Full-Time

Principal Product Designer

Posted on 4/11/2024

Square

Square

10,001+ employees

Empowers economies with inclusive financial technologies

Consulting
Energy
Social Impact
Financial Services
Consumer Goods

Senior, Expert

Remote in USA

Required Skills
UI/UX Design
iOS/Swift
REST APIs
Android Development
Product Design
Requirements
  • 8+ years of software design, visual design, interaction design, UX design, and prototyping experience
  • 6-10 years of experience on creative teams and in technical environments
  • A passion for turning complex problems into simple and engaging experiences
  • Outstanding UX ability, visual design and product thinking for mobile apps
  • Experience applying research, usability tests, and metrics to inform design decisions
  • Comfort with an iterative design process that includes accepting and acting on feedback
  • A deep penchant for systems thinking and UX
  • Strong analytical, technical, and strategic chops
  • Background in customer-facing frontend development for mobile clients and the web
  • Experience collaborating across disciplines to lead or support a new idea or product to launch
  • Experience conducting and guiding user research
  • Proven skills in presenting work, workshopping concepts, and evangelizing new ideas
  • Experience partnering with Front-end Engineering (iOS / Android)
  • Experience designing for inclusivity and for diverse audiences (international audiences, multi-language localization, accessibility for people with disabilities, etc.)
Responsibilities
  • Play a key role in shaping the future of finance and how customers are empowered to manage their money
  • Contribute to defining our product experience and design system across several foundational surfaces
  • Be involved in every aspect of creating the product playbook, from brainstorming the next great product innovation to prototyping new features
  • Utilize your full range of product design, interaction design, and visual design skills
  • Apply original, creative thinking to create step change, visionary product concepts
  • Lead work driving fundamental concepts across mobile and web clients
  • Contribute to high-level strategic decisions with the rest of the product and executive teams
  • Give and solicit feedback from other designers in order to continually raise our bar for quality

Block's main product focuses on economic empowerment and utilizes technologies such as inclusive People policies, financial forecasting, legal counsel, system security, and the nurturing of new initiatives.

Company Stage

IPO

Total Funding

$601.2M

Headquarters

Oakland, California

Founded

2009

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

-1%

1 year growth

13%

2 year growth

16%