AI UX Designer, MeridianLink
$84.5-133.4k
Digital lending platform for every financial institution
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Digital lending platform for every financial institution
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$84.5-133.4k
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To accelerate and simplify workflows while helping community financial institutions grow, scale and serve their consumers and communities.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of relevant professional experience (or equivalent practical experience)
- Ability to work independently on moderately complex problems while contributing to larger, more advanced initiatives
- Strong judgment and decision-making skills within defined procedures and practices
- Experience applying user research, stakeholder input, and expert judgment to inform design decisions
- Proven ability to build productive working relationships and collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams
- Expert-level proficiency in Figma, including component libraries, design systems, and advanced prototyping
- Experience with Axure or similar prototyping tools is a plus
- Working knowledge of automation tools (e.g., Make) and how they integrate with design workflows
- Understanding project structures, prompts, and supporting artifacts needed to effectively leverage AI coding and design tools such as Claude Code
- A designer who can simplify complex lending and financial workflows while delivering polished, user-centered solutions
- Someone who balances usability, accessibility, and visual excellence
- A collaborative partner who thrives in cross-functional environments and advocates for user-centered design
- A strong interest in artificial intelligence and emerging UX technologies, with a willingness to experiment, learn, and adopt new AI-driven design processes
- Enthusiasm for the possibilities AI can bring to the lending industry and a desire to help shape the future of financial UX through innovation
What the job involves
- MeridianLink is seeking a talented UX Designer to join our UX Design team within the Product organization. This role is ideal for someone who thrives on solving complex design challenges and is passionate about creating intuitive, delightful digital experiences—particularly in the financial services and lending space
- You will play a key role in designing and optimizing user experiences for online loan and account applications
- Your work will directly impact how users interact with our digital products, helping to streamline critical financial workflows while adding moments of delight through thoughtful UI, visual, and interaction design
- This role also offers the opportunity to explore and apply emerging AI-powered UX processes that can meaningfully enhance the lending experience
- Design, prototype, and test user experiences for digital financial products, with a focus on optimizing online loan and bank account applications
- Create intuitive, visually engaging, and user-friendly interfaces that align with business goals and user needs
- Collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, and clients to iterate on and refine design solutions
- Present design concepts and decisions to internal stakeholders, clearly articulating and defending design rationale
- Participate in grooming and refinement sessions with development teams to ensure high-quality implementation
- Use design tools to produce storyboards, high-fidelity prototypes, and templates for user testing and demonstrations
- Review proposed product changes for alignment with UX standards and recommend improvements
- Expert Figma capabilities to create scalable design systems, components, and workflows
- Utilize automation and integration tools (such as Make) to improve design efficiency and support design-to-development workflows
- Contribute to AI-assisted design workflows, including understanding project outlines, inputs, and artifacts required to effectively run tools such as Claude Code
Our take
MeridianLink provides modern software platforms for financial institutions and consumer reporting agencies. Specifically, it powers digital lending and account opening for the former and data verifications for the latter.
The company has been trusted for over 20 years and has remained adaptable and open to change with the industry, such as its recent addition of engagement features that offer new ways to help financial services drive growth, reach target audiences and adjust campaigns to meet business and customer needs. It has therefore maintained a number of impressive customers, from BankPlus and American United to FirstBank and TwinStar.
Building on this track record, MeridianLink was recently acquired by Centerbridge Partners, marking an important step forward. Going private in this $2B deal gives the company flexibility to accelerate innovation, expand its platform, and leverage AI and data more effectively. With Centerbridge's support, MeridianLink is in a good position to strengthen its competitive edge and continue helping financial institutions grow in a rapidly evolving market.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
1% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Ongoing development: Continuous learning is essential to growth, and we’re committed to helping our employees thrive. You’ll have the opportunity to take part in job-specific training, monthly soft-skill sessions, and leadership classes designed to support your development at every stage.
- Access to executives: Have a good idea? Share it with peers, managers, or executives. Our leadership is approachable and actively involved in supporting your work.
- Health lifestyle: Healthy staff makes us happy. We support our team members with resources and programs that promote financial, physical, and mental health—encouraging balance, self-care, and a lifestyle that helps you feel your best every day.
- Celebrations: All work and no play makes for a dull day. We celebrate holidays, birthdays, work anniversaries, and other milestones with fun activities that bring us together. We also provide channels for employees to recognize and celebrate each other’s achievements, making appreciation a regular part of our culture.
- Community partnering: Take a day off with pay to volunteer where it matters most to you or join the company in various community service projects throughout the year.
Company HQ
Irvine Technology Center, Irvine, CA
Leadership
Larry Katz
(CEO)Larry joined MeridianLink in 2023 as CFO and became CEO in 2025. Prior to this, they were the CFO at StubHub and Genesys as well as a Managing Director at JPMorgan Chase & Co. for 15 years.
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