Lead Product Designer, APAC

Circle is a financial technology company at the epicenter of the emerging internet of money, where value can finally travel like other digital data — globally, nearly instantly and less expensively than legacy settlement systems. This ground-breaking new internet layer opens up previously unimaginable possibilities for payments, commerce and markets that can help raise global economic prosperity and enhance inclusion. Our infrastructure – including USDC, a blockchain-based dollar – helps businesses, institutions and developers harness these breakthroughs and capitalize on this major turning point in the evolution of money and technology.

What You’ll Be Part Of

Circle is committed to visibility and stability in everything we do. As we grow as an organization, we're expanding into some of the world's strongest jurisdictions. Speed and efficiency are motivators for our success and our employees live by our company values: High Integrity, Future Forward, Multistakeholder, Mindful, and Driven by Excellence. We have built a flexible and diverse work environment where new ideas are encouraged and everyone is a stakeholder.

What You'll Be Responsible For

As Lead Product Designer on Circle’s Wallets team, you’ll help shape the gateway to Web3 by crafting seamless, secure, and intuitive experiences for storing, sending, and managing digital assets. The team’s mission is to make wallets trusted and delightful — whether used by developers, businesses, or institutions. You’ll own the end-to-end design strategy across both consumer and developer-facing touchpoints, translating complex crypto interactions — from key management and custody models to on/off-ramps and signing flows — into usable, elegant solutions.

You’ll be joining a fast-moving, globally distributed team with a strong presence in APAC. Success in this role hinges not just on design excellence and domain fluency, but also on clear, asynchronous communication and the ability to synthesize technical complexity for cross-functional teams. You’ll partner closely with product, engineering, and protocol teams to drive clarity, consistency, and innovation across every wallet interaction.

What You’ll Work On

• Define and drive the design vision for Circle’s wallet products — across mobile, web, and embedded APIs/SDKs.
• Lead user experience design around crypto-centric flows: private key abstraction, address formats, signing, gas fees, and chain compatibility.
• Build interfaces that promote clarity and trust in high-stakes environments — security prompts, recovery flows, biometrics, and secure enclaves.
• Collaborate with product managers and engineers to align technical feasibility with intuitive UX.
• Maintain and extend our product design system for crypto-specific use cases and components.
• Conduct user research and usability testing, especially with crypto-native and crypto-curious audiences.
• Mentor more junior designers on the team and scale product design practices within a fast-paced startup culture.
• Serve as a voice of design within the broader organization, advocating for user needs and responsible Web3 innovation.

What You’ll Bring to Circle

Core Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in product design, with 2+ years in crypto, blockchain, fintech, or related industries.
• Experience designing complex user experiences — ideally involving wallets, financial products, developer tools, or security-related applications.
• Deep knowledge of crypto design principles, including non-custodial vs. custodial wallets, transaction signing, seed phrase management, and L2 ecosystems.
• Strong interaction and visual design skills, with a portfolio that reflects thoughtful problem-solving in ambiguous or emerging technology spaces.
• Proficiency in Figma and other modern design and prototyping tools.
• A proactive communication style — you’re comfortable navigating async collaboration and working with distributed teams across languages and timezones.
• Experience leading design initiatives end-to-end — from early discovery to implementation and launch.

Preferred Requirements

• Written and verbal communication skills in English and Chinese Mandarin are required due to working with partners in APAC
• You have experience/familiarity with Slack, Apple MacOS and GSuite.
• Hands-on experience with blockchain APIs, smart contract UX, or wallet SDKs.
• Familiarity with emerging wallet UX patterns (e.g. passkeys, MPC, account abstraction).
• Experience using generative AI tools (e.g. Midjourney, Firefly, DALL·E) to enhance design output or ideation.
• Comfort presenting to executive stakeholders and participating in cross-functional roadmap discussions.

Circle is on a mission to create an inclusive financial future, with transparency at our core. We consider a wide variety of elements when crafting our compensation ranges and total compensation packages.

Starting pay is determined by various factors, including but not limited to: relevant experience, skill set, qualifications, and other business and organizational needs. Please note that compensation ranges may differ for candidates in other locations.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Circle. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Additionally, Circle participates in the E-Verify Program in certain locations, as required by law.

Should you require accommodations or assistance in our interview process because of a disability, please reach out to accommodations@circle.com for support. We respect your privacy and will connect with you separately from our interview process to accommodate your needs.