Senior Product Designer - Fintech & Payments Platform

Circle Internet Management Services LLC; California; Remote; USD 173,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work environment

Accommodations for accessibility

Job summary

Circle is seeking a Lead Product Designer to shape high-quality customer experiences across our currency, treasury, and payments products. You will own end-to-end design for complex product areas, partnering closely with Product Management, Engineering, Research, and other cross-functional teams to identify customer needs and deliver scalable solutions.

You will apply strong product judgment and systems thinking to balance customer, business, and technical considerations, influence product

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in product, UX, or interaction design, including ownership of complex end-to-end digital product experiences.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating product thinking, craft, and measurable impact across complex customer problems.
• Experience designing sophisticated workflows or platforms with interconnected products, systems, or user journeys.
• Strong systems thinking with the ability to balance customer needs, business objectives, technical constraints, and long-term scalability.
• Experience partnering closely with Product Management and Engineering to influence product strategy, priorities, and execution.
• Ability to use research, data, and customer insights to make informed design decisions and build alignment with cross-functional stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end product design for complex customer journeys, from problem definition and exploration through launch and iteration.
• Develop a deep understanding of customer needs, behaviors, and workflows across payments, treasury, digital assets, and blockchain-enabled products.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Research, and other stakeholders to define, scope, and prioritize high-impact customer and business problems.
• Use qualitative research, quantitative data, and product insights to shape design direction and influence cross-functional decisions.
• Lead alignment on complex design problems, clearly communicating rationale, trade-offs, and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Identify patterns and opportunities across product areas to create cohesive, scalable experiences and strengthen Circle’s design system.
• Elevate design quality by contributing to team practices, providing thoughtful critique, and coaching other designers through complex work.

Skills

End-to-end product design

Systems thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Strong portfolio

Research-driven design

PM/Engineering collaboration

Job description

Circle is seeking a Lead Product Designer to shape high-quality customer experiences across our currency, treasury, and payments products. You will own end-to-end design for complex product areas, partnering closely with Product Management, Engineering, Research, and other cross-functional teams to identify customer needs and deliver scalable solutions.

You will apply strong product judgment and systems thinking to balance customer, business, and technical considerations, influence product