Senior Product Designer

Execute exceptional visual craft and interaction design that elevate Mercury’s premium banking experience. Collaborate closely with product and engineering to deliver features that showcase world-class visual and interaction design.

Responsibilities

• Execute exceptional visual craft and interaction design that elevate Mercury’s premium banking experience, bringing our vision to life through pixel-perfect interfaces and seamless interactions.
• Help shape the vision while executing exceptional user experiences that bring our premium banking philosophy to life.
• Design a complete experience, from customer-facing interfaces to internal tools, as part of a team building the entire ecosystem end-to-end.
• Work across the entire design spectrum: translating requirements into wireframes, detailed interactions, and high-fidelity visual designs.
• Create sophisticated interaction patterns that make complex banking workflows feel effortless and intuitive.
• Design with meticulous attention to visual detail — typography, spacing, color, and motion — that reinforces Mercury’s premium brand.
• Rapidly prototype and iterate on interaction concepts, balancing speed with Mercury's exceptionally high craft standards.
• Design comprehensive user journeys with thoughtful transitions and delightful moments that anticipate edge cases.
• Collaborate closely with product and engineering to deliver features that showcase world-class visual and interaction design.
• Contribute to Mercury's design system with reusable components that maintain consistency across our expanding platform.

Requirements

• 6+ years crafting innovative, high-quality consumer products with exceptional visual and interaction design skills.
• Demonstrate mastery of visual craft: composition, typography, color theory, and creating cohesive design systems.
• Excel at designing fluid, purposeful interactions and micro-animations that enhance usability and delight.
• Love designing for sophisticated users who appreciate premium experiences and notice exceptional attention to detail.
• Excel at working within established product frameworks while bringing fresh creative solutions and visual refinement.
• Thrive in fast-paced environments where you can balance rapid execution with uncompromising design excellence.
• Experience with consumer fintech or complex financial products that serve professional users.
• Enjoy the autonomy and impact of working on a small, focused team within a larger organization.
• Are versatile across UI/UX, visual design, and interaction design, adapting your craft to different contexts and platforms.
• Have experience building for multiple platforms and understand how to optimize visual and interaction patterns for web and mobile.
• Understand when sophisticated visual treatments and interactions enhance the experience — and when restraint serves users better.
• Can conduct user research to validate and refine your design solutions while maintaining focus on exceptional craft execution.
• Exhibit kindness and humility in everyday interactions while maintaining exceptionally high standards for design craft.

Key Skills

• Visual craft: composition, typography, color theory, and creating cohesive design systems
• Designing fluid, purposeful interactions and micro-animations
• User research
• Working within established product frameworks
• Versatility across UI/UX, visual design, and interaction design
• Experience building for multiple platforms
• Understanding of when sophisticated visual treatments and interactions enhance the experience
• Exhibiting kindness and humility in everyday interactions

Benefits

• Base salary
• Equity (stock options)
• Benefits