Senior Staff Product Designer, Coinbase

• Expertise in Product Design: 10+ years of professional experience designing consumer-facing products for web and mobile, with a strong portfolio showcasing excellence in UX thinking, visual design, and written communication
• Systems Thinking: Proven ability to design at scale, creating reusable patterns and components that drive efficiency and consistency
• Collaboration and Influence: Strong ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders across Product, Engineering, and other XFN teams
• Strategic Impact: Experience driving design strategy and contributing to product roadmaps with measurable business and customer outcomes
• Technical Proficiency: Fluency in Figma and prototyping tools, with experience conducting user research studies and leveraging insights to inform design decisions
• Low Ego, High Impact: Collaborative, open-minded, and eager to transform complexity into simplicity

Desirable

• The Platform Design and Research team at Coinbase plays a critical role in executing our vision to create more economic freedom for the world. This team is at the center of execution for products across the entirety of the company. We’re building the most secure, trusted, and easiest-to-use cryptocurrency products for millions of people just getting started with crypto, as well as long-standing loyal customers with advanced knowledge of the cryptocurrency space
• As a Sr. Staff Product Designer, you will contribute to our mission, vision, and strategy through a deep understanding of customer and business needs. You will develop optimal user journeys to help our customers understand how to use cryptocurrency and complete their tasks with ease and confidence
• You’ll work closely with Product, Engineering, and cross-functional (XFN) teams to build simple, easy-to-use experiences that express the Coinbase brand and values
• Lead and execute complex design initiatives that span multiple product areas, ensuring alignment with Coinbase’s strategic goals
• Collaborate cross-functionally to drive and shape product vision and strategy, influencing stakeholders across the company
• Define and inform the user experience of critical customer journeys, ensuring they are intuitive, scalable, and delightful
• Partner with Design Systems teams to create scalable patterns and components that elevate quality and consistency across Coinbase products
• Conduct in-depth analysis of user needs and business requirements to deliver innovative solutions that drive measurable outcomes
• Participate in all project phases, including planning, strategy, execution, QA, and retrospectives, ensuring design excellence at every step
• Act as a thought leader in product design, mentoring other designers and contributing to a culture of innovation and experimentation
• Experiment with and apply emerging AI tools to accelerate prototyping, ideation, and design workflows
• What Success Looks Like
• Delivering critical business and customer value with reliable consistency
• Driving adoption of scalable systems and processes across product areas
• Influencing strategy and solving complex problems that span the company
• Enabling teams to make tradeoff decisions that balance craft, product impact, and timelines
• Becoming a thought leader in crypto and Web3, pushing boundaries and redefining product capabilities