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Circle · 2 weeks ago

Lead Product Designer

Circle is one of the world’s leading internet financial platform companies, building the foundation of a more open, global economy through digital assets and payment applications. They are seeking a Lead Product Designer to join their Identity Team, where the role involves architecting critical systems that enhance user experience and unify workflows.

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Responsibilities

Transforming Chaos into Order: Circle is transforming from a startup to a mature tech organization. You will audit existing, fragmented workflows and unify them into a cohesive platform experience
Unified Identity: You will design how users experience Roles, Permissions, and Team Management, taking complex logic and making it intuitive for admins and end-users alike
Centralized Billing Infrastructure: You will design a scalable billing and subscription experience that unifies how customers pay for different parts of the Circle ecosystem
Security meets UX: You will tackle high-stakes flows like Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), SSO setup, and account recovery, ensuring that security never comes at the expense of usability

Qualification

Platform & Systems ExperienceExceptional UI & Visual Design SkillsComponent-Based ThinkingComplexity WranglingStrategic CommunicationEmpathy for Users

Required

Platform & Systems Experience: You have a proven track record working on platform teams, internal tools, or design systems. You understand the difference between designing a feature and designing a framework
Exceptional UI & Visual Design Skills: Your portfolio demonstrates a mastery of typography, color, layout, and hierarchy. You care deeply about 'fit and finish' and pixel perfection
Complexity Wrangling: You are not intimidated by technical complexity. You can take a messy requirements document regarding permissions or enterprise billing and turn it into a clean, logical UI
Component-Based Thinking: You are an expert in Figma. You don't just draw screens; you build scalable components using auto-layout, variables, and variants that other designers can easily consume
Strategic Communication: As a Lead, you can articulate the 'why' behind your design decisions. You are comfortable presenting to leadership and negotiating with engineering partners to maintain design quality
Empathy for Internal & External Users: You understand that your 'users' are both the customers of Circle and the internal developers and designers who have to build with your tools

Company

Circle helps businesses and developers utilize stablecoins for payments and online commerce.

H1B Sponsorship

Circle has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2024 (41)
2023 (43)
2022 (25)
2021 (4)
2020 (2)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$2.44B
Key Investors
ARK Investment ManagementCoinbaseAlameda Research
2025-11-19Post Ipo Secondary· $17.7M
2025-08-14Post Ipo Secondary· $1.04B
2025-08-14Post Ipo Equity· $260M

Leadership Team

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Jared Favole
Chief of Staff to CEO
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Jeremy Allaire
Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO
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