Principal Product Designer (San Francisco) Job at Figure in San Francisco

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About Figure

Figure (NASDAQ : FIGR) is transforming capital markets through blockchain. Were proving that blockchain isnt just theory its powering real products used by hundreds of thousands of consumers and institutions. By combining blockchains transparency and efficiency with AIdriven automation, weve reimagined how loans are originated, funded, and traded in secondary markets. From faster processing times to lower costs and reduced bias, our technology is helping borrowers, investors, and financial institutions achieve better outcomes.

Together with our 170+ partners, weve originated over $17 billion in home equity loans (HELOCs) on our blockchainnative platform, making Figure the largest nonbank provider of home equity financing in the U.S. Figures ecosystem also includes YLDS, an SECregistered yieldbearing stablecoin that operates as a tokenized moneymarket fund, and several other products and platforms that are reshaping consumer finance and capital markets.

Were proud to be recognized as one of Forbes Most Innovative Fintech Startups in 2025 and Fast Companys Most Innovative Companies in Finance and Personal Finance.

About The Role

As a Principal Product Designer at Figure, you will shape the experience of core products endtoend, 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, datasound, and grounded in real customer needs.

This is a handson role for someone who sweats the details, understands how things actually get built, and elevates the work of everyone around them.

What Youll Do

• Lead product design across multiple highimpact initiatives, from zerotoone concepts through polished, productionready 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 realworld 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 Figures 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 midlevel designers, fostering a culture of craft, collaboration, and continuous learning.
• Collaborate crossfunctionally 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.

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Benefits

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Figure will not sponsor work visas for this position. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.

Seniority level

MidSenior level

Employment type

Fulltime

Job function

Design, Art / Creative, and Information Technology

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