Senior Product Designer
In the 1960s, Dieter Rams transformed how we think about functional design at Braun. Faced with a world of cluttered, over-complicated consumer products, Rams pioneered a philosophy of 'less but better', creating premium tools that felt effortless to use despite their sophisticated capabilities. His radios, calculators, and home appliances didn't just work beautifully; they made complex functionality feel intuitive for discerning users who valued both performance and elegant simplicity.
At Mercury, we believe the future of finance lies in applying Rams' 'less but better' philosophy to banking*. We're building premium consumer banking tools for founders, investors, and tech professionals who demand sophisticated functionality delivered through elegant, effortless experiences. As a financial technology company, we help people spend less time managing their money and more time building the things that matter to them.
We're looking for a senior product designer to execute exceptional user experiences You'll bring Mercury's vision to life: premium financial tools that make complex banking feel beautifully simple.
We’re growing our design organization and hiring Senior Product Designers across multiple product areas — including Business Banking, Personal Banking, and Payroll. Each of these teams plays a vital role in shaping Mercury’s premium financial ecosystem, and all share a commitment to thoughtful design, collaboration, and excellence.
What You’ll Do
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.
You’ll Thrive Here If You
Have 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, appreciating proven foundations while contributing your own creative perspective and visual expertise.
Thrive in fast-paced environments where you can balance rapid execution with uncompromising design excellence.
Have 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.
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): $147,900 – $225,200 Canadian employees (any location): CAD $139,800 – $212,800
*Mercury is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services provided through Choice Financial Group, Column N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust; Members FDIC.
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.
We use Covey as part of our hiring and / or promotional process for jobs in NYC and certain features may qualify it as an AEDT. As part of the evaluation process we provide Covey with job requirements and candidate submitted applications.
[Please see the independent bias audit report covering our use of Covey for more information.]
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Senior Product Designer
In the 1960s, Dieter Rams transformed how we think about functional design at Braun. Faced with a world of cluttered, over-complicated consumer products, Rams pioneered a philosophy of 'less but better', creating premium tools that felt effortless to use despite their sophisticated capabilities. His radios, calculators, and home appliances didn't just work beautifully; they made complex functionality feel intuitive for discerning users who valued both performance and elegant simplicity.
At Mercury, we believe the future of finance lies in applying Rams' 'less but better' philosophy to banking*. We're building premium consumer banking tools for founders, investors, and tech professionals who demand sophisticated functionality delivered through elegant, effortless experiences. As a financial technology company, we help people spend less time managing their money and more time building the things that matter to them.
We're looking for a senior product designer to execute exceptional user experiences You'll bring Mercury's vision to life: premium financial tools that make complex banking feel beautifully simple.
We’re growing our design organization and hiring Senior Product Designers across multiple product areas — including Business Banking, Personal Banking, and Payroll. Each of these teams plays a vital role in shaping Mercury’s premium financial ecosystem, and all share a commitment to thoughtful design, collaboration, and excellence.
What You’ll Do
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.
You’ll Thrive Here If You
Have 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, appreciating proven foundations while contributing your own creative perspective and visual expertise.
Thrive in fast-paced environments where you can balance rapid execution with uncompromising design excellence.
Have 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.
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): $147,900 – $225,200 Canadian employees (any location): CAD $139,800 – $212,800
*Mercury is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services provided through Choice Financial Group, Column N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust; Members FDIC.
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.
We use Covey as part of our hiring and / or promotional process for jobs in NYC and certain features may qualify it as an AEDT. As part of the evaluation process we provide Covey with job requirements and candidate submitted applications.
[Please see the independent bias audit report covering our use of Covey for more information.]
#LI-SS1