Product Design Lead, Mobile Experience

at CHYM

San Francisco, United States

About the Role

We’re looking for a Product Designer to define and elevate the visual direction of Chime’s app experience. This is a role for a visionary design leader — someone who can translate Chime’s mission of financial progress into a beautifully crafted, cohesive, and emotionally resonant product. You will drive how our components, patterns, and guidelines scale across our products - ensuring consistency, accessibility, and a best-in-class mobile experience.

You’ll set the creative bar for how Chime looks and feels across every interaction. From motion to typography to spatial rhythm, you’ll craft a visual language that connects with millions of members while pushing the boundaries of what a financial app can be.

This is not a systems maintenance role — it’s a chance to shape the next evolution of Chime’s visual identity within the product and lead the future of design craft across our mobile platforms.

The base salary offered for this role and level of experience will begin at $176,000 and up to $245,000. Full-time employees are also eligible for a bonus, competitive equity package, and benefits. The actual base salary offered may be higher, depending on your location, skills, qualifications, and experience.

This role is in-office in San Francisco Monday - Thursday every week.

In this role, you will:

Evolving the design vision for the Chime app — defining the visual language, aesthetic principles, and motion systems that express our brand through product.
Elevate visual craft across product surfaces, driving clarity, emotion, and delight through composition, interaction, and detail.
Create and communicate a clear design direction that influences product strategy, feature development, and creative storytelling.
Inspire and guide designers through critique, mentorship, and collaboration — cultivating an environment where visual excellence thrives.
Partner closely with brand, research, and product leadership to ensure the Chime experience feels cohesive across marketing and product touchpoints.
Push the frontier of design innovation, exploring new patterns, gestures, and visual storytelling opportunities that differentiate Chime.
Advocate for design craft at every level of the organization, championing the value of expressive, high-quality product design.

You’ll thrive in this role if you have:

8+ years of experience designing world-class consumer mobile products, with a portfolio that demonstrates exceptional visual and interaction design.
A visionary eye for visual systems — color, motion, typography, and composition — and the ability to bring them together in a cohesive, inspiring way.
Experience setting creative direction for large-scale mobile design efforts that blend product, brand, and motion.
Strong storytelling and communication skills — you can inspire others to rally around a design vision.
Experience mentoring other designers and shaping a culture of creative excellence.
A growth mindset and deep curiosity about how design can shape behavior and emotion.
Proficiency in Figma and modern design tooling (though your strength lies in what you design, not how the files are built).

A little about us

At Chime, we believe that everyone can achieve financial progress. We created Chime—a financial technology company, not a bank*—on the premise that core banking services should be helpful, easy, and free. Through our user-friendly tools and intuitive platforms, we empower our members to take control of their finances and work towards their goals. Whether it's starting a savings account, purchasing a first car or home, launching a business, or pursuing higher education, we're proud to have helped millions unlock their financial potential.

We're a team of problem solvers, dreamers, and builders with one shared obsession: our members. From day one, Chimers have worked tirelessly to out-hustle and out-execute competitors to bring our mission to life. Their grit and determination inspire us to work harder every day to deliver the very best experience possible. We each bring an owner's mindset to our work, refusing to be outdone and holding ourselves accountable to meet and exceed the highest bars for our teams, our company, and our members.

We believe in being bold, dreaming big, and taking risks, while also working together, embracing our diverse perspectives, and giving each other honest feedback. Our culture remains deeply entrepreneurial, encouraging every Chimer to see themselves as stewards of our mission to help everyday Americans unlock their financial progress.

We know that to achieve our mission, we must earn and keep people's trust—so we hold ourselves to the highest standards of integrity in everything we do. These aren't just words on a wall—our values are embedded in every aspect of our business, serving as a north star that guides us as we work to help millions achieve their financial potential.

Because if we don't—who will?

*Chime is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services provided by The Bancorp Bank, N.A. or Stride Bank, N.A., Members FDIC.

What we offer for our full-time, regular employees

🏢 Our in-office work policy is designed to keep you connected - with four days a week in the office and Fridays from home for those near one of our offices, plus team and company-wide events depending on location. Whether you’re coming in regularly or are part of our fully remote program, you’ll stay engaged with your work and teammates.**
💻 In-office perks including backup child, elder, and/or pet care, plus a subsidized commuter benefit to support your regular commute**
💰 Competitive salary based on experience**
✨ 401k match** plus great medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits
🏝 Generous vacation policy and company-wide Chime Days, bonus company-wide paid days off**
🫂 1% of your time off to support local community organizations of your choice
👟 Annual wellness stipend to use towards eligible wellness related expenses
👶 Up to 24 weeks of paid parental leave for birthing parents and 12 weeks of paid parental leave for non-birthing parents
👪 Access to Maven, a family planning tool, with $15k lifetime reimbursement for egg freezing, fertility treatments, adoption, and more.
🎉 In-person and virtual events to connect with your fellow Chimers—think cooking classes, guided meditations, music festivals, mixology classes, paint nights, etc., and delicious snack boxes, too!**
💚 A challenging and fulfilling opportunity to join one of the most experienced teams in FinTech and help millions unlock financial progress**

**Perks also available to Chime Interns.

We know that great work can’t be done without a diverse team and inclusive environment. That’s why we specifically look for individuals of varying strengths, skills, backgrounds, and ideas to join our team. We believe this gives us a competitive advantage to better serve our members and helps us all grow as Chimers and individuals.

Chime is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital or family status, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis under provincial, federal, state, and local laws, regulations, or ordinances. We will also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of state and local laws, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Cook County Ordinance, NYC Fair Chance Act, and the LA City Fair Chance Ordinance, and consistent with Canadian provincial and federal laws. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation during any stage of the application process, please contact: benefits@chime.com.

To learn more about how Chime collects and uses your personal information during the application process, please see the Chime Applicant Privacy Notice.