Senior Product Designer, Mercury
$147.9-225.2k
+ Equity (stock options). Canadian employees (any location): CAD $139,800 – $212,800
Banking services for startups
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Banking services for startups
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$147.9-225.2k
+ Equity (stock options). Canadian employees (any location): CAD $139,800 – $212,800
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To make scaling tech companies simpler with a personalized banking stack for startups, and power the next generation of companies that will shape the American industry.
Role
Who you are
- 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
What the job involves
- 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, Risk 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
- 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
Our take
Frustrated by the archaic, fee-laden banking services offered to entrepreneurs, the founders of Mercury set out to create a better solution. They envisioned a platform that was dynamic, tech-driven, and free from unnecessary fees.
Mercury delivers on this vision by automating business payment processes, offering FDIC-insured accounts, and providing full API access, empowering entrepreneurs with greater control and efficiency. This approach stands in stark contrast to traditional startup banking, which often burdens young businesses with high fees and limited functionality.
By prioritizing user experience and offering a free service tier, Mercury has attracted over 100,000 businesses and achieved a $1B valuation in 2021. As a rising unicorn in the stagnant world of startup banking, mercury is poised for continued growth, constantly adding new features and expanding its team to further disrupt the industry.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
50% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Mar 2025
$300m
SERIES C
Jul 2021
$120m
SERIES B
Total funding: $450.9m
Company benefits
- Health, dental, & vision
- 12+ weeks of paid parental leave
- $600 USD custom WFH equipment setup
- Unlimited vacation policy (with a mandatory minimum)
- Retirement matching up to 4% of base salary (401k/RRSP)
- Paid 6-week sabbatical after the 5-year mark
- Annual $1K USD learning & development budget
- Unlimited book budget
- Weekly $100 USD food budget
- Monthly $100 USD wellness budget
- Monthly $50 USD cellphone reimbursement
- Pet-friendly offices with free tea & lunch
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Jason Zhang
(COO)Studied Biology at Stanford before spending over 4 years at Heyzap in Business Development.
Immad Akhund
(CEO)Graduated from the University of Cambridge, then worked as a Software Developer at Aquila and Bloomberg. Also founded Clickpass and Heyzap, and was a Part-time Partner at Y Combinator.
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