Staff Product Designer - AI Accounting Systems

Mercury is a fintech company focused on creating intelligent systems for complex financial workflows. They are hiring a Staff Product Designer to define and design an AI-powered experience within their accounting ecosystem, emphasizing user-centered design and automation integration.

Responsibilities:

• Define how AI-driven capabilities integrate into complex financial workflows
• Translate emerging technical capabilities into structured, human-centered experiences
• Design systems that balance automation with clarity and user control
• Work within accounting and financial contexts where precision, trust, and correctness are critical
• Abstract technical and regulatory complexity into approachable interactions
• Anticipate edge cases and failure modes in high-stakes workflows
• Create modular patterns that support adaptive, state-aware experiences
• Design escalation models for when automation requires human input
• Contribute to reusable patterns that can extend across Mercury’s product ecosystem
• Frame ambiguous problem spaces
• Prototype new interaction models
• Design detailed workflows and high-fidelity UI
• Partner deeply with engineering and product to ship high-quality outcomes
• Use narrative and prototyping to align cross-functional partners
• Connect design decisions to measurable business and user impact
• Help define principles for how intelligence should appear across Mercury products

Requirements:

• Have 8+ years of experience owning complex, end-to-end product design initiatives
• Thrive in ambiguity and enjoy shaping direction, not just executing tickets
• Think in systems, not just screens
• Have experience in data-heavy, fintech, AI-powered, or workflow-driven products
• Are comfortable balancing automation with transparency and user trust
• Prototype fluidly to explore both logic and craft
• Care deeply about quality and correctness in high-stakes domains
• Have a strength in turning complex tasks into understandable workflows