Senior Staff Product Designer - Platform

Details

The Platform Design and Research team at Coinbase builds secure, trusted, and easy-to-use cryptocurrency products for a broad range of customers. This role contributes to mission, vision, and strategy through deep understanding of customer and business needs, developing user journeys, and partnering with Product, Engineering, and cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, consistent experiences across web and mobile. This position is remote from the United States or Canada; in-person participation is required throughout the year for team and company-wide offsites and other events.

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute complex design initiatives spanning multiple product areas, aligning work to Coinbase’s strategic goals.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to drive and shape product vision and strategy; influence stakeholders across the company.
• Define and inform user experiences for critical customer journeys to make crypto accessible and reliable for customers.
• Partner with Design Systems teams to create scalable patterns and components that elevate quality and consistency across Coinbase products.
• Conduct in-depth analysis of user needs and business requirements to deliver innovative, measurable solutions.
• Participate in all project phases including planning, strategy, execution, QA, and retrospectives to ensure design excellence.
• Mentor other designers, act as a thought leader, and contribute to a culture of innovation and experimentation.
• Experiment with and apply emerging AI tools to accelerate prototyping, ideation, and design workflows.

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional experience designing consumer-facing products for web and mobile, with a strong portfolio demonstrating UX thinking, visual design, and written communication.
• Proven ability to design at scale; experience creating reusable patterns and components (systems thinking).
• Strong collaboration and influence skills; experience working with Product, Engineering, and other cross-functional teams.
• Experience driving design strategy and contributing to product roadmaps with measurable business and customer outcomes.
• Technical proficiency and fluency in Figma and prototyping tools; experience conducting user research studies and leveraging insights to inform design decisions.
• Low ego, high impact: collaborative, open-minded, and able to simplify complex problems.

Nice to Haves

• Previous design experience in FinTech or crypto.
• Familiarity with the cryptocurrency ecosystem and Coinbase products.
• Platform experience.

What Success Looks Like

• Delivering critical business and customer value consistently.
• Driving adoption of scalable systems and processes across product areas.
• Influencing strategy and solving complex problems that span the company.
• Enabling teams to make tradeoff decisions that balance craft, product impact, and timelines.
• Becoming a thought leader in crypto and Web3, pushing boundaries and redefining product capabilities.

Pay and Benefits

• Pay Range: $243,865—$286,900 CAD (target annual salary). Full-time offers also include bonus eligibility, equity eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision).
• Benefits include extended health care, dental, vision, Consult+ (virtual health), life & accident insurance, disability coverage, ESPP, wellness stipend, mobile/internet reimbursement, learning and development allowance, employee assistance program, travel medical policy, fertility benefits, and generous time off/leave policy.

Other Notes

• Candidates may submit up to four applications within any 30-day period.
• Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities.
• For US applicants, by submitting an application you agree to arbitration of disputes as outlined by Coinbase policies.
• Coinbase is piloting certain AI interview tools for initial screening in select roles; humans review interview responses and AI is not used to make employment decisions.