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Sr. UX Designer

Prosper Marketplace

San Francisco, CAFull-time$135–169K/yrPosted 4w agoChecked 1w ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$135–169K/yr
Location
San Francisco, CA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

Job overview

Prosper Marketplace is hiring a Sr. UX Designer. The Senior UX Designer will shape system‑level experiences for authentication, payments and other core fintech services, collaborating closely with engineers, product managers and security stakeholders. The role involves end‑to‑end design, documentation, legal compliance workflows, AI‑assisted tooling, and mentorship within Prosper’s Foundations team.

Key focus areas include Lead end‑to‑end UX design for authentication, payments, and core platform services, Partner with researchers by providing prototypes and design thinking support, and Serve as thought partner to product managers, engineers, and security stakeholders.

Important skills include Infrastructure, React.js, Figma, Cursor, Prototyping, and Auto-Layout. Preferred (not required): Level Design, User Experience Design, Research, and Product Design.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

InfrastructureReact.jsFigmaLevel DesignUser Experience DesignResearchProduct DesignFinancial TechnologyMicrosoft Certified ProfessionalDesign SystemsGithubArtificial IntelligenceCursorPrototypingAuto-LayoutComponent ArchitectureDesign Token ManagementAI-Assisted Development EnvironmentsSystems-Oriented Design ApproachClear CommunicationFintech Product EnvironmentRegulated Product EnvironmentGitHub CopilotFront-End FluencyReact-Based CodeAccessibility StandardsInternal ToolingDeveloper-Facing Design Surfaces

Qualifications

8-10+ Years Product Design ExperienceDesign Systems ExperiencePlatform UX ExperienceComponent Libraries ExperienceEquivalent Combination of Education and Experience

Full job description

Your role in our mission This position sits at the intersection of product design, technical platform work, and systems thinking. The Senior UX Designer on Foundations shapes the systems that ensure a consistent, secure, and accessible experience regardless of which product a customer is using. The work ranges from defining universal login patterns to designing unified payment flows, and it requires a designer who is as comfortable in an engineering conversation as in a design critique.

The engineering team works in React-based frameworks and uses Figma alongside AI-assisted tooling, including Cursor and Figma MCP (Model Context Protocol). This role is not a handoff-oriented role. The expectation is active collaboration with engineering through implementation, supporting engineers in translating design decisions into production-quality work and catching fidelity issues before they compound.   The team you’ll thrive with The Foundations team owns the core services that much of Prosper's fintech portfolio depends on, including authentication and payments. Because this work sits at the platform level, design decisions here often have reach across multiple products and teams. This role also contributes to UX initiatives outside the Foundations team, including component infrastructure work that spans the broader product organization. How you’ll make an impact

  • Lead end-to-end UX design for authentication, payments, and other core platform services, from initial discovery through delivery

  • Partner with researchers by providing prototypes, design thinking, and artifact support that enable effective research across the platform

  • Serve as a thought partner to product managers, engineers, and security stakeholders, shaping how problems are framed before solutions are proposed

  • Develop and maintain clear, thorough design documentation that supports async decision-making, legal review, and cross-team alignment

  • Navigate legal and compliance approval workflows for features that intersect with financial regulation, security requirements, or data handling

  • Define the design direction for Foundations features, including universal login and payment flows, and maintain the systems-level patterns that those features depend on

  • Collaborate with engineers through implementation, reviewing production output against design intent, and flagging fidelity issues early

  • Use AI-assisted tools, including Cursor and Figma MCP (Model Context Protocol), to reduce repetitive tasks and keep design-to-code workflows efficient

  • Contribute to cross-team UX initiatives, including component infrastructure work, that extend beyond Foundations

  • Mentor UX team members on AI-assisted workflows and research-to-design best practices

Skills that will help you thrive

  • 8-10+ years of product design experience focusing on design systems, platform UX, or component libraries (or equivalent combination of education and experience)

  • Deep fluency with Figma, including prototyping, auto-layout, component architecture, and design token management

  • Hands-on experience in AI-assisted development environments such as Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or similar tools

  • Systems-oriented design approach: a track record of designing for scale, reuse, and consistency across multiple products or surfaces

  • Clear communication in cross-functional settings, with the ability to work effectively alongside engineering, product, and security stakeholders

  • Confidence operating in a fintech or similarly regulated product environment

Extra credit

  • Experience with Figma MCP or other design-to-code pipeline tooling

  • Front-end fluency sufficient to read and discuss React-based code alongside engineers

  • Background in accessibility standards applicable to financial products

  • Prior work on internal tooling or developer-facing design surfaces

Your roadmap to success First 30 Days Learn our products, design system, and compliance workflows while getting hands-on in Figma & Cursor to pair with engineering on initial tasks.

By 60 Days Partner with Product & Engineering to ship medium-complexity projects, using our design system and clear documentation to keep UI consistent and ready for legal review. 

By 90 Days Own complex, end-to-end projects with high autonomy, contributing to cross-team strategy, design system infrastructure, and AI-assisted workflows.  #LI-AR1

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