Principal Designer - Banking (Remote, Flexible PTO)

block; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-friendly

Medical insurance

Flexible time off

Retirement savings

Family planning

Job summary

block is seeking a hands-on principal design leader for Banking products, supervising experiences where customers store and move money, including cards, deposits, savings, borrowing, and family accounts.

The role blends exploration with craftsmanship, delivering clear, trusted, and warm fintech experiences while collaborating with Product, Engineering, Risk, Compliance, and Research across the org.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of product design experience with a strong craft and systems thinking.
• Experience shipping zero-to-one products, not just iterating on existing ones.
• Mastery of interaction, visual, and systems design with good judgment.
• Experience in regulated spaces where clarity and trust matter (fintech/banking).
• Autonomy in ambiguity, setting direction and guiding partners.
• Fluency with AI and prototyping tools and their impact on design practice.
• Strong influence and communication with cross-functional leadership.
• Hands-on design work that sets the standard.

Responsibilities

• Own complex, ambiguous initiatives end to end from exploration to shipped product.
• Drive zero-to-one experiences that are strategically grounded and visually distinctive.
• Set and defend quality bar for Banking design and own personal output.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Risk, Compliance, and Research to translate regulatory logic into clear experiences.
• Prototype early and often using AI to shorten path from idea to working software.
• Shape long-term product vision and design strategy across surfaces.
• Contribute to and extend shared design systems for cohesion across products.
• Elevate peer designers through critique, feedback, and craft.

Skills

Product design

Systems thinking

AI prototyping

Cross-functional leadership

Job description

block is seeking a hands-on principal design leader for Banking products, supervising experiences where customers store and move money, including cards, deposits, savings, borrowing, and family accounts.

The role blends exploration with craftsmanship, delivering clear, trusted, and warm fintech experiences while collaborating with Product, Engineering, Risk, Compliance, and Research across the org.