Lead Product Designer

Circle

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$172,500–$225,000 / yr
Posted
46 days ago
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99+ roles within 25 mi

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This role $199k
$137k most similar roles pay here $234k

This role pays more than 65% of similar roles. Most pay $157,522–$216,200 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $199k versus about $187k for comparable roles.

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About Circle

Circle is a global financial technology firm and the principal operator of USD Coin (USDC), a leading stablecoin, providing cross-border payments and digital currency infrastructure for businesses. Industry: Financial Technology & Digital Currency

Circle currently has 16 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $197,500–$258,750 across 16 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Lead Product Designer

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Join our Identity Team at Circle as a Lead Product Designer, contributing to the transition from rapid expansion to sophisticated scale by architecting foundational systems like Authentication and Billing that every product team relies on. You will audit fragmented workflows, unify them into cohesive experiences, and design intuitive roles, permissions, and billing infrastructures while ensuring security does not compromise usability. Ideal candidates have a strong background in Visual and UI design with expertise in Figma for scalable component creation, along with experience in platform teams and the ability to articulate strategic design decisions to leadership. This role demands exceptional visual skills, an affinity for complex logic, and empathy for both internal developers and external users, ensuring Circle's systems are both secure and user-friendly at scale.

Skills

Figma UI/UX Design Visual Design Typography Color Theory Layout Design Hierarchy Design Security Design MFA SSO Account Recovery Permissions Management Enterprise Billing Component-Based Design Auto-layout Variables Design Systems Pixel Perfection Strategic Communication Technical Complexity Handling

What you'll do

  • Audit and unify fragmented workflows into a cohesive platform experience.
  • Design intuitive user roles, permissions, and team management systems.
  • Create scalable billing infrastructure for unified customer payment experiences.
  • Develop secure yet user-friendly authentication and account recovery flows.
  • Build scalable UI components in Figma using auto-layout and variables.

What we're looking for

  • Proven experience working on platform teams or design systems.
  • Mastery of UI and visual design skills including typography, color, layout, and hierarchy.
  • Ability to simplify complex technical requirements into clean, logical user interfaces.
  • Expertise in Figma for building scalable components using auto-layout, variables, and variants.
  • Strong strategic communication skills to articulate design decisions to leadership.
  • Empathy for both internal developers/designers and external customers as users.

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