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Since 2014, the mission-driven team at the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) has helped fuel the tremendous growth of the Stellar blockchain network, an open-source platform that operates at high-scale today. Developers and companies around the world build on it, and the SDF team is expanding to support the rapidly growing and changing Stellar ecosystem.\nWe are looking for a Lead Product Designer to lead design across SDF’s products and to raise the bar on craft for the whole team. This is a player-coach role: you will manage and mentor another designer while remaining a world-class individual contributor on our most important and visible work. You will set the design vision, uphold an exceptional standard of craft, and you are excited to leverage AI tools to multiply what a small design team can deliver - moving faster from concept to high-fidelity, shippable design.\nIn this role, you will:\nIn your first 30 days: ramp on our products, design system, and roadmap; partner with PMs and engineers; and start contributing directly to active design work.\n\nWithin 90 days: own the design vision for key product areas, establish how the team works (including AI-assisted workflows), and support the growth of the designer you manage.\n\nSet and champion a clear product design vision aligned with company goals and brand values.\n\nLead by example as our most senior designer - contributing directly to our most important projects with exceptional visual and interaction craft.\n\nManage, mentor, and grow another product designer; provide thoughtful feedback and career development.\n\nMaintain and scale our design system to ensure consistency and speed across products.\n\nLeverage AI design and prototyping tools to increase the team’s leverage and the quality and velocity of what you ship.\n\nPartner closely with Product and Engineering to ship pixel-perfect, user-centered experiences.\n\nConduct user research and usability testing to validate decisions, and champion user-centered design across the organization.\n\nYou have:\n7+ years of product design experience with a strong portfolio of shipped, end-to-end work.\n\nExceptional visual and interaction design skills and a critical eye for detail.\n\nExperience managing or mentoring other designers (formal management a plus).\n\nDemonstrated use of AI tools to accelerate and elevate design work.\n\nExpert knowledge of modern design tools (Figma, Framer, etc.) and experience building and scaling design systems.\n\nStrong communication; you can present, influence, and align stakeholders at all levels.\n\nA strong understanding of user-centered design, with experience in research and usability testing.\n\nBonus Points if:\nOn-chain / crypto / fintech design experience.\n\nYou have built or scaled a design team.\n\nYou prