Sr Product Designer (Venmo/Commerce/Design Systems)

Role Overview

This is a W2 engagement. The rate reflects a W2 engagement.

US only. Preferred locations: NYC or San Jose, CA

Meet our team

At Venmo, Experience Design is a think/make environment. We blend strategy, creativity, and craft to design experiences that feel effortless, human, and distinctly Venmo. Our designers turn complexity into clarity-working across product, brand, and engineering to transform complex financial interactions into simple, trustworthy moments of connection.

We help millions of people move and manage their money with confidence. As Venmo continues to grow, a key part of this mission is evolving and scaling our design system to support consistency, speed, and quality across our Commerce ecosystem.

The position

As a Senior Experience Designer, you'll shape how millions of users experience the Venmo app across our Commerce ecosystem and broader product surfaces. You'll design end-to-end experiences spanning payments, merchant interactions, and core app functionality-solving complex problems through thoughtful design and clear thinking.

You will also play a key role in evolving and scaling Venmo's design system-ensuring it supports a growing set of use cases while maintaining consistency and a high bar for craft.

You'll partner closely with product, engineering, research, and marketing to align on vision and deliver scalable solutions. This is a fast-paced environment where you'll manage multiple projects and communicate clearly with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end design for complex, high-impact initiatives
• Drive the evolution and scalability of Venmo's design system (components, patterns, documentation)
• Ensure consistency and quality across products through strong system thinking
• Partner with engineering to deliver scalable, production-ready components
• Translate business goals and user insights into clear design strategies and frameworks
• Establish best practices for design system adoption and governance
• Use data, research, and testing to measure impact and improve outcomes
• Collaborate cross-functionally to drive execution and delivery
• Create high-quality designs, prototypes, and system-ready assets
• Contribute to planning and alignment across product workstreams
• Maintain cohesion across the broader PayPal ecosystem
• Support and elevate Venmo's design culture and craft

Requirements

• 10+ years of product design experience (UX and visual design)
• Strong experience building or scaling design systems in consumer products
• Portfolio demonstrating high-quality product design and design systems work
• Experience in agency or consumer-facing apps (fintech preferred)
• Deep understanding of component-based design and scalable systems
• Experience partnering with engineering on production-ready components
• Strong knowledge of mobile and web design (responsive and native)
• Experience using research and data to inform design decisions
• Ability to work independently in an iterative environment
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Experience with pattern libraries and design system documentation
• Proficiency in Figma and prototyping tools