Senior Product Designer, Engagement
Senior Product Designer, Engagement
Posted today
SENIORITY
Senior
About the role
- Define a design vision that balances user needs with engagement and monetization goals, developing end-to-end journeys with a systems mindset. Partner with Product to shape roadmap priorities and advocate for the user based on industry trends and competitive insight.
- Leverage AI-powered tools to accelerate ideation and prototype AI-driven experiences — including personalized recommendations, conversational interfaces, and adaptive content. Help evolve the team’s design workflow in an AI-native development model.
- Deliver production-ready designs at pace, contributing to NerdWallet’s design system through reusable components. Maintain a high bar for quality across iOS, Android, and mobile web, iterating on qualitative and quantitative signals.
- Partner with PMs, Engineers, and Analysts on usability tests and concept validation, and use analytics, funnel data, and A/B results to evaluate decisions and identify opportunities. Translate ambiguous problems into clearly framed design challenges with measurable success criteria.
- Build strong relationships across Engineering, Product, QA, and Marketing. Communicate design decisions through well-crafted artifacts and presentations, and actively contribute to a culture of critique and continuous improvement across the design organization.
- Your experience:5+ years of professional product design experience, ideally in a consumer-facing tech environment
- A portfolio demonstrating strong craft across end-to-end product work — from problem framing and flows to polished UI and shipped outcomes
- Proficiency in Figma, including component-based design and prototyping
- Experience designing for native mobile apps (iOS and/or Android) and mobile web
- Demonstrated ability to use research and data to drive and explain design decisions
- Experience contributing to or maintaining a design system
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to clearly articulate design rationale to non-design stakeholders
- Familiarity with AI-powered features — such as personalization, recommendations, conversational UI, or adaptive interfaces — or an eagerness to grow in this area
- Comfort navigating ambiguity and fast-paced environments where the problem definition is still evolving
- Work Hard, Stay Balanced (Life’s a series of balancing acts, eh?)Industry-leading medical, dental, and vision health care plans for employees and their dependents
- Rejuvenation Policy – Flexible Vacation Time Off + 11 holidays + holiday company shutdown
- New Parent Leave for employees with a newborn child or a child placed with them for adoption or foster care
- Mental health support
- Paid sabbatical after 5 years for Nerds to recharge, gain knowledge, and pursue their interests
- Health and Dependent Care FSA and HSA Plan with monthly NerdWallet contribution
- Monthly Wellness Stipend, Cell Phone Stipend, and Wifi Stipend (Only remote Nerds are eligible for the Wifi Stipend)
- Work from home equipment stipend and co-working space subsidy (Only remote Nerds are eligible for these stipends)
- Have Some Fun! (Nerds are fun, too)
- Nerd-led group initiatives – Employee Resource Groups for Parents, Diversity, and Inclusion, Women, LGBTQIA, and other communities
- Hackathons and team events across all teams and departments
- Company-wide events like NerdLove (employee appreciation) and our annual Charity Auction Our Nerds love to make an impact by paying it forward – Take 8 hours of volunteer time off per quarter and donate to your favorite causes with a company match
- Plan for your future (And when you retire on your island, remember the little people)401K with 4% company match
- Be the first to test and benefit from our new financial products and tools
- Financial wellness, guidance, and unlimited access to a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) through Northstar
- Disability and Life Insurance with employer-paid premiums
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