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User Experience Researcher roles qualify for E-3 visa sponsorship as specialty occupations requiring a bachelor's degree in human-computer interaction, cognitive science, psychology, or a related field. Australian nationals can secure two-year E-3 status with no lottery and renew indefinitely, making this one of the most direct paths to building a UX research career in the United States.
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Get Access To All JobsHinge is the dating app designed to be deleted
In today's digital world, finding genuine relationships is tougher than ever. At Hinge, we’re on a mission to inspire intimate connection to create a less lonely world. We’re obsessed with understanding our users’ behaviors to help them find love, and our success is defined by one simple metric– setting up great dates. With millions of users across the globe, we’ve become the most trusted way to find a relationship, for all.
About the Role
We are hiring a Director of UX Research to lead research across our Dating Outcomes and Platform product areas. You will set the vision and strategy for how research informs product decisions across the core product experience at Hinge, focusing on some of Hinge's most complex research questions – understanding what's getting in the way of people forming real connections, and what Hinge needs to become to fundamentally shift how dating works online. The work is ambitious, high-stakes, and directly shapes how Hinge invests.
This is a senior leadership role with significant scope: you'll manage a team of researchers, own the research strategy and roadmap for Dating Outcomes and Platform, and operate as a strategic partner to group-level product, design, data science, and engineering leadership. This is an ideal role for a proven research leader who synthesizes user insights and data science findings into clear product strategy, builds the organizational conditions for teams to execute well, and thrives on ambiguous, high-impact problems.
Responsibilities
- Define and drive the UX research vision, strategy, and roadmap for Dating Outcomes and Platform — prioritizing the questions that need to be answered before roadmaps are locked
- Lead, coach, and grow a team of seasoned, experienced researchers, setting a high bar for craft, rigor, and impact
- Operate as a strategic partner through synthesizing UXR and DS insights into POVs that shape product vision and strategy and inform executive decisions
- Represent Dating Outcomes and Platform insights clearly to senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders, communicating roadmaps, tradeoffs, and product implications
- Drive cross-team synthesis and frameworks that unify insights across teams and product groups
- Identify structural and organizational gaps; proactively design ways of working that improve team velocity, cross-functional collaboration, and research quality
- Build a team culture grounded in curiosity, rigor, deep user empathy – and fun!
What We're Looking For
- 10+ years of UX research experience, with 4+ years managing and developing researchers across multiple levels
- Proven track record of leading research across complex, multi-team consumer product portfolios with clear examples of research directly shaping product strategy and measurable outcomes
- Deep expertise across qualitative and quantitative research methods — able to set the methodological bar across a team, partner fluently with Data Science, and integrate quant and qual into a unified research strategy
- Ability to operate at both the strategic and craft level — setting research vision while holding a high bar for rigor and execution across the team
- Experience managing and mentoring highly senior ICs — able to establish clear roles and responsibilities, protect independent scope, and support researchers who are deeply embedded in product strategy and operating at a level that may match or exceed their manager's domain depth
- Demonstrated ability to do the organizational glue work: identifying when teams aren't functioning well, diagnosing root causes, and driving the interventions to fix it
- Confident, clear communicator who can represent research strategy at VP-level forums, influence without authority across product, engineering, design, and data, and present complex tradeoffs accessibly
- Passion for innovation and exploring how emerging technologies, including generative AI, can elevate the craft and impact of research
- Passion for Hinge's mission of helping people build meaningful relationships
Compensation
- Salary Range: $235,000 - $287,000 a year
Factors such as scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, job-related skills, internal peer equity, as well as market and business considerations may influence base pay offered. This salary range is reflective of a position based in New York City. This salary will be subject to a geographic adjustment (according to a specific city and state), if an authorization is granted to work outside of the location listed in this posting.
As a member of our team, you’ll enjoy:
- 401(k) Matching: We match 100% of the first 10% of pre-tax 401(k) contributions you make, up to a maximum of $10,000 per year.
- Professional Growth: Get an annual Learning & Development stipend once you’ve been with us for three months. You also get free access to Udemy, an online learning and teaching marketplace with over 6000 courses, starting your first day.
- Parental Leave & Planning: When you become a new parent, you’re eligible for 100% paid parental leave (20 paid weeks for both birth and non-birth parents.)
- Fertility Support: You’ll get easy access to fertility care through Carrot, from basic treatments to fertility preservation. We also provide a stipend towards fertility preservation. You and your spouse/domestic partner are both eligible.
- Date Stipend: All Hinge employees receive a $100 monthly stipend for epic dates– Romantic or otherwise. Hinge Premium is also free for employees and their loved ones.
