Staff Product Designer, Betterment
$160-180k
+ Equity + Variable compensation in the form of a company incentive bonus
More information about location
3 days a week in office
Automated investing & financial planning
Job no longer available
Automated investing & financial planning
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$160-180k
+ Equity + Variable compensation in the form of a company incentive bonus
More information about location
3 days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To empower people to build wealth with confidence and ease.
Role
Who you are
- You approach problems holistically, and are self-motivated, learning new skills quickly, with a sense for what you’ll develop next
- We seek out folks who are talented and eager to both learn from their colleagues and help make them better
- 6+ years of relevant experience working in product design (though your job title may look different)
- Proven expertise building design systems, with a portfolio that showcases strong visual design skills and attention to detail
- A collaborative mindset, with the ability to lead a cross-functional team towards a shared vision
- Strong Figma proficiency
- Holistic, cross-platform design experience (mobile and web)
- Expertise in WCAG guidelines and experience maintaining accessibility compliance
- Familiarity with code (CSS, Flutter, React, or Rails is a plus)
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a Staff Product Designer specializing in design systems to support our Frontend and Mobile Platform teams
- As the first dedicated design hire for this team, you’ll partner with product and engineering on a strategy to scale and overhaul our design system
- You’ll play the leading role in shaping interfaces and interactions across a large surface area—three diverse business lines, and both mobile and web platforms
- Working closely with cross-functional partners and other product designers, you’ll prioritize opportunities, build alignment, and oversee implementation
- You’ll be a champion for craftsmanship and accessibility, empowering teams to achieve high-quality outcomes with greater efficiency
- Lead initiatives to advance our cross-platform design system in partnership with product and engineering
- Partner with product teams across Betterment to scale and improve our component library, crafting rich and flexible patterns to meet the diverse needs of our three lines of business
- Increase accessibility compliance and help maintain standards across the organization
- Expand and maintain design system documentation and component libraries in Figma
- Establish a workflow and prioritization system for ongoing requests
- Establish and maintain design principles and patterns to be used across all channels and experiences
- Mentor product designers to help grow the team’s skills and provide regular feedback to ensure quality design work
Application process
- We’ll take a few weeks to review all applications
- If we’d like to spend more time with you, we’ll reach out to arrange next steps, which will include 3-4 sets of meetings with your future colleagues
- In the interview process, we’ll look to learn more about your skills, experiences, capabilities, and motivators
- Many of our questions will be aimed at understanding how you might operate here at Betterment
- Depending on the role, we may ask you to complete a case study exercise or technical assessments, as we want to collect a robust set of data points to better inform our decisions
- On average, it takes us around 3-5 weeks to make a hiring decision, depending on your availability and sense of urgency
- As a best practice, we aim to interview at least 2-3 final round candidates before making a hiring decision
Our take
Betterment is an app-based investment platform that provides personal finance data and guidance to retail users through a range of real-world data and AI analytics to deliver investment advice to customers.
The company has become the largest independent digital investment advisor in the U.S. Having expanded its 401k business, Betterment has entered the world of Crypto, partnering with Gemini to offer customized crypto portfolios and its "Crypto Investing by Betterment" platform.
Betterment has a wealth of competition in this increasingly crowded space. Other robo advisors offering similar services include Moneyfarm, Wealth Simple, M1 Finance and Personal Capital. Going forward, Betterment hopes to further distance itself from rivals as it further innovates its platform.
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Insights
-6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Sep 2021
$60m
SERIES F
Jul 2017
$70m
SERIES E
Total funding: $335m
Company benefits
- Get comprehensive medical, dental, and vision, plus a free subscription to One Medical.
- We encourage you to take time off (seriously) and get the rest you need to do your best work.
- Employees welcoming little ones are eligible for our robust parental leave policy after six months of employment.
- We offer a 401(k) match and a match on qualified student loan payments.
- Gain a stake in Betterment’s success with company equity grants.
- Snacks, beverages, and catered lunches at our NYC HQ.
- We provide LGBTQIA+ transition and fertility support.
- Make connections through seven employee affinity groups and a social calendar of hybrid events.
Company HQ
Chelsea, New York, NY
Leadership
Sarah Kirshbaum Levy
(CEO)Prior to joining Betterment in 2020, Sarah served as the COO for Viacom Media Networks.
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