Blend is a diverse team of problem solvers who believe that the world’s financial resources should be more accessible. Our cloud banking platform is used by Wells Fargo, U.S. Bank, and over 330 other financial services firms to acquire more customers, increase productivity, and deliver end-to-end digital experiences. Our software enables our customers to process an average of more than $5 billion in loans per day, making it possible for consumers to reach their financial goals faster and lead better lives. Come do work that matters.
The health and safety of our team is our top priority. As such, all employees working in the U.S. whose positions involve in-person interaction with other employees or third parties are required to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19. More details will be shared during the recruiting process.
This position is Remote First and requires proof of vaccination unless Blend grants you an exemption.
Product Designers focus on delivering best-in-class experiences by translating user insights and product strategy into products that transform the way work gets done. From reimagining workflows, developing concepts, and crafting new interactions and components, you will be bringing simplicity, transparency, and delight to the complex, confusing industry of consumer finance.
The Blend Mortgage team builds the suite of solutions that facilitated over a trillion in mortgages in 2020 across our customers, which combined represent 25% of mortgage volume in the U.S. This team is responsible for transforming how our customers — financial institutions — deliver mortgage products: from intaking a consumer’s information, guiding them through product selection, and verifying their identity, income, employment, collateral, and much more. You will be leading our consumer-facing experiences across our mortgage platform.
As a senior designer, you’re exceptional in design craft and are keenly interested in simplifying complex and antiquated mortgage processes. You are comfortable interacting with our customer’s business stakeholders and end users to define new and transformative experiences. You’re a hands-on designer and well versed in executing end-to-end: from product discovery, interaction design, to visual execution.
How you’ll contribute
- Design best-in-class experiences to transform how our lending institutions interact with their homebuyers
- Lead projects & initiatives — helping define strategy, user experience vision through cross-functional collaboration and alignment
- Define design foundations that scale across Blend’s customer base and between our different loan application offerings
- Uplevel our team’s design craft and build towards an impactful vision for the homebuyer experience
Who you are
- A designer with excellent visual skills and craft who obsesses over interaction details
- A systems-thinker eager to transform manual processes through defining where and how user experiences should materialize
- A strong communicator and cross-functional collaborator that can balance engineering, customer, and product tradeoffs with user needs
- A proactive and resourceful self-starter who thrives in ambiguity and can make decisions with imperfect data
- 5+ years experience doing design full-time / a portfolio demonstrating exceptional quality in product design
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Blend is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity, inclusion and belonging. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will consider for employment all qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in a manner consistent with applicable laws.
If you have a disability and you wish to discuss potential accommodations related to applying for employment, please contact Blend at (650) 550-4810 or [email protected].