6+ years in product design, with real depth in design systems built on tokens, component APIs, and a single source of truth in code (not only a Figma library)
You’ve helped build a design system before. You’ve contributed meaningfully to components/patterns/tokens, governance, adoption, and the messy realities of getting it used
A systems thinker. You’d rather build the thing ten people use than ship one feature yourself
Taste you can defend. You can pinpoint what’s off (spacing, motion, interaction states) and explain what’s right for Speak and why
Clear communication + cross-functional drive. You can write the rule, not just draw the component, and work across teams to drive adoption
Autonomy and end-to-end ownership. You thrive with little scaffolding and drive from problem → roadmap → shipped → adopted
Fluency with AI in your craft. You’ve built repeatable ways of working with AI/agents and can explain what changed and why
Accessibility and scale mindset. You think about how the system holds up as it grows across mobile and web
Comfort building or changing components in code (Swift/SwiftUI, Kotlin/Jetpack Compose, or web)
Shipped consumer-scale mobile products across many markets/locales
Built a design system engineers actually used — and that outlasted your time on the team
A point of view on where design-to-code and agent workflows are heading, and what’s still broken
Experience in language learning, education, or another domain where cross-cultural nuance shapes the product
WHY WORK AT SPEAK
1. Join a fantastic, tight-knit team at the right time: we're growing very quickly, we've most recently raised our Series C from some of the top investors in the valley, and we've achieved product-market fit in our initial markets. You'd join at a magical time when a single person could significantly change the course of the company
2. Do your life's work with people you’ll love working with: we care strongly about our craft and want every person at Speak to feel like they're growing every day. We believe in the idea that working with people you both enjoy and have respect for makes everything better. We hire thoughtfully and only work with people we admire deeply
3. Global in nature: We're live in over 40 countries and launching in a number of new markets soon. We have dedicated offices in San Francisco, Ljubljana, Seoul, and Tokyo, and you’ll have the opportunity to talk to users in each of these regions on a regular basis as well as travel
4. Impact people's lives in a major way: Learning a language is one of the single most life-changing skills one can learn, and right now 99% of people never achieve their goal because the process is broken. We’re helping millions of people achieve their goals and improve their lives