Senior Product Designer, Engagement
About the role
At NerdWallet, our mission is to bring clarity to all of life’s financial decisions so people can move forward with confidence. We’re building a team of exceptional Nerds in an inclusive, flexible, and candid culture where you’re encouraged to grow, take smart risks, and be yourself. Whether you work remotely or in an office, we support how you thrive and invest in your well-being, development, and impact. NerdWallet’s Engagement team helps millions of people take real action with their finances, tracking spending, monitoring credit, building net worth, and discovering the right financial products at the right moment. We’re now in the early stages of an AI-native transformation, shifting from traditional design-and-handoff workflows toward a model where design, prototyping, and even deployment are deeply augmented by AI. As a Senior Product Designer on the Engagement team, you’ll own end-to-end design for one or more product pods, shaping the user experiences that bring people back to NerdWallet and help them make smarter financial decisions. You’ll work at the intersection of user needs, business outcomes, and technical possibility, partnering closely with Product and Engineering to deliver high-quality experiences with speed. You’ll report to the Product Design Lead for Engagement. This is an opportunity to help define what design looks like on an AI-native team, one of the most exciting and consequential design challenges happening right now in consumer tech. This role reports to the VP, Product and Design. Where you can make an impact: Shape financial lives at scale. Your designs will be seen and used by millions of people navigating real financial decisions — from checking their credit score and managing debt, to managing budget, savings, and investments. Help define AI-native design. You’ll be an early architect of how design works in an AI-native product team, influencing practice well beyond your own pod. Set the design bar. At Senior level, your craft and working style create a visible standard for the broader design organization. Own the product conversation. Embedded in a cross-functional pod, you’ll have direct influence on what gets built and why — not just how it looks. Advance your skills in a fast-moving environment. You’ll gain experience designing AI-powered features, working with real consumer data, and iterating with speed in a high-impact product area. What you’ll do: Define a design vision that balances user needs with engagement and monetization goals, developing end-to-end journeys with a systems mindset. Partner with Product to shape roadmap priorities and advocate for the user based on industry trends and competitive insight. Leverage AI-powered tools to accelerate ideation and prototype AI-driven experiences — including personalized recommendations, conversational interfaces, and adaptive content. Help evolve
