Senior Product Designer - Accounting Systems

Mercury
San Francisco; Portland, US
Remote

Who this role is best for

Best suited to senior product designers with fintech or AI experience who thrive in ambiguous, high-stakes domains and can balance automation with user trust.

Best fit for

  • Senior designers who shape strategy in ambiguous fintech environments
    — “Thrive in ambiguity and enjoy shaping strategy and direction
  • Systems thinkers who design complex financial workflows, not just screens
    — “Think in systems and workflows, not just individual screens
  • Fintech or AI product veterans focused on high-stakes usability
    — “Have experience designing fintech, AI-powered, data-heavy, or workflow-driven products

Things to consider

  • Must design for edge cases and failure states in financial contexts
    — “Anticipate edge cases, failure states, and operational risks in high-stakes domains
  • Collaboration with engineering and data teams is a core expectation
    — “Partner closely with engineering, product, research, and data teams

How to stand out

  • Showcase prototypes that demonstrate both interaction logic and craft
    — “Prototype fluidly to explore both interaction logic and product craft
  • Highlight past work simplifying technical complexity into usable workflows
    — “Simplify technical and regulatory complexity into understandable workflows
  • Emphasize how you've balanced automation with user transparency
    — “Balance automation with transparency, trust, and user understanding
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Senior

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What success looks like

  • successful design and launch of new product features
  • improved user experience
Typical background
design or product management degree6+ years of product design experience

Skills & requirements

Required

Product DesignAI IntegrationFinancial WorkflowsSystem Design

Preferred

Fintech ExperienceAI Regulation

Stack & domain

CommunicationProblem-solvingFintechAIData

About the role

Original posting from Mercury via Greenhouse

In the early 1900s, Maria Montessori redesigned education by creating environments that guided learners toward independence. Instead of overwhelming people with instruction, she built structured systems that supported progress through clarity, momentum, and gradual mastery.

At Mercury, we’re exploring how intelligent systems can bring that same sense of structure and confidence to complex financial workflows.

We’re hiring a Senior Product Designer to help define and design a next-generation AI-powered experience within Mercury’s accounting ecosystem. This is a foundational role focused on turning sophisticated automation and domain logic into experiences that feel intuitive, reliable, and empowering.

*Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided through Choice Financial Group and Column N.A., Members FDIC.

What you’ll do

Shape how AI-powered capabilities show up across complex financial workflows

Translate emerging technical capabilities into intuitive, human-centered experiences

Design systems that balance automation, transparency, and user control

Simplify technical and regulatory complexity into understandable workflows

Anticipate edge cases, failure states, and operational risks in high-stakes domains

Create scalable interaction patterns and escalation models for AI-assisted experiences

Prototype new interaction models and design detailed, high-quality product experiences

Partner closely with engineering, product, research, and data teams to ship thoughtful outcomes

What we're looking for

6+ years of experience leading complex, end-to-end product design initiatives

Thrive in ambiguity and enjoy shaping strategy and direction, not just executing requirements

Think in systems and workflows, not just individual screens

Have experience designing fintech, AI-powered, data-heavy, or workflow-driven products

Balance automation with transparency, trust, and user understanding

Prototype fluidly to explore both interaction logic and product craft

Care deeply about quality, correctness, and usability in high-stakes domains

Bring strong product judgment, communication skills, and ownership to your work

The total rewards package at Mercury includes base salary, equity (stock options/RSUs), and benefits. Our salary and equity ranges are highly competitive within the SaaS and fintech industry and are updated regularly using the most reliable compensation survey data for our industry. New hire offers are made based on a candidate’s experience, expertise, geographic location, and internal pay equity relative to peers.

Our target new hire base salary ranges for this role are the following:

US employees (any location): $189,000–236,200 USD

Canadian employees (any location):  $178,600–223,200 CAD 

Mercury values diversity & belonging and is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All individuals seeking employment at Mercury are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected characteristic. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process for applicants with disabilities or special needs. If you need assistance, or an accommodation, please let your recruiter know once you are contacted about a role.

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Source: Mercury careers (Greenhouse)

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