Design

Product Designer Jobs

Product design absorbed much of what used to be split across UX, UI and research roles. Portfolio depth on shipped outcomes matters more in hiring than tool proficiency.

Demand index: 66
Est. openings: 21,000
YoY growth: +1.8%
Median salary: $145k

Process

Typical interview loop

1Recruiter screen
2Portfolio presentation
3Design exercise or take-home
4Craft and critique interview
5Cross-functional panel

In-demand skills

Interaction designDesign systemsPrototypingUser researchWritten rationale

By market

Product Designer openings by city

Full salary breakdown

City	Est. openings	Median salary
San Francisco	60	$189k
New York	55	$177k
London	50	$96k
Bangalore	50	$34k
Singapore	45	$102k
Berlin	40	$80k
Toronto	40	$99k
Tel Aviv	40	$109k

Employers

Companies hiring product designers

Stripe

Payments infrastructure for internet businesses, from startups to global enterprises.

Figma

Browser-native collaborative design platform and the de facto standard for product teams.

Notion

Connected workspace combining documents, databases, wikis and lightweight project management.

Linear

Opinionated issue tracking and product planning for software teams that value speed.

Airtable

Relational database with a spreadsheet interface, used to build internal operational apps.

Canva

Visual design platform aimed at non-designers, scaled into enterprise brand management.