Senior Product Designer, Growth Experiences

Stash; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Work Policy in NYC

Total rewards package

Stash+ subscription

Flexible PTO

Home internet stipend

Parental Leave

Health and wellness benefits

Job summary

Stash is seeking a Senior Product Designer to lead the design of in-product growth loops that drive organic user acquisition and engagement. You will craft share-worthy experiences and social investing tools that inspire first-time investors to begin their journey.

This role reports to the Director of Product Design and operates on a hybrid schedule, requiring on-site presence at our New York office at least three days per week to collaborate with stakeholders and strengthen the design craft.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of product design experience, ideally in mobile-first or B2C environments.
• Strong portfolio showing craft, impact and measurable results.
• Experience contributing to design systems and scalable patterns.

Responsibilities

• Own UX/UI design for growth loops including referrals and engagement incentives.
• Advocate for behavioral design prioritizing customer well‑being and healthy habits.
• Use empathy to build trust among first-time investors.
• Design end-to-end experiences that foster organic growth and community.
• Bring visual point of view using composition, hierarchy, motion, and brand.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Data, and Marketing to translate insights into experiences.
• Contribute to design culture, critique, and strategic roadmap.
• Influence product direction for user-led growth balancing metrics and UX.
• Engage with AI-driven experiences and emerging patterns in fintech design.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Visual design

Behavioral design

Collaboration

Communication

Ambiguity management

Job description

Want to help everyday Americans invest and build wealth? Financial inequality is increasing, and too many people are getting left behind. At Stash, we are passionate about democratizing wealth creation through education, advice, and products that help customers achieve greater financial freedom.

We’re looking for a Senior Product Designer to join our team and lead design for our in-product growth loops—features that drive sustainable, organic user acquisition and engagement from within the product. You’ll work closely with cross-functional partners to design share-worthy experiences, social investing tools, and explore creative mechanisms that inspire first-time investors to start their investing journey.

This role reports to the Director of Product Design.

This position operates on a hybrid schedule, requiring you to be on‑site in our New York office at least three days per week to work with stakeholders and foster team collaboration.

What You'll Do

• Own UX/UI design for Stash’s growth loops, including in-product referrals, celebratory milestones, shareable achievements, and engagement incentives.
• Advocate for behavioral design solutions that prioritize customer well-being and encourage healthy financial habits.
• Use empathy and psychology to build trust and confidence among first-time investors.
• Design cohesive, elegant end-to-end user experiences that inspire organic growth through community, self-expression, and user success stories.
• Bring a strong visual point of view to growth experiences—using composition, hierarchy, motion, and brand to tell a clear story of progress and make share-worthy moments feel worth sharing.
• Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Data, and Marketing to uncover insights and translate them into intuitive and impactful experiences.
• Contribute to Stash’s work culture, ethos, and relentless pursuit of incremental and continuous growth.
• Elevate the craft and quality of product design by contributing to Stash’s systems, design critique culture, and strategic roadmap.
• Influence product direction in your vertical and contribute to the long‑term vision for user‑led growth, balancing performance metrics with seamless UX.
• Enthusiasm for thoughtfully and ethically integrated AI experiences, staying informed on emerging patterns in AI interaction design across tech and finance, and contributing to innovation in this space.

What We’re Looking For

• A strategic thinker with a track record of delivering delightful, high‑impact consumer experiences—ideally in mobile‑first or B2C environments.
• A visual storyteller with exceptional visual design skills—able to turn complex product ideas into clear, distinctive, and emotionally resonant interfaces that look as considered as they feel.
• A behavior‑aware problem solver who understands what motivates users to act, share, and return.
• A collaborator who thrives at the intersection of product, engineering, and insights—and knows how to lead through influence.
• A strong communicator with high emotional intelligence (EQ) who designs thoughtfully and can communicate design thinking effectively.
• Comfortable balancing ambiguity with thoughtfully scoped iterations—with a focus on designing for the learning outcomes established by the team.
• 5+ years of product design experience, with a strong portfolio demonstrating craft, strategic impact, and measurable results.
• Skilled at designing within and contributing to existing design systems.

Gold Stars

• Experience building in-product growth features like referrals, gamified milestones, or community-driven tools.
• A portfolio that showcases visual craft and storytelling, not just flows—shareable artifacts, or branded moment design that drove attention or engagement.
• Fintech, edtech, or healthtech background, especially in behavioral change and engagement design. Small to mid‑size startup or high‑growth company experience.
• Comfort participating in and contributing to research study design and facilitation.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

We proudly celebrate the unique qualities that make you you, 365 days a year, and not just because it’s the right thing to do or good for business. We embed the principles and practices of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) into all that we do to prioritize people, a Stash core value, and to ensure Stashers of all backgrounds and experiences can be their authentic selves.

We are also proud to be the first and only venture‑backed fintech to join the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion, and as an Equal Opportunity Employer, Stash is committed to building an inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds.

If you require any reasonable accommodations to make your application process more accessible, please reach out to [e-mail].

Helping You Invest in Yourself

• Comprehensive total rewards package, comprising compensation (salary and equity) and health care benefits
• Complimentary subscription to Stash+ account
• Hybrid Work Policy – We operate a hybrid work environment in NYC that prioritizes time together in the office to strengthen teamwork, innovation, and culture, while still allowing for work‑from‑home flexibility.
• Flexible PTO
• Work‑from‑home equipment stipends; home internet subsidy
• Paid Parental Leave (offerings for birth giving and non‑birth giving parents) Primary & Secondary
• Enhanced health and wellness benefits through One Medical, Gympass, and Maven Health

External Recognition for Stash

• Benzinga’s 2023 Best Brokerage for Beginners and Best Robo‑Advisor Awards
• Qorus‑Accenture’s 2023 Banking Innovation Awards
• USA Today and Statista’s 2023 Top 500 Best Financial Advisory Firms
• Comparably's Best Company Awards: Best Places to Work, Best Company Outlook, and Best Engineering Team for Diversity, Women, Culture, and more! (2023)
• Fintech Breakthrough Award: Best Personal Finance App (2023)
• BuiltIn’s Best Places to Work (2022, 2021, 2020, 2019)
• Forbes Fintech 50 (2021, 2020, 2019)
• Best Digital Bank, Finovate Awards (2020)
• Tearsheet Challenge Awards, Best Banking Card Product - Stock-Back Card, 2020
• LendIt Fintech Innovator of the Year (2020, 2019)

Salary Range

$170,000 – $195,000

The base salary range represents the reasonably anticipated low and high end of the salary range for this position. Actual salaries will vary and will be based on various factors, such as the candidate’s qualifications, skills, experience and competencies, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data for companies of our size and industry.