and in turn, change their life.” To achieve this hiring mission, we offer competitive U.S. benchmarked compensation no matter where someone’s located in the world, and we proactively seek candidates who expand representation of backgrounds, cultures and lived experiences in our teams.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Circle is an equal opportunity employer and as such, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws. If you require any accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.
How We Use Candidate Data
At Circle, we are committed to protecting your personal information. As a job applicant, the personal data you provide to us is collected and processed in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the EU and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). This notice outlines the types of personal information we collect, the purpose for collecting it, and your rights.
Information We Collect: We collect the following categories of personal information from job applicants:
- Contact information (such as name, email address, phone number)
- Employment history and qualifications
- Education history
- References and any other information you choose to share with us during the application process
Purpose of Collection: We collect this information for the following purposes:
- To assess your qualifications and suitability for the position
- To communicate with you during the recruitment process
- To comply with legal and regulatory obligations
Your Rights Under GDPR and CCPA: You have the following rights regarding your personal information:
- The right to request access to the personal information we hold about you.
- The right to request the deletion of your personal information, subject to certain legal exceptions.
- The right to opt out of the sale of your personal information (Note: We do not sell personal information).
For more information about how we handle your personal data or to exercise your rights, please refer to our full Privacy Policy.
By submitting your application, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this privacy notice.
