Principal Designer - Banking UX (Remote)

Block; California; Remote; USD 252,000 - 377,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work options

Medical insurance

Retirement savings plans

Flexible time off

Family planning assistance

Job summary

Block is seeking a Principal Designer for the Cash App Banking team. You will own high-stakes, zero-to-one design work, translating complex financial and regulatory constraints into clear, warm, and distinctive experiences.

You will shape the design system, mentor peers, and collaborate with Product, Engineering, Risk, Compliance, and Research to raise craft and impact across Banking surfaces.

This role supports remote collaboration across locations with competitive benefits.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of product design experience with fintech or banking context.
• Track record of shipping zero-to-one products.
• Mastery of interaction, visual, and systems design.
• Ability to operate autonomously through ambiguity.
• Fluency with AI and prototyping tools.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Own complex, ambiguous Banking initiatives end to end, from early exploration through shipped product.
• Drive zero-to-one product experiences that are both strategically sharp and visually distinctive.
• Set and hold the quality bar for Banking design, defining what excellent looks like and demonstrating it in your own work.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Risk, Compliance, and Research as a trusted peer, translating complex financial and regulatory logic into experiences people immediately understand.
• Prototype early and often, using AI and emerging tools to compress the distance between an idea and something people can actually use.
• Shape long‑term product vision and design strategy across Banking surfaces, and influence what makes the roadmap.
• Contribute to and extend the systems and patterns Cash App is built on, strengthening cohesion across products.
• Elevate the designers around you through critique, feedback, and modeling high craft.

Skills

Product design experience

Zero-to-one products

Interaction design

Visual design

Systems design

Design in fintech/banking

Autonomy through ambiguity

AI prototyping tools

Influence & communication

Hands-on design

Job description

Block is seeking a Principal Designer for the Cash App Banking team. You will own high-stakes, zero-to-one design work, translating complex financial and regulatory constraints into clear, warm, and distinctive experiences.

You will shape the design system, mentor peers, and collaborate with Product, Engineering, Risk, Compliance, and Research to raise craft and impact across Banking surfaces.

This role supports remote collaboration across locations with competitive benefits.