Product Designer

Designing a global ecosystem for knowledge sharing and a platform for businesses to reach this audience requires a multidisciplinary approach. We're building a diverse team with people of different backgrounds and experiences, empowered to shape strategy while moving quickly and learning as much as possible.

Designers at Quora are building a system to democratize access to all knowledge for the entire world. Our work leverages what we learn about psychological and social dynamics, communities and networks, and systems and policy design, in addition to more typical design skills. Product design directly impacts product strategy. We work on everything from ranking to UI, from internationalization to moderation systems; design decisions are validated through A/B testing and user studies alike, as we value rigor and empathy in equal measure. We pursue candor, holism, and awareness in our work.

Quora designers are strategically minded and have full ownership of their work. As a product designer, you'll control the interface from conception to implementation, holding a central role on every product team. This ensures not only that we design the right solution but that we're solving the right problem. In this role, you'll be embedded in product teams focused on key user experiences of Quora.

Responsibilities:

• Identify and execute high-impact opportunities for your product area, design features that align with business goals, and clearly communicate decision rationale
• Partner with user researchers and data scientists to understand user needs, and collaborate with product managers to design scalable solutions
• Develop globally scalable designs across platforms in consultation with engineers, gather feedback through design critiques, and work with data scientists and researchers to measure impact
• Design and implement new features while contributing to our design system
• Work autonomously and pragmatically execute multiple projects simultaneously

Minimum Requirements:

• Ability to be available for meetings and impromptu communication during Quora's “coordination hours" (Mon-Fri: 9am-3pm Pacific Time)
• 2 years of experience designing for multi-sided platforms or marketplaces
• Portfolio demonstrating digital design capabilities across web and native apps, showcasing effective interaction design and strong visual design
• Experience designing complex products in the B2C space resulting in clear, effective interactions that balance business and user goals
• Experience designing and shipping product features from scratch and iterating on existing features
• Ability to reason at a strategic level about a complex, social product and update perspective with new learnings
• Demonstrated track record of using data and user research to inform and evaluate design solutions

Preferred Requirements:

• Shipped high quality, intuitive products for a social platform
• Experience working effectively in A/B testing and metrics-driven environment
• Experience maintaining and improving a design system
• Shipped high quality mobile experiences for social media products

At Quora, we value diversity and inclusivity and welcome individuals from all backgrounds, including marginalized or underrepresented groups in tech, to apply for our job openings. We encourage all candidates who share a passion for growing the world’s knowledge, even those who may not strictly meet all the preferred requirements, to apply, as we know that a diverse range of perspectives can have a significant impact on our products and our culture.

Additional Information:

We are accepting applications on an ongoing basis.

Quora offers a wide range of benefits including medical/dental/vision coverage, equity refreshers, remote work reimbursement, paid time off, employee assistance programs, and more. Benefits are country-specific and may vary. For more information on benefits, visit this link: https://www.careers.quora.com/benefits

There are many factors that will determine the starting pay, including but not limited to experience, location, education, and business needs.

• US candidates only: For US based applicants, the salary range is $135,840 - $205,200 USD + equity + benefits.
• Canada candidates only: For Canada based applicants, the salary range is $165,705 - $214,555 CAD + equity + benefits.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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