Intermediate Product Designer

Summary

Join Shakepay, a company revolutionizing financial services in Canada, as an Intermediate Product Designer. You will contribute to the design and development of innovative financial products, focusing on user experience and design. This role requires 4+ years of experience in product design, encompassing all stages from product strategy to final production. You will collaborate with internal teams, utilize data to inform design decisions, and work in a fast-paced environment. Shakepay offers a comprehensive benefits package including stock options, health and dental coverage, remote work options, a professional development budget, generous vacation time, parental leave top-up, and team-building activities.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in product design, encompassing all stages from product strategy to overseeing final production performance
• Deep understanding of design principles complemented by analysis and troubleshooting skills
• Demonstrated expertise as a UX generalist with skills in user research (UXR), UX writing, UI design, high-fidelity prototyping, user testing and maintaining design documentation
• A deep passion for the crypto industry and an interest in shaping the future of financial technology
• A strong portfolio that reflects passion and dedication for your work
• Effective communication skills
• Fundamental knowledge of component-based development
• Experience working from and contributing to design systems
• Expertise with Figma
• Fluency in English

Responsibilities

• Contribute to discovery and definition stage decisions using design thinking to address user challenges effectively
• Collaborate with our internal teams to create experiences across multiple products and platforms without sacrificing consistency and simplicity
• Use data to help inform design decisions that result in the best experience for our users
• Work in a fast-paced environment to understand requirements, prototype innovative solutions, design user interfaces, maintain comprehensive design documentation and deliver precise UI specifications to the development team
• Refine optimization based on a combination of user research, production analytics and business goals

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working at a Startup or Fintech
• Experience in growth
• Bilingual in English and French
• Basic knowledge of Bitcoin and blockchain technologies
• Education background in either Psychology, Industrial Design, Computer Science or Data Science
• Expertise in Framer, Maze or equivalent

Benefits

• Every employee has stock options as part of their total compensation
• Yearly salary assessments
• Access to health and dental coverage, including health and wellness spending accounts
• Work from anywhere in Canada, with optional access to our office spaces in Montreal and Toronto
• A $2,000 annual budget for courses, certifications, and training to support your career growth
• 20 days of vacation per year. And if you use all your vacation, we give you a $1,000 bonus
• Enjoy a parental leave top up to 100% of your salary for 18 weeks
• Quarterly team-specific or company-wide offsite to connect with each other