Have exceptional product taste: You have unusually strong judgment about how great software should behave and feel. You can move beyond subjective critique to articulate why an interaction works, where it falls short, and how to make it substantially better. You bring strong visual and interaction design fundamentals and inspire a higher standard of craft in others
Have a strong point of view on AI-native interfaces: You think deeply about how AI is changing the relationship between people and software. You’re actively experimenting with conversational, adaptive, intelligent, and proactive interaction models and have opinions about where these patterns create genuine value and where they don’t. You don’t need to have spent your career building AI products, but you should be intensely curious about what comes next
Be a craft-obsessed design leader: You’ve successfully led and developed product designers without becoming distant from the work. You know how to recognize what makes individual designers exceptional, give clear and thoughtful feedback, and create an environment where a team can experiment boldly while maintaining a very high quality bar
Think about interactions as systems: You see beyond individual screens and features to the patterns, information architecture, behaviors, and principles connecting them. You can turn excellent individual solutions into reusable ideas that make the broader Mercury experience more coherent without making it formulaic
Be a strategic cross-functional partner: You’re a genuine thought partner to Product and Engineering. You bring design thinking into strategy and roadmap conversations, collaborate comfortably on unfinished work, understand technical constraints, and earn trust through judgment and execution
Operate independently with a strong point of view: You thrive when the problem matters but the answer isn’t obvious. You can create structure where none exists, develop a perspective with incomplete information, and move work forward without significant coaching or prioritization. You balance conviction with curiosity and pragmatism and know when a great idea is worth fighting for
Experience designing AI-powered or consumer software, strong prototyping skills, close partnership with Design Systems, or deep motion and interaction expertise would all be especially relevant, but we care more about the quality of your thinking and work than checking every box. These qualifications and the role's emphasis on interaction quality, AI thinking, leadership, independence, and taste come directly from the role profile
This is an opportunity to help define the future of Mercury’s product experience. You’ll have the autonomy to develop new ideas about how our interfaces should behave, the team to turn those ideas into excellent products, and the opportunity to create interaction patterns that can ultimately influence how Mercury builds software across the company
Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided through Choice Financial Group and Column N.A., Members FDIC
Total Rewards
The total rewards package at Mercury includes base salary, equity (stock options/RSUs), and benefits
Our salary and equity ranges are highly competitive within the SaaS and fintech industry and are updated regularly using the most reliable compensation survey data for our industry. New hire offers are made based on a candidate’s experience, expertise, geographic location, and internal pay equity relative to peers
$216,200—$270,200 CAD
Our target new hire base salary ranges for this role are the following
$228,700—$285,900 USD