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Sr. UX Designer job at Prosper

About Us

Founded in 2005 as the first peer-to-peer marketplace lending platform in the U.S., Prosper was built on a simple idea: connect people who want to borrow money with those who want to invest. Since inception, Prosper has helped more than a million people gain access to affordable credit with over $20 billion in loans originated through its platform. Our mission is to help our customers advance their financial well-being through a variety of products including personal loans, home equity lines of credit (HELOC) and credit card. Our diverse culture rewards accountability and cross functional teamwork because we believe this encourages innovative thinking and helps us deliver on our mission.

We’re on a mission to hire the very best, and we are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere. It is important to us that every hire connects with our vision, mission, and core values. Join a leading fintech company that’s democratizing finance for all!

Our Values

Diversity expands opportunities

Collaboration creates better solutions

Curiosity fuels our innovation

Integrity defines all our relationships

Excellence leads to longevity

Simplicity guides our user experience

Accountability at all levels drives results

COVID-19 Vaccination Policy

Prosper is continuing to grow our team during the COVID-19 pandemic, conducting fully remote hiring and onboarding processes. Our philosophy as a business is to approach the COVID-19 situation with empathy and urgency. Prosper’s top priority is the health and safety of our employees and of the communities we serve, including our customers, partners, prospects, and candidates. In accordance with this priority, along with our legal responsibility to provide and maintain a workplace that is safe and free of known hazards, we have adopted a COVID-19 Vaccination Policy which requires all of our employees to receive vaccinations, unless they have an approved accommodation.

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We are continuing our aggressive growth within the design team and are looking for a Senior Design System Specialist to support our growing portfolio of products – including both established and new customer solutions.

Prosper builds personalized and simple financial solutions for our customers. We believe in tapping into our engaged user base through rigorous qualitative and quantitative research to uncover their unmet needs and improve their financial lives. As a Sr. Design System Specialist and member of the UX and Product teams, you are more than a designer: you apply UX design principles to tackle complex financial problems for the business, enabling stakeholders to create engaging, simple, and elegant experiences that delight customers and ultimately solve user goals. You'll partner with the UX team to establish enterprise-wide design principles, foster UX team engagement with the design system, lead the documentation and organization of the system, and be the primary advocate for the Prosper Design System. You'll work collaboratively with various types of stakeholders, with a particular focus working directly with our UX designers, writers, researchers, and engineers.

What You Will Do

Work with other UX designers to establish a design system strategy
Create, prioritize, and maintain the design system roadmap of features, capabilities, and issues in line with our strategy
Work with other UX Designers to design, build and maintain components, patterns, and documentation in Figma
Work with multiple agile teams to identify opportunities to enhance the design system while providing value to the business and Prosper’s customers
Document best practices and usage guidelines to help designers, engineers, and other stakeholders understand how, why, and when to use specific components or patterns
Partner with other UX Designers, writers, and researchers to ensure design consistency and excellence
Design and envision future experiences iteratively in an agile environment by being mindful of how the experience needs to evolve over time
Apply human-centered design principles to frame problems, uncover patterns and discover improvement opportunities
Continuously grow and share your depth of knowledge and aid your colleagues in growing their own understanding of design systems
Work closely with engineering to ensure a high-quality technical integration of our design system that enables us to ship faster and at scale
Advocate for the design system vision both internally and with key stakeholders
Influence cultural change and ensure we are challenging the status quo, if needed, by promoting continuous improvement

All About You

5+ years of experience designing and maintaining multi-product design systems
Portfolio that displays history of Figma expertise, including strong prior experience using it to implement a design system for a digital product in a complex product ecosystem
Portfolio demonstrating understanding of visual harmony, information hierarchy, and best practices around design patterns
Experience with design tokens and atomic design principles
You’re collaborative. You have experience (and love) partnering with others
An understanding of accessibility principles and experience building products that are inclusive of users with varying abilities
Proven ability to manage multiple tasks with varying priorities while working independently under minimal supervision
Able to navigate challenging situations and conversations with integrity and respect
You are process-oriented with a knack for project management

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Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws.

Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)

Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA)

California applicants: please click here to view our California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) Notice for Applicants, which describes your rights under the CCPA: https://www.prosper.com/plp/legal/privacy-notice-for-applicants/

At Prosper, we're looking for people with passion, integrity, and a hunger to learn. We encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't precisely match the job description. Your unique skill set and diverse perspective will stand out and set you apart from other candidates. Prosper thrives with people who think outside of the box and aren't afraid to challenge the status quo. We invite you to join us on our mission to advance financial well-being.

Prosper is committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. Prosper will consider for employment qualified applicants who are non-US citizens and will provide green card sponsorship.

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