Principal Product Designer, Core Transfer

Company Overview

Remitly is a digital financial services provider that helps immigrants and their families in over 170 countries send money home safely, reliably, and transparently.

The Principal Product Designer is the lead individual contributor design voice for the Core Transfer Experience, owning the end‑to‑end design vision for Remitly’s core remittance flow, from the moment a customer opens the app through the post‑submit experience.

• Set and drive the design vision
  • Define and evangelize a compelling North Star vision for the end‑to‑end remittance experience (home screen → transfer setup → post‑submit).
  • Lead navigation architecture and interaction language for the transfer flow.
  • Spot and influence strategic design opportunities across Remitly’s core product surfaces.
  • Simplify and unify systems where appropriate, making confident design decisions even when systems are not yet documented.
• Lead and elevate the design community
  • Act as the embedded lead designer for the Transfer Flow squad and the UX leadership voice for Home & Explore, Recipient & Payment Experiences, and Post Submit.
  • Define and elevate interaction design standards, mentoring designers and forging best practices for inclusive, accessible experiences at scale.
  • Influence cross‑functional processes, align teams on design direction, and reconcile conflicting feedback.
• Execute with craft and drive outcomes
  • Translate customer research, quantitative signals, and business strategy into design decisions that improve conversion, send volume, and customer trust.
  • Prototype fluently and quickly; produce flows, wireframes, and full‑fidelity designs ready for engineering handoff.
  • Partner closely with Product Managers, Engineers, Researchers, and Content Designers, contributing decision memos and design rationale.
• Work in a hybrid capacity from the Seattle office, 2–3 days per week.

• 10+ years of product design experience with a portfolio of shipped, customer‑facing mobile work at scale.
• Deep expertise in mobile consumer product design, especially complex, multi‑step transactional flows.
• Proven ownership of end‑to‑end experiences, setting design vision across an entire product journey.
• Strong point of view on navigation patterns, information architecture, and interaction design for native mobile.
• Experience providing design leadership across multiple squads or product areas, influencing without authority.
• Balance strategic direction‑setting with hands‑on execution, comfortable presenting both to leadership and delivering high‑fidelity prototypes.
• Expert‑level Figma skills and fluency with complex prototyping, interaction design, and design system contribution.
• Excellent communication skills, able to articulate design rationale and drive alignment across Product, Engineering, Research, and senior leadership.
• Background designing for global audiences, including localization, accessibility, and RTL/LTR considerations.
• Experience with AI as a design tool, using it to accelerate discovery, synthesis, and prototyping.
• Experience in fintech, payments, remittance, or other high‑trust consumer financial products.

The starting base salary range for this position is $168,000–$210,000. In the U.S., Remitly employees are shareholders; equity is part of the total compensation plan.

• Flexible paid time off
• Health, dental, and vision coverage + 401(k) plan with company matching
• Paid parental, medical, military, and family care leave
• Mental Health & Family Forming Benefits
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Continuing education benefits

Remitly’s Connected Work Culture fosters dynamic in‑person collaboration, dynamic idea sharing, and faster problem‑solving. Our culture promotes hybrid work, with an in‑office expectation of at least 50% of the time monthly, typically three days a week.

Remitly is committed to equal employment opportunities for all employees and candidates, fully compliant with applicable laws and regulations. We are non‑discriminatory across race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, military status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship or immigration status, disability, HIV/AIDS, genetic information, victim status, or any other protected class established by law.

We are an E‑Verify employer and an equal‑opportunity employer.