Staff Product Designer, Affirm
CA$150-200k
+ ESPP
POS installment loans
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POS installment loans
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
CA$150-200k
+ ESPP
1001+ employees
Company mission
To deliver honest and transparent financial products that improve users' lives.
Role
Who you are
- Exceptional Craft & Visual Skills: You have a keen eye for detail, design systems, and interaction patterns that elevate user experiences
- Strong Product Sense: You deeply understand user needs, business goals, and technical constraints—and can balance them effectively in your design decisions
- Strategic Influencer: You’ve shaped direction across multiple product areas and can partner with senior leaders to align on big bets
- Systems Thinker: You create frameworks, systems, and ways of working that scale design impact across teams
- Mentor & Multiplier: You coach senior designers, foster leadership skills, and raise the design bar across the org
- Proactive & Adaptable: You thrive in fast-paced, evolving environments and take initiative to drive progress
- Data-Informed & Risk-Taking: You use data to guide your thinking but aren’t afraid to challenge assumptions and explore bold ideas
- Collaborative & Humble: You value diverse perspectives, work well with cross-functional partners, and are open to feedback to make the best decisions for our users
- Passion for Innovation: You’re excited about the challenge of designing financial products that improve people’s lives and want to push the industry forward
- Proficiency with modern design and collaboration tools (Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, G Suite, Notion)
- This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 7+ years of product design experience
What the job involves
- The Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) team plays a pivotal role in Affirm’s mission to build direct, lasting relationships with our customers
- Our App and Card experiences empower people with modern, transparent ways to pay and manage their finances—building trust and confidence along the way
- We’re at a critical inflection point in Affirm’s journey, with millions of people engaging with our products and new opportunities to expand how they use Affirm every day
- As a Staff Product Designer, you’ll join a deeply experienced and committed team to shape these end-to-end journeys, raise the bar for clarity, quality, and delight, and redefine how people interact with their money
- Own and drive design initiatives for embedded financial experiences, delivering high-impact, customer-centric solutions that align with business objectives
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product, engineering, data science, marketing, and external partners to drive innovation and deliver seamless, intuitive experiences
- Embrace agility—iterating quickly, adapting to change, and making data-driven decisions while maintaining a strong vision for the future
- Shape frameworks and ways of working that empower teams to move faster and make great decisions
- Balance shipping now with scaling for the future, ensuring coherence across platforms
- Push the envelope—challenge the status quo, think outside the box, and take calculated risks to drive meaningful innovation in financial products
- Bring exceptional visual and interaction design skills to craft delightful, polished experiences that build trust and confidence
- Champion a test-and-learn mindset, leveraging experimentation, research, and analytics to continuously refine and optimize user experiences
Our take
Affirm offers point-of-sale loans to consumers, working with merchants like Shopify, KAYAK, and Walmart. Buy now, pay later transactions have grown in popularity in recent years, and this business is tapping into the market with a totally different approach to credit - by delivering the Affirm card, the first US debit card with the option to pay-over-time.
Boasting over 21M consumers and 337,000+ merchants, the company offers flexible payback options, ranging from 3 to 36 months. The interest rates run between 0% and 30%, so, while they are not necessarily the cheapest option, Affirm prides itself on having no fees for late payments, no hidden charges, and total transparency about what people will pay before they take out a loan.
Affirm collects payments from the customers and pays the merchants directly, shouldering the risk itself. The company has boosted its market share, expanding its availability beyond the US to include most of Canada, and continues to launch new features and create new partnerships towards bettering its offering.
Kirsty
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Insights
-11% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Sep 2020
$500m
SERIES G
Apr 2019
$300m
SERIES F
Total funding: $1.1bn
Company benefits
- Compensation: We have a simple, flexible, and transparent remote-first compensation structure so you can make the best decisions for yourself and your family
- Spending Wallets: Access tech, food, lifestyle, and family planning wallets for your expenses
- Supportive Communities: Get involved with our employee resource groups and community groups
- Remote-first Workforce: If your role is remote, you can set up shop anywhere in your home country
- Generous Time Off: Take the time you need when life happens
- Health Benefits: Get a plan that fits your needs
- Mental Healthcare: Take care of your mind with great mental health programs
- Parental Leave: Birth and non-birth parents get 18 weeks’ paid leave. Plus, a 4-week return-to-work transition program, at full base pay
- Away Days: We offer 20 company-wide paid days off—which help our teams collectively pause to recharge
- Learning & Development: Engage in exciting learning programs to level up your growth
Company HQ
Chinatown, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Max Levchin
(Co-Founder & CEO)Has founded/co-founded numerous companies, holding various executive positions at each, including Paypal, Slide, Glow, HVF Labs, and SciFi VC. Also worked at large brands including Google, Yelp, Yahoo, and Evernote.
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