Senior Product Designer

At Shakepay, we’re on a mission to usher in the Bitcoin golden age. We’re reimagining financial services to give every Canadian their fair shake.

Our culture is built around doing work that matters, winning as a team, and celebrating success. If you’re the kind of person who values growth, shipping fast, and sharing your ideas openly with a group of like-minded people, come and build with us!

About Shakepay

Since 2015, we’ve been building the Shakepay app to make buying and earning bitcoin fast, easy, and secure. In 2022, we launched the Shakepay Card, allowing shakers to earn bitcoin rewards when they shop. Today, more than one million Canadians use Shakepay to grow their bitcoin savings and take control of their financial future. 

We’re regulated across all Canadian provinces and territories, and backed by renowned venture capitalists with a funding of $44M. We have a passionate, loyal, and growing community, and we’re looking for people who want to help us build something truly special.

Senior Product Designer

We’re ushering in a new era of financial services. While traditional banking products rely on outdated technology, innovative solutions are being built from scratch.

We are looking for a Senior Product Designer who can simplify how individuals are meant to build wealth.

What you’ll be doing

• Contribute to discovery and definition stage decisions using design thinking to address user challenges effectively
• Collaborate with our internal teams to create experiences across multiple products and platforms without sacrificing consistency and simplicity
• Use data to help inform design decisions that result in the best experience for our users
• Work in a fast-paced environment to understand requirements, prototype innovative solutions, design user interfaces, maintain comprehensive design documentation and deliver precise UI specifications to the development team
• Refine optimization based on a combination of user research, production analytics and business goals

Who we’re looking for

• 7+ years of experience in product design, encompassing all stages from product strategy to overseeing final production performance
• Deep understanding of design principles complemented by analysis and troubleshooting skills
• Demonstrated expertise as a UX generalist with skills in user research (UXR), UX writing, UI design, high-fidelity prototyping, user testing and maintaining design documentation
• A deep passion for the crypto industry and an interest in shaping the future of financial technology
• A strong portfolio that reflects passion and dedication for your work 
• Effective communication skills
• Fundamental knowledge of component-based development
• Experience working from and contributing to design systems
• Expertise with Figma

Bonus points

• Experience working at a Startup or Fintech
• Experience in growth
• Bilingual in English and French
• Basic knowledge of Bitcoin and blockchain technologies
• Education background in either Psychology, Industrial Design, Computer Science or Data Science
• Expertise in Framer, Maze or equivalent

Why join us?

• Help shape the future of money: Be part of a team that’s revolutionizing financial services in Canada, one sat at a time.
• Impact millions: As cryptocurrency continues to gain traction, our potential for growth is massive. You can help us bring Shakepay and Bitcoin to all Canadians.
• Grow your career: We’re growing, and so can you! We have programs in place to encourage continuous learning, growth, and development.
• Ideas, not titles: We want the best ideas to make their way through, no matter where they come from.

Perks and benefits

• Competitive compensation and stock options: Get rewarded with competitive pay and join our employee stock option plan.
• Health benefits from day 1: Access to comprehensive health and dental coverage, including health and wellness spending accounts. 
• Remote-friendly: Work from anywhere in Canada, with optional access to our office spaces in Montreal and Toronto.
• Learning and development: A $2,000 annual budget for courses, certifications, and training to support your career growth.
• Time off: 20 days of vacation per year. And if you use all your vacation, we give you a $1,000 bonus.
• Parental leave: Enjoy a parental leave top up to 100% of your salary for 18 weeks.
• Home office setup: A MacBook, a $1,200 budget for home office improvements, and a monthly stipend for home and internet expenses.
• Salary in bitcoin option: Choose to receive your salary in bitcoin – the soundest money to ever exist.
• Team and company offsites: Whether team-specific or company-wide, these events offer a great chance to connect and collaborate in person. 

We understand that potential can be just as valuable as experience. If you’re eager to learn, grow, and contribute to the mission but worry that you may not have the “right” experience, we still want you to apply. 

We encourage applications from everyone, regardless of background and life experience. We’re firm believers that a little bit of slope makes up for a lot of y-intercept.

Fluency in English is required due to the percentage of English-speaking customers and the nature of our platform, which is available to all Canadians.