Senior Product Designer, Engagement

About the role

Shape financial lives at scale. Your designs will be seen and used by millions of people navigating real financial decisions — from checking their credit score and managing debt, to managing budget, savings, and investments. Help define AI-native design. You’ll be an early architect of how design works in an AI-native product team, influencing practice well beyond your own pod. Own the product conversation. Embedded in a cross-functional pod, you’ll have direct influence on what gets built and why — not just how it looks. Advance your skills in a fast-moving environment. You’ll gain experience designing AI-powered features, working with real consumer data, and iterating with speed in a high-impact product area.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Requirements

• 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.
• 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.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, or related field.
• Experience: 5+ years of professional product design experience, ideally in a consumer-facing tech environment.
• Portfolio: Demonstrated strong craft across end-to-end product work — from problem framing and flows to polished UI and shipped outcomes.
• Tools: Proficiency in Figma, including component-based design and prototyping.
• Experience: Experience designing for native mobile apps (iOS and/or Android) and mobile web.
• Data: Demonstrated ability to use research and data to drive and explain design decisions.
• Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to clearly articulate design rationale to non-design stakeholders.
• AI: Familiarity with AI-powered features — such as personalization, recommendations, conversational UI, or adaptive interfaces — or an eagerness to grow in this area.
• Environment: Comfort navigating ambiguity and fast-paced environments where the problem definition is still evolving.

Skills

• Design Thinking
• User Research
• Prototyping
• UX/UI Design
• Collaboration
• Analytics
• Iterative Design
• Product Management
• Technical Understanding
• Adaptability

Benefits

• 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)

Pay

Competitive salary and benefits package.

Schedule

Remote (based in the U.S.)