Principal Product Designer

Figure Lending • San Francisco, CA

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Principal Product Designer at Figure, you will shape the experience of core products end-to-end, balancing craft with clarity, systems thinking with execution, and vision with technical pragmatism. You will be the connective tissue between Product, Engineering, Compliance, and the business, ensuring that what we design is not only beautiful, but buildable, scalable, data-sound, and grounded in real customer needs. This is a hands-on role for someone who sweats the details, understands how things actually get built, and elevates the work of everyone around them.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in product design (UI/UX or product/interaction design), with a strong track record leading complex, multi-disciplinary work.
• Proven experience driving complex design projects from strategy through execution, ideally in a fast-paced or high-growth environment.
• Evidence of designing products that shipped, scaled, and impacted the business.
• Strong systems thinking around design components, technical constraints, and how to structure flows for engineering efficiency.
• Expert-level proficiency in modern design tools (Figma, Adobe Suite, etc.) and design systems thinking.
• A portfolio that shows high craft and strong product thinking, clear problem framing, consideration of technical tradeoffs, detailed states, data logic, and thoughtful execution.
• Strong understanding of usability, accessibility, and design best practices for responsive web and mobile experiences.
• Exceptional storytelling, communication, and facilitation skills—able to align diverse perspectives and influence at all levels.
• Experience mentoring other designers and helping teams scale design impact.
• A mindset that balances design intuition with data-driven decision making.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in fintech, crypto, capital markets, AI, or other data-dense or high-regulation domains.
• Knowledge of front-end technologies or close collaboration with development teams.
• Experience defining or leading design vision, principles, or systems at an organizational level.

Responsibilities

• Lead product design across multiple high-impact initiatives, from zero-to-one concepts through polished, production-ready experiences.
• Partner closely with Product and Engineering to shape product strategy, user flows, service architecture, data requirements, and technical constraints early in the process.
• Think deeply about edge cases, states, error flows, and data integrity, producing designs that anticipate real-world usage and give developers exactly what they need.
• Translate complex business and user needs into simple, cohesive experiences that drive measurable outcomes.
• Evolve and scale Figure’s design system, ensuring consistency and innovation across products.
• Raise the quality bar for visual craft, interaction patterns, systems thinking, and UX rigor.
• Mentor and provide design critique to senior and mid-level designers, fostering a culture of craft, collaboration, and continuous learning.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to influence product decisions and align teams around a shared vision.
• Represent design at the executive level, communicating design rationale and customer insights clearly to stakeholders.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, vision, and dental insurance with 100% employer-paid premiums for employees and their dependents on select plans
• Company HSA, FSA, Dependent Care, 401k, and commuter benefits
• Employer-funded life and disability insurance coverage
• 11 Observed Holidays & PTO plan
• Up to 12 weeks paid family leave
• Continuing education reimbursement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees