As a Staff Product Designer for Crypto, you will lead design initiatives, partner with cross-functional teams, and create user-centered financial products.
Build something people love
Wealthsimple is on a mission to help everyone achieve financial freedom by reimagining what it means to manage your money. Using smart technology, we take financial services that are often confusing, opaque and expensive and make them transparent and low-cost for everyone. We’re the largest fintech company in Canada, with over 3+ million users who trust us with more than $100 billion in assets.
Our teams ship often and make an impact with groundbreaking ideas. We're looking for talented people who keep it simple and value collaboration and humility as we continue to create inclusive and high-performing teams where people can be inspired to do their best work.
About the team
At Wealthsimple, design is a competitive advantage and essential to achieving our mission of helping Canadians reach financial freedom. We are client obsessed - our empathy for our clients sets the bar really high for the products and experiences we create.We are looking for a passionate and skilled Staff Product Designer to work on our Crypto product. In this role, you will be embedded on the Investing team, partnering closely with engineering and product to shape the future of our offering and deliver a high quality product to our clients.
In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to:
- Own and lead Crypto design, contributing to conversations and direction of the product roadmap and strategy
- Understand the investing needs of our customers, empowering both new and sophisticated crypto investors with the tools and knowledge to make informed decisions.
- Partner closely with engineering, data science and product management to find refined but practical solutions to design challenges.
- Create multiple concepts and prototypes, recognizing when meticulous attention to detail is needed and when low-fidelity sketches are adequate for visualizing ideas.
- Listen to users to develop the right product strategy and find solutions that delight our customers.
- Leverage data to inform your design solutions.
- Understand the strategic direction and vision for your working areas and ensure all UX efforts are aligned with that direction.
- Raise the craft quality bar at Wealthsimple not just through your own work, but through the mentoring and development of Designers in your domain.
- Establish yourself as a subject matter expert in crypto and on-chain technologies, guiding product and design decisions
- Stay on top of industry trends and emerging technologies to integrate innovative solutions into our product design.
What you’ll bring:
- Passion and knowledge of the web3 ecosystem.
- You're an expert practitioner in the craft of product design, capable of delivering thoughtful, polished experiences, including motion and interaction design.
- Demonstrated experience designing and shipping consumer-facing products.
- Proven ability to turn complex problems into simple experiences.
- Strong understanding of how design, product and engineering can work together to ship high-quality experiences quickly and at scale.
- Can effectively communicate ideas and project direction to internal teams and stakeholders.
- Experience generating user insight by shaping and leading research studies.
- Ability to work independently, biasing towards action to drive projects forward.
If you’re excited to be part of Wealthsimple's mission, please apply with your resume and a portfolio that demonstrates:
- Your experience solving ambiguous problems & how you got there.
- Your experience working on consumer-facing products (mobile and web).
- The impact of your work on the broader goals of the company.
- How you leverage insights to make user-driven decisions.
Why Wealthsimple?
🤑 Competitive salary with top-tier health benefits and life insurance
📈 Long-term group savings with employer match using our Wealthsimple for Business platform
🌴 20 vacation days + 4 wellness days per year, and unlimited sick and mental health days
✈️ 90 days away program: Employees can work outside of Canada for up to 90 days per calendar year
👥 A wide variety of peer and company-led Employee Resources Groups (e.g., Rainbow, Women of Wealthsimple, Black @ WS)
🌎 We’re a remote first team with over 1,500 employees across North America - and one of the best things about working here is the people. You’ll be collaborating with incredibly talented, curious, and driven teammates who care deeply about doing great work.
Read our Culture Manual and learn more about how we work.
Technology & Innovation at Wealthsimple
We believe the future belongs to those who innovate boldly. At Wealthsimple, every team member is expected to lean into new technologies, including AI, and tooling to rethink how we work, solve problems faster, and create even greater value. We're looking for people who are not just comfortable with change but energized by it. Our commitment is to build a company that evolves at the pace of the world around us, and we want you to help lead that future.
DEI Statement
At Wealthsimple, we are building products for a diverse world and we need a diverse team to do that successfully. We strongly encourage applications from everyone regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.
Accessibility Statement
Wealthsimple provides an accessible candidate experience. If you need any accommodations or adjustments throughout the interview process and beyond, please let us know, and we will work with you to provide the necessary support and make reasonable accommodations to facilitate your participation. We are continuously working to improve our accessibility practices and welcome any feedback or suggestions on how we can better accommodate candidates with accessibility needs.
Top Skills
Crypto
Interaction Design
Motion Design
Product Design
Web3
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