Head of Design

HackerRank helps companies like NVIDIA, Amazon, and Microsoft hire and upskill the next generation of developers based on skills, not pedigree. Our platform is trusted by over 2,500 of the world’s most innovative companies to build strong engineering teams ready for what’s next.

Software has entered an era where humans and AI build side by side. As this shift accelerates, the definition of strong technical talent is changing. We give companies better ways to identify and invest in next-generation skills.

People at HackerRank care deeply about the impact of their work and sweat the small details so our customers can be wildly successful with products they genuinely love to use. We move with urgency and believe great outcomes come from high standards.

The role

HackerRank is hiring a Head of Design to define and own the experience for our platform and lead the organization responsible for delivering it. You will guide both traditional product experiences and emerging AI-native and agentic experiences, through a team of product designers and design managers.

As a member of Product, Engineering, and Design Leadership, you will serve as a strategic leader in the company. This role requires executive range and practitioner instincts. You should be able to move from an organizational question to a product strategy discussion, then into a working prototype or detailed interaction review without losing the thread between them. All of our leaders are builders.

What you will own

• Set experience strategy. Define the design vision for HackerRank’s platform and turn company strategy into a clear experience direction. Connect near-term product decisions to a coherent view of where technical hiring and developer skills are going. Keep the organization close to customers and developers, using research, product data, prototypes, and direct obs

Department: Design