Senior Product Designer - Digital Banking (Remote, Canada)

Aequilibrium Software Inc; California; Hybrid; USD 69,000 - 108,000; Full time

Job summary

Aequilibrium is seeking a Senior Product Designer to craft digital banking experiences for credit unions and financial institutions. You will lead design from discovery to delivery, running research, prototyping, and collaboration with PMs and engineers on remote projects in Canada.

Experience in financial services, strong Figma capabilities, and the ability to work independently within banking platforms and design systems are essential.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of UX or product-design experience.
• Significant financial-services design experience.
• Portfolio showing your contribution from problem definition and research through design and delivery.
• Strong hands-on Figma skills, including components, variants, auto layout and interactive prototyping.
• Experience working within established design systems and technical constraints.
• Strong interaction-design, information-architecture and accessibility skills, including familiarity with WCAG.
• Experience collaborating closely with product managers and engineers.
• The confidence to facilitate stakeholder discussions, explain recommendations and deliver independently.
• Clear written and verbal communication.
• Based in Canada and legally eligible to perform the engagement.

Responsibilities

• Lead product design from discovery through interaction design, prototyping and delivery support.
• Design responsive web and mobile banking journeys, including onboarding, authentication, payments, transfers and account management.
• Translate complex requirements into clear flows, wireframes and accessible interfaces.
• Consider how digital journeys connect with branches, contact centres and virtual banking services.
• Conduct member interviews, usability testing and other research appropriate to the assignment.
• Combine research with analytics, member feedback and support insights to identify friction.
• Facilitate stakeholder workshops to establish priorities and design direction.
• Define success measures and validate proposed improvements.
• Understand vendor capabilities, design systems and implementation constraints.
• Work with architects and developers to assess configuration, platform extensions and custom development.
• Explain trade-offs in terms of member value, accessibility, effort and delivery risk.
• Tailor reusable components and interaction patterns while maintaining consistency.
• Create interactive Figma prototypes to test concepts and communicate design intent.
• Provide clear specifications and collaborate with engineering during implementation.
• Review implemented experiences and help resolve usability issues.
• Contribute to AEQ’s digital banking evaluation methods and reusable design practices.

Skills

UX design

Product design

Figma

Design systems

WCAG accessibility

Stakeholder facilitation

Collaboration with PMs

Financial services

Education

Design degree

HCI background

Tools

Lumin Digital

Backbase

Central 1 Forge

VeriPark

Job description

Aequilibrium is seeking a Senior Product Designer to craft digital banking experiences for credit unions and financial institutions. You will lead design from discovery to delivery, running research, prototyping, and collaboration with PMs and engineers on remote projects in Canada.

Experience in financial services, strong Figma capabilities, and the ability to work independently within banking platforms and design systems are essential.