Join Emergent, a company revolutionizing software development with autonomous coding agents that generate, test, and deploy production applications directly from natural language. Our AI-driven systems operate at a global scale, empowering millions of real applications. Having achieved over $100M in ARR and attracting 10M+ users across 190+ countries, we are backed by leading investors and comprised of exceptional talent from top universities and tech giants. We are seeking passionate builders eager for ownership, speed, and impact on a global stage.

We are committed to solving critical challenges in AI-driven software creation, focusing on correctness, reliability, security, and scalability in production environments. Our team comprises accomplished entrepreneurs, academic medalists, and seasoned professionals from Google, Amazon, and Dropbox.

Spearhead the development and promotion of a high-frequency user research system. Independently conduct generative and evaluative research, encompassing user interviews, usability testing, surveys, contextual inquiries, diary studies, concept testing, and journey mapping. Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Designers, Engineers, and business stakeholders to ensure research insights drive product roadmaps, feature prioritization, and design decisions. Analyze qualitative and quantitative data to uncover user needs, behaviors, pain points, and opportunities. Produce clear research outputs like insight reports, personas, journey maps, and actionable product recommendations. Present findings compellingly to stakeholders and leadership. Mentor junior researchers and foster user-centered thinking across the organization. Enhance research operations through improved templates, repositories, processes, tools, and best practices. Champion inclusive, accessible, and evidence-based product experiences.

A minimum of 6 years of hands-on experience independently planning and executing UX research is essential. Demonstrated strong experience with both generative and evaluative research methodologies is required. A Bachelor's or Master's degree in fields such as Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science, Psychology, Anthropology, Design, Sociology, or a related discipline is preferred. Proficiency with research and analysis tools like UserTesting, Qualtrics, Optimal Workshop, Dovetail, Maze, Lookback, Miro, Figma, or Axure is necessary. Candidates must possess a strong aptitude for synthesizing complex findings into practical product and design recommendations, coupled with excellent storytelling, communication, and stakeholder management skills. The ability to articulate the user and business impact of research-driven decisions is key. Prior experience working in cross-functional product teams within fast-paced or agile environments is highly valued. A portfolio or case studies showcasing research impact on product strategy, design, or business outcomes is required.