design
Posted 3 weeks agoPrincipal Product Designer, Spending
at Chime
San Francisco Usa, United StatesOn-site
Figma$15,000
Responsibilities
- Elevate design quality at scale: Raise the bar for design execution across the organization by championing strong craft, thoughtful interaction design, and scalable visual systems.
- Drive cross-functional strategy: Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Research, Marketing, and Analytics to define holistic, user-centered strategies that drive measurable outcomes.
- Simplify complex problems: Translate ambiguous product challenges into clear, elegant, and accessible design solutions.
- Lead through influence: Provide design leadership and mentorship across teams, guiding projects and elevating the work of others without formal people management.
- Design systems expertise:
Requirements
- You will play a key role in shaping the quality and direction of design within the Chime app—advocating for thoughtful, member-centered solutions and partnering closely with cross-functional teams to deliver meaningful impact.
- Leverage AI-driven workflows: Apply AI-powered tools within the design process to accelerate ideation, exploration, and prototyping while expanding creative possibilities.
- Strong craft and prototyping skills: Expertise in tools like Figma and modern prototyping workflows, including the effective use of AI-powered design tools.
- Experience working with and evolving design systems to ensure consistency and scalability across products.
Benefits
- In this role, you will lead the design vision for high-impact, member-facing experiences that set a new standard in consumer fintech.
- You’re equally comfortable defining long-term product vision and executing polished, intuitive experiences that improve members’ financial lives.
- This is a high-ownership role for a senior design leader who thrives in ambiguity, drives clarity through strategy and vision, and leads through influence and collaboration.
- The base salary offered for this role and level of
- experience will begin at $202,000 and up to $280,000.
- Full-time employees are also eligible for a bonus, competitive equity package, and benefits.
- The actual base salary offered may be higher, depending on your location, skills, qualifications, and experience.
- Set the design vision: Lead the product and design vision for complex, cross-functional initiatives, defining strategic direction and ensuring experiences align with both member needs and business goals.
- High ownership and autonomy: The ability to take a product vision from concept through execution while maintaining high design quality.
- 💻 In-office perks including backup child, elder, and/or pet care, plus a subsidized commuter benefit to support your regular commute
- 💰 Competitive salary based on experience
- ✨ 401k match plus great medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits
- 🏝 Generous vacation policy and company-wide Chime Days, bonus company-wide paid days off
- 🫂 1% of your time off to support local community organizations of your choice
- 👟 Annual wellness stipend to use towards eligible wellness related expenses
- 👶 Up to 24 weeks of paid parental leave for birthing parents and 12 weeks of paid parental leave for non-birthing parents
- 👪 Access to Maven, a family planning tool, with $15k lifetime reimbursement for egg freezing, fertility treatments, adoption, and more.
Contact
- If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation during any stage of the application process, please contact: benefits@chime.com .
Additional details
- We’re hiring a Principal Product Designer to help shape the future of financial peace of mind for millions.
- You bring a strong strategic mindset paired with exceptional craft.
- A strategic, high-impact portfolio: A portfolio demonstrating strong product thinking, clear design strategy, and excellent craft across complex digital experiences. Consumer product
- experience: A track record of designing and shipping impactful consumer products at scale across mobile and web.
- Exceptional communication: Strong storytelling and communication skills that help align teams, influence stakeholders, and bring ideas to life.
- Member obsession: A deep commitment to creating intuitive, thoughtful experiences that genuinely improve people's financial lives. #LI-TP1 #LI-Onsite A little about us
- At Chime, we believe that everyone can achieve financial progress.
- We created Chime—a financial technology company, not a bank*—on the premise that core banking services should be helpful, easy, and free.
- Through our user-friendly tools and intuitive platforms, we empower our members to take control of their finances and work towards their goals.
- We're a team of problem solvers, dreamers, and builders with one shared obsession: our members.