Staff Product Designer - Mortgage Infrastructure
@ Pylon

San Francisco, California, United States
$170,000
On Site
Full Time
Posted 2 days ago

Your Application Journey

Personalized Resume
Apply
Email Hiring Manager
Interview

Email Hiring Manager

XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX****** @pylon.com
Recommended after applying

Job Details

About Pylon

The $13 trillion mortgage industry faces high origination costs due to outdated processes and fragmented technology. Pylon is rewiring mortgages by building the only API-first, programmatic infrastructure that fully automates credit, compliance, capital, and operations.

About the Role

In this role as Staff Product Designer - Mortgage Infrastructure, you will own and shape core experiences for our products, including our Command Center and Elements platforms. You will work across the full design cycle from early ideation and wireframes to the final polished UI.

  • Design and enhance key product experiences
  • Translate technical workflows into intuitive interfaces
  • Own and evolve the design system
  • Collaborate with product, engineering, and GTM teams
  • Shape Pylon’s design culture

About You

You are a driven designer with strong opinions, an obsession for customer success, and a commitment to craft. You bring clarity to complex regulatory environments and are passionate about delivering clean and powerful UX.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of product design experience in fintech, enterprise, or infrastructure
  • Strong portfolio with clean UX and high-quality UI
  • Expertise in Figma and AI prototyping tools
  • Proven collaboration skills with engineering and product teams
  • Ability to articulate and defend design decisions
  • Willingness to work in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
  • Must live in or be willing to relocate to the Bay Area (CA) or New York City

Key Skills/Competency

  • Product Design
  • UX
  • UI
  • Figma
  • Design Systems
  • Prototyping
  • Collaboration
  • Regulatory
  • Fintech
  • API-first
Apply without a personalized resume

How to Get Hired at Pylon

🎯 Tips for Getting Hired

  • Customize your resume: Tailor design projects to fintech challenges.
  • Showcase your portfolio: Highlight UI, UX, and design system work.
  • Research Pylon: Understand their API-first approach and culture.
  • Prepare for debates: Be ready to defend your design decisions.

📝 Interview Preparation Advice

Technical Preparation

Review Figma advanced techniques.
Practice API integration prototype designs.
Study regulatory fintech design challenges.
Update portfolio with complex system designs.

Behavioral Questions

Describe a time you defended design choices.
Explain handling conflicting team opinions.
Discuss working in ambiguous environments.
Share an instance of high customer focus.

Frequently Asked Questions