Senior Product Designer - Cards

In 1989, Tadao Ando designed the Water Temple representing a radical change in the age-old tradition of Japanese temple architecture. Instead of a direct entrance, visitors descend a staircase through a lotus-filled pond, heightening anticipation and encouraging self-reflection. The temple remains hidden until one physically engages with the space, fostering a deep sense of discovery. By integrating nature, light, and movement, Ando’s design makes individuals active participants in their spiritual experience, rather than passive observers of architecture.

Four decades later, we at Mercury are on a similar mission to empower individuals through deliberate interactions and introspections. Now, our Cards team is looking for a senior designer to bring this philosophy to life— elevating everyday experiences so startups spend less time banking* and more time building. 

*Mercury is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column N.A; and Evolve Bank & Trust; Members FDIC.

In this role you will: 

• Help shape the long term strategy for Cards and related products at Mercury by influencing the thinking at the executive level
• Lead design solutions that help scale our experiences while abstracting the complexities of cards, credit and related banking experiences. 
• Collaborate closely with product, engineering, and marketing partners to craft a long-term vision and roadmap for your product area
• Work across the entire design stack, including speccing projects, designing workflows + detailed interactions, creating high-fidelity visuals, and ensuring quality implementation
• Find elegant solutions to user problems and imbue perspective that transforms mundane tasks into rewarding experiences
• Simplify and cull design elements with a ruthless eye
• Craft designs from first principles
• Prototype multiple visual and UX concepts and then narrow them to the right solution
• Communicate the reasoning behind your product decisions and arrive at the most optimal solution together with your team

You are the right fit if you:

• Have 3+ years of experience in the design industry.
• Experience in the fields of fintech, banking, or other regulated industries is preferred but not necessary. 
• Have experience collaborating with cross-functional partners at senior levels to define product strategy
• Are comfortable running different types of quantitative & qualitative research and can use it to inform product decisions
• Have a strong understanding of when and how to use metrics to inform design and measure success
• Have experience and interest in the entire design stack, including UI/UX, visual design, and interaction design
• Can contextualise solutions as a moment in an ongoing relationship with our customers 
• Have experience building for a variety of form factors, including mobile and web
• Understand when no design is the best design
• Understand the balance between perfect design and getting to market
• Exhibit kindness and humility in everyday interactions
• Enjoy working with fellow designers of all levels

The total rewards package at Mercury includes base salary, equity (stock options), and benefits.

Our salary and equity ranges are highly competitive within the SaaS and fintech industry and are updated regularly using the most reliable compensation survey data for our industry. New hire offers are made based on a candidate’s experience, expertise, geographic location, and internal pay equity relative to peers.

Our target new hire base salary ranges for this role are the following:

US employees (any location): $152,700-179,600

Canadian employees (any location): CAD 139,000-163,400 CAD

Mercury values diversity & belonging and is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All individuals seeking employment at Mercury are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected characteristic. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process for applicants with disabilities or special needs. If you need assistance, or an accommodation, please let your recruiter know once you are contacted about a role.

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