Lead Product Designer (Hybrid)

Lead Product Designer (Hybrid - 2 to 3 days onsite per week in Austin TX)

Overview:

Weedmaps is seeking a highly creative visionary Product Designer to help define the future of our mobile experience. As a Lead Staff or Principal Product Designer youll play a pivotal role in modernizing and reimagining the Weedmaps app bringing it into the next generation of mobile design and social commerce.

Youll craft experiences that bridge utility and culture blending marketplace e-commerce and social interaction models in ways that inspire discovery trust and engagement. From helping people find local retailers and deals to shaping how consumers and brands connect in a vibrant community your work will directly influence how millions experience cannabis digitally.

The impact youll make:

• Lead end-to-end mobile design across iOS and Android from insight to execution with a focus on performance delight and forward-looking interaction design.
• Drive the modernization of the Weedmaps app by introducing cutting-edge mobile design paradigms and interaction models rooted in todays top consumer products.
• Translate strategy into deeply engaging experiences across discovery browsing ordering personalization and social connection.
• Partner closely with Product Engineering and Brand leadership to define a cohesive design language and elevate our visual and interaction standards.
• Use motion micro-interactions and system-level design thinking to bring our mobile ecosystem to life.
• Build refine and expand our mobile design system to ensure scalability and craft excellence.
• Mentor designers shape creative direction and elevate the quality of design across the organization.

What youve accomplished:

• 7 years of product design experience with significant focus on native mobile applications.
  Proven success designing and shipping large-scale experiences in marketplace e-commerce or social network products ideally from companies like TikTok TikTok Shop DoorDash Uber UberEats Instacart Pinterest or similar.
• Mastery of modern mobile interaction patterns from gestural navigation feed-based discovery and personalized surfaces to seamless transactional flows.
• Strong sense of visual craft motion and interaction design with an instinct for creating fresh intuitive and emotionally resonant user experiences.
• Ability to drive ambiguous initiatives set design direction and influence product strategy at the executive level.
• Deep understanding of consumer psychology trust design and behavioral patterns in mobile commerce ecosystems.
• A collaborative mindset and passion for building products that feel alive social and future-forward.

Bonus points:

• Experience designing creator or influencer tools social feeds or content discovery experiences that connect communities and brands.
• Familiarity with personalization algorithms AI-assisted recommendations or content-driven marketplaces.
• Passion for the evolving cannabis consumer landscape and curiosity for how design can help normalize and elevate the category.

What success Looks Like:

• You redefine the Weedmaps mobile experience as the standard for next-generation commerce and culture.
• You elevate the craft of interaction design across every team touchpoint.
• You inspire creativity across the org and set a new benchmark for how mobile design can feel alive social and intuitive.

Why Youll Love It Here:

• Youll have a chance to shape the next evolution of Weedmaps redefining how consumers explore and connect through design.
• A culture that values creativity experimentation and growth.
  Competitive compensation and generous benefits.
• The opportunity to bring the future of social commerce to life for millions of users.

The base pay range for this position is $145668.00 - $181679.00 per year

2026 US Benefits for Full Time Regular Employees:

• Physical Health (Medical Dental & Vision)
• 100% employer-paid premium for employees
• Up to 80% coverage for dependents
• Company HSA contribution with the High Deductible Health Plan
• 401(k) Retirement Plan (employer will match contribution up to 3.5% of employee contribution)
• Basic Life Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance options
• Supplemental voluntary benefits
• Student Loan Repayment/529 Education Savings with a monthly company contribution
• FSA (Medical Dependent Transit and Parking)
• Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Accident Insurance
• Short- and Long-term Disability Insurance
• Pet Insurance
• Identity theft protection
• Legal access to a network of attorneys
• PTO paid sick leave and company holidays (including a 2026 holiday shutdown)
• Paid parental leave

Why Work at Weedmaps

Life at Weedmaps means innovation and heart. Come join us if you care about the plant the people who love it and are ready to let your talent shine. We foster a bustling and collaborative culture that revolves around an environment that focuses on the benefits of weed and the community that supports it.

You too can have a hand in shaping the industrys future; ready to roll with us

See how weve grownour journey leadership team and whats next at Weedmaps:

Founded in 2008 weve grown from a small startup to a global leader in the cannabis industry. Our dedication to transparency education and community has set us apart and today we proudly serve cannabis to consumers and businesses in the U.S. and worldwide.

Freedom to choose. Freedom to access. Freedom to enjoy.

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