Product Designer Who Codes, Shakepay
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Platform to buy and earn Bitcoin
Open for applications
Platform to buy and earn Bitcoin
101-200 employees
Open for applications
+ stock optins
101-200 employees
Company mission
To usher in the Bitcoin Golden Age.
Role
Who you are
- Proven hybrid experience: You’ve shipped real products where you owned both the design and code implementation (e.g. React Native, Node, Typescript, Vue.js etc.)
- A builder's portfolio: You can point to live products—not just mockups—where you designed and built the experience. You likely use AI tools to prototype, iterate, and accelerate your workflow
- Strong product taste: You have a sharp eye for quality and know what makes an experience feel intuitive, fast, and delightful
- Deep technical understanding: You understand the constraints and possibilities of modern front-end development, and design accordingly—building solutions that are performant, scalable, and maintainable
- A builder mindset: You don’t wait for specs. You define problems, make decisions, and drive work to completion with minimal oversight
- Excellent communication skills: You can articulate design decisions and technical trade-offs clearly across design and engineering
- Passion for Bitcoin, financial empowerment, and the future of money
What the job involves
- As a Design Engineer, you are the ultimate bridge between design, product, and engineering
- This is a design-first role for a product designer who uses code to accelerate prototyping, experimentation, and product development
- You don't just design features; you build them. We are leaning heavily into a design-led product development approach, and in this role, your primary focus will be taking complex problems, designing intuitive solutions, and writing the code to prototype or ship them to our customers rapidly
- If you are a builder who loves living at the intersection of pixel-perfect design and production-ready code, this is for you
- Own problems end-to-end: Take full ownership of product features from understanding the problem, to designing the experience, to writing the front-end code and shipping it to users
- Prototype in code: Replace static mockups with functional prototypes to validate ideas quickly and de-risk decisions with real customer feedback
- Drive design-led development: Work in a fixed-time, variable-scope environment. Focus on outcomes over outputs, partnering closely with backend and core engineering to deliver meaningful impact
- Ship fast without sacrificing quality: Balance speed and craft. Deliver polished, production-ready experiences on tight timelines, with strong attention to detail in both design and code
- Elevate the UI architecture: Evolve our design system and component libraries so design and code stay perfectly in sync across mobile and web platforms
- Act as a force multiplier: Raise the bar for the entire design team by helping designers ship in code and integrate AI tools into their workflows—improving speed, autonomy, and technical depth across the organization
Our take
Shakepay is a major platform in Canada for buying and trading Bitcoin, boasting a user base exceeding 1M amid the ongoing surge in cryptocurrency adoption.
In navigating the dynamic digital economy, Shakeypay must balance agility with maintaining trust among both seasoned crypto users and newcomers. The company's strategic decision to focus on Bitcoin and Ethereum, complemented by initiatives like the Shakepay rewards card, reflects its commitment to simplicity and accessibility in a complex market landscape.
Shakepay is focused on enhancing its user-friendly cryptocurrency interface to sustain growth. Recent engagement with regulators highlights its commitment to safe digital asset transactions. Following a data breach, Shakepay swiftly implemented security measures and offers free credit monitoring, reinforcing its dedication to customer data security. As it innovates and expands, Shakepay remains dedicated to advancing Bitcoin and cryptocurrency adoption.
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Insights
-25% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Jan 2022
$31.8m
SERIES A
Feb 2018
$0.8m
SEED
Total funding: $32.6m
Company benefits
- Equity benefits: We believe everyone at Shakepay should benefit from building a generational company, so every shaker owns stock options
- Get paid in bitcoin: You can choose to take a percentage of your salary in bitcoin. Whether you opt for some or none, the choice to be paid in the hardest, soundest money the world has ever known is yours
- Remote friendly: With a flexible schedule, you can work on your own time, from home or anywhere. And if you're close by, you’re welcome to work in our Montreal or Toronto offices whenever you want. Being a remote-first company is awesome, but there’s value in spending time with your teammates and deepening these bonds. So, each shaker is entitled to 15 days of travel and accommodation to any Canadian city each year, covered by Shakepay
- Generous vacation: Time off is essential, and we highly encourage it. We trust you to take as much as you need, when you need it. Every team member is expected to take at least 20 days of vacation each year. To help make sure you do, after taking 20 days, shakers receive a $1,000 bonus to put towards their next vacation
- Insurance coverage: We offer health, dental, paramedical, disability, life, and travel coverage so you're always at your best. On top of our insurance coverage, all shakers also get access to a health and wellness spending account
- Personal development: It's a marathon, not a sprint. We're here to help you define and hit your personal career goals so that you can get where you want to be. To support our team, every shaker gets a $2,000 yearly budget to spend on learning and development
- Working from home: Working from home should be comfortable. Every shaker gets $1,200 to spruce up their home office and a monthly stipend for home and internet expenses
- Self-sovereignty: The path to self-sovereignty means being in full control of your coins. We offer a budget for shakers to get a self-hosted wallet and to build a self-hosted node
Company HQ
Golden Square Mile, Montreal, QC
Leadership
Jean Amiouny
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously worked as a Business Analyst at Booz & Company, before moving on to co-found White Payments - which was subsequently acquired by Payfort.
Roy Breidi
(Co-Founder & CTO)Prior to co-founding Shakepay in 2016, Roy was a Technology Associate at Morgan Stanley. He graduated from McGill University with a Bachelor's in Computer Engineering.
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