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Staff Product Designer

Airwallex
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Product & UX / Design / Prototyping
San Francisco, CA
$200k - $300k
8 months ago
🤖 AI-First🛠️ Cursor-friendly🚀 Startup💻 Open Source
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Uses vibe-coding tools (Figma, Lovable) and focuses on AI-native designs and interactions for AI agents—rapid prototyping and AI-driven workflows are central.

About the Role

Airwallex is hiring a Staff Product Designer to lead design of AI-native, autonomous financial software, focusing on high-fidelity UI craft and end-to-end product design. The role partners with product and engineering to invent new interaction paradigms, prototype rapidly, and translate complex financial workflows into elegant user experiences.

Job Description

Role

Airwallex is seeking a Staff Product Designer to design the next generation of AI-native, autonomous financial software. This role is primarily visual/UI (60%) with substantial UX responsibilities (40%), owning work from strategic concepts through high-fidelity execution and developer handoff. You will shape product design vision, culture, and principles for a new product within the company.

Key Responsibilities

  • Define and drive the product design vision from initial sketch to live product
  • Invent new interaction paradigms for AI agents and human supervision/steering
  • Collaborate closely with product and engineering to explore, prototype, and iterate rapidly
  • Balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution in Figma, Lovable, and other vibe-coding tools
  • Translate complex financial workflows into approachable, usable experiences
  • Contribute to product strategy, roadmap, and customer validation

Requirements

  • Minimum 8 years’ experience as a product designer
  • Proven track record building products from scratch (0→1) and working in ambiguous, fast-moving contexts
  • Exceptional visual/UI craft with the ability to own end-to-end design work, from early concepts to polished UI and developer handoff
  • Technically minded with experience or strong interest in AI, automation, or complex systems
  • Strong collaboration skills; comfortable working side-by-side with engineers and product leads
  • Experience across desktop web, mobile web, and native app experiences

Nice to Have

  • Experience designing AI-native products, SaaS, or workflow automation products
  • Background in fintech, finance operations, or tools for startups

Why Join Us

  • Opportunity to be the first design hire building an entirely new product inside Airwallex
  • Direct impact and ownership: shape product, brand, and user experience from day one
  • Close-knit, fast-moving team working at the intersection of AI and global finance
  • Backed by Airwallex’s scale and global presence while operating with early-stage startup energy

Tech Stack

FigmaLovablevibe-coding toolsAI agentsWeb (desktop)Web (mobile)Native mobile apps

Skills

Visual/UI DesignInteraction DesignPrototypingProduct StrategyUser ResearchCustomer ValidationCollaborationCross-functional CommunicationDesign SystemsDeveloper HandoffProblem SolvingRapid IterationStartup Mindset

Experience Level

Staff/Principal

Employment Type

Full-time

Benefits

  • First design hire on a new product
  • Direct impact and ownership
  • Close-knit, fast-moving team
  • Backed by Airwallex scale and global presence
  • Work at the frontier of AI and global finance