Senior User Experience Researcher (AI)

Location: Hybrid in San Francisco, United States; in-person work required Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Salary: $134,087–$178,782 base pay annually, plus equity, benefits, and a company bonus program.

Company

hirify.global is an AI-native social platform serving more than 15 million monthly users and supporting LGBTQ+ connection, safety, health, and community.

What you will do

• Own end-to-end research for defined product areas, from framing questions through delivering actionable findings.
• Design and execute mixed-method research programs that combine qualitative depth with quantitative rigor.
• Identify high-impact research opportunities and build an agenda aligned with the product roadmap.
• Partner with Product, Design, and Data Science to shape roadmaps, surface risks, and challenge assumptions.
• Lead research on sensitive topics including sexual health, men's wellness, identity, and LGBTQ+ experiences.
• Expand scalable quantitative research methods and frameworks across the UXR function.

Requirements

• 5+ years of product research experience in a complex, fast-moving product environment.
• Strong mixed-method research background with quantitative depth in areas such as large-scale surveys, conjoint analysis, or statistical analysis.
• Experience researching sensitive or personal topics while building trust, protecting participant privacy, and ensuring participant safety.
• Demonstrated ability to influence product decisions as a strategic peer to Product and Design.
• Experience with consumer products serving large and diverse user bases, ideally in social, dating, health, or community contexts.
• Clear communication of complex research findings to working teams and senior stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Active use of AI tools in research workflows or experience becoming AI-native.
• Experience working in lean, high-trust environments with broad ownership.
• Ability to move between strategic framing and hands-on research execution.

Culture & Benefits

• Lean, high-ownership environment focused on outcomes and sustainable performance.
• Full health, dental, and vision coverage for employees, with partial dependent coverage.
• Up to $300,000 in fertility and family-building support.
• 401(k) with a 6% match and immediate vesting.
• Flexible vacation policy and two company-wide rest weeks each year.
• Equity, company bonus, gender-affirming care support, and monthly wellness, food, commuting, cell phone, and internet stipends.