Sr Product Designer with a leading Fintech company in Menlo Park, CA

Job Summary:

We are seeking a Senior Product Designer with a passion for creating exceptional user experiences and the expertise to bring them to life. As part of our small, dynamic team, you’ll tackle a variety of customer challenges for our Mac desktop application, shaping how users engage with and benefit from our product.

We’re looking for a self-driven designer who is deeply rooted in design thinking, excels at solving complex problems, and communicates ideas with clarity and impact. In this role, you’ll take ownership of projects from start to finish and lead efforts from initial ideation to final implementation. You thrive in collaborative environments where open, articulate communication is key, working closely with the product manager, engineers, QA, and other stakeholders to help shape and deliver seamless, intuitive experiences.

Responsibilities''

• Design intuitive tools and experiences tailored to our desktop customers.
• Understand users by conducting original research and analyzing feedback, metrics, and industry design trends to inform your decisions.
• Advocate for user-centered design principles, fostering a culture of excellence across the organization.
• Use AI tools thoughtfully to accelerate research synthesis, ideation, prototyping, and iteration while applying strong design judgment.
• Express design decisions clearly, including articulating trade-offs and rationale to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Maintain consistency by aligning brand guidelines with macOS patterns to meet customer expectations.
• Create and communicate your ideas through process flows, wireframes, prototypes, and polished mockups.
• Enhance design systems by contributing to pattern libraries, visual standards, and reusable components.
• Collaborate effectively with the product manager, engineers, and other stakeholders to deliver solutions that align user needs, business goals, and technical constraints.
• Iterate and refine your work through internal reviews and feedback from customers and team members.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in product design with experience working on desktop, web and native applications (preferably within the fintech space).
• Must have a portfolio showcasing strong interaction and visual design, along with your role in the broader product design process.
• Experience contributing to or managing design libraries or systems for product teams.
• Excellent communication skills to articulate design decisions, brainstorm ideas, and gather feedback from cross-functional teams.
• Proficiency in design and prototyping tools like Figma.
• Experience conducting and analyzing usability tests.
• Familiarity with Apple’s design guidelines (macOS or iOS).
• Experience using AI tools thoughtfully to accelerate design workflows, improve productivity, and support high-quality outcomes, a strong plus.

Location: Menlo Park, CA

Type: Contract to hire

Pay Rate: $75/hr. – 83/hr. (DOE)