- ERGs: We have eight Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)—Asian, Unapologetic, Disability, LGBTQIA+, Raices, Women/Nonbinary, Parents —that hold regular meetings, host events, and provide dedicated support to the organization & its community.
At Hinge, our core values are…
- Authenticity: We share, never hide, our words, actions and intentions.
- Courage: We embrace lofty goals and tough challenges.
- Empathy: We deeply consider the perspective of others.
- Diversity inspires innovation
Hinge is an equal-opportunity employer. We value diversity at our company and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We believe success is created by a diverse workforce of individuals with different ideas, strengths, interests, and cultural backgrounds.
If you require reasonable accommodation to complete a job application, pre-employment testing, or a job interview or to otherwise participate in the hiring process, please let your Talent Acquisition partner know.
Hinge is the dating app designed to be deleted
In today's digital world, finding genuine relationships is tougher than ever. At Hinge, we’re on a mission to inspire intimate connection to create a less lonely world. We’re obsessed with understanding our users’ behaviors to help them find love, and our success is defined by one simple metric– setting up great dates. With millions of users across the globe, we’ve become the most trusted way to find a relationship, for all.
About the Role
We are hiring a Director of UX Research to lead research across our Dating Outcomes and Platform product areas. You will set the vision and strategy for how research informs product decisions across the core product experience at Hinge, focusing on some of Hinge's most complex research questions – understanding what's getting in the way of people forming real connections, and what Hinge needs to become to fundamentally shift how dating works online. The work is ambitious, high-stakes, and directly shapes how Hinge invests.
This is a senior leadership role with significant scope: you'll manage a team of researchers, own the research strategy and roadmap for Dating Outcomes and Platform, and operate as a strategic partner to group-level product, design, data science, and engineering leadership. This is an ideal role for a proven research leader who synthesizes user insights and data science findings into clear product strategy, builds the organizational conditions for teams to execute well, and thrives on ambiguous, high-impact problems.
Responsibilities
- Define and drive the UX research vision, strategy, and roadmap for Dating Outcomes and Platform — prioritizing the questions that need to be answered before roadmaps are locked
- Lead, coach, and grow a team of seasoned, experienced researchers, setting a high bar for craft, rigor, and impact
- Operate as a strategic partner through synthesizing UXR and DS insights into POVs that shape product vision and strategy and inform executive decisions
- Represent Dating Outcomes and Platform insights clearly to senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders, communicating roadmaps, tradeoffs, and product implications
- Drive cross-team synthesis and frameworks that unify insights across teams and product groups
- Identify structural and organizational gaps; proactively design ways of working that improve team velocity, cross-functional collaboration, and research quality
- Build a team culture grounded in curiosity, rigor, deep user empathy – and fun!
What We're Looking For
- 10+ years of UX research experience, with 4+ years managing and developing researchers across multiple levels
- Proven track record of leading research across complex, multi-team consumer product portfolios with clear examples of research directly shaping product strategy and measurable outcomes
- Deep expertise across qualitative and quantitative research methods — able to set the methodological bar across a team, partner fluently with Data Science, and integrate quant and qual into a unified research strategy
- Ability to operate at both the strategic and craft level — setting research vision while holding a high bar for rigor and execution across the team
- Experience managing and mentoring highly senior ICs — able to establish clear roles and responsibilities, protect independent scope, and support researchers who are deeply embedded in product strategy and operating at a level that may match or exceed their manager's domain depth
- Demonstrated ability to do the organizational glue work: identifying when teams aren't functioning well, diagnosing root causes, and driving the interventions to fix it
- Confident, clear communicator who can represent research strategy at VP-level forums, influence without authority across product, engineering, design, and data, and present complex tradeoffs accessibly
- Passion for innovation and exploring how emerging technologies, including generative AI, can elevate the craft and impact of research
- Passion for Hinge's mission of helping people build meaningful relationships
Compensation
- Salary Range: $235,000 - $287,000 a year
Factors such as scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, job-related skills, internal peer equity, as well as market and business considerations may influence base pay offered. This salary range is reflective of a position based in New York City. This salary will be subject to a geographic adjustment (according to a specific city and state), if an authorization is granted to work outside of the location listed in this posting.
As a member of our team, you’ll enjoy:
- 401(k) Matching: We match 100% of the first 10% of pre-tax 401(k) contributions you make, up to a maximum of $10,000 per year.
- Professional Growth: Get an annual Learning & Development stipend once you’ve been with us for three months. You also get free access to Udemy, an online learning and teaching marketplace with over 6000 courses, starting your first day.
- Parental Leave & Planning: When you become a new parent, you’re eligible for 100% paid parental leave (20 paid weeks for both birth and non-birth parents.)
- Fertility Support: You’ll get easy access to fertility care through Carrot, from basic treatments to fertility preservation. We also provide a stipend towards fertility preservation. You and your spouse/domestic partner are both eligible.
- Date Stipend: All Hinge employees receive a $100 monthly stipend for epic dates– Romantic or otherwise. Hinge Premium is also free for employees and their loved ones.
- ERGs: We have eight Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)—Asian, Unapologetic, Disability, LGBTQIA+, Raices, Women/Nonbinary, Parents —that hold regular meetings, host events, and provide dedicated support to the organization & its community.
At Hinge, our core values are…
- Authenticity: We share, never hide, our words, actions and intentions.
- Courage: We embrace lofty goals and tough challenges.
- Empathy: We deeply consider the perspective of others.
- Diversity inspires innovation
Hinge is an equal-opportunity employer. We value diversity at our company and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We believe success is created by a diverse workforce of individuals with different ideas, strengths, interests, and cultural backgrounds.
If you require reasonable accommodation to complete a job application, pre-employment testing, or a job interview or to otherwise participate in the hiring process, please let your Talent Acquisition partner know.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding E-3 Visa Sponsorship in User Experience Researcher
Frame your portfolio for U.S. specialty occupation standards
Your research portfolio needs to demonstrate degree-level methodology, not just deliverables. Highlight usability studies, synthesis frameworks, and research protocols that map clearly to a bachelor's-level discipline, this is what satisfies the E-3 visa specialty occupation definition.
Target employers with active DOL LCA filing history
Search the DOL's Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data to identify companies that have filed LCAs for UX or research roles before. Employers already familiar with the LCA process move faster and are less likely to stall at the sponsorship conversation.
Clarify job title alignment before the offer stage
Job titles like 'UX Researcher,' 'Design Researcher,' and 'User Insights Analyst' can all support an E-3 if the underlying duties require a relevant degree. Confirm your offer letter reflects the role's research-specific responsibilities, not a generalist design title that blurs the specialty occupation requirement.
Prepare your employer for LCA timing expectations
Many U.S. hiring managers don't know the LCA must be certified by DOL before your visa interview. Walk them through the sequence early: LCA certification typically takes seven business days, then you schedule your consulate appointment in Australia.
Use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service to handle your LCA and visa paperwork
Once you have an offer, use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service to manage the LCA, prevailing wage compliance, and consulate documentation end-to-end. This is especially useful when your employer's HR team has no prior E-3 experience.
Address degree equivalency before the consulate appointment
If your Australian qualification is a three-year bachelor's or a graduate diploma in a UX-adjacent field, gather a credential evaluation confirming U.S. equivalency. Consular officers can question non-standard credentials, and having an evaluation ready prevents delays at your interview.
E-3 Visa User Experience Researcher: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find User Experience Researcher jobs that offer E-3 visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for Australian professionals searching for E-3-eligible roles. Filter by User Experience Researcher positions where employers have confirmed E-3 sponsorship willingness, so you're not cold-approaching companies unfamiliar with the visa. This saves significant time compared to applying broadly and raising the sponsorship question mid-process.
How much does it cost to get an E-3 visa?
Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service covers the entire process for $499, including the Labor Condition Application, visa document preparation, and consulate appointment guidance. Traditional immigration lawyers charge $2,000–$5,000+ for the same work. The E-3 has less paperwork than most work visas, so paying thousands for legal help is usually unnecessary.
Does a User Experience Researcher role qualify as a specialty occupation for the E-3?
Yes, provided the position requires a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific field such as human-computer interaction, cognitive science, psychology, or information science. Roles that accept any degree regardless of field, or that treat the degree as a preference rather than a requirement, can be harder to support. The offer letter and job description need to reflect degree-specific requirements clearly.
How does the E-3 visa compare to the H-1B for User Experience Researchers?
The E-3 has a 10,500 annual allocation that has never been fully used, meaning there is no lottery and no annual wait. H-1B visa registration is capped and heavily oversubscribed, so most applicants face multiple lottery rounds before being selected. For Australian UX researchers, the E-3 is the more predictable path: start the LCA process after receiving an offer and attend your consulate appointment without waiting for a random selection outcome.
Can I switch UX research employers while on an E-3 visa?
Yes, but the E-3 is employer-specific, so your new employer must file a fresh LCA and you'll need a new visa stamp before or after starting. You can begin work with the new employer once the LCA is certified and a new E-3 is issued, but you cannot carry over status from your previous role. Plan for a consulate appointment if your current stamp has expired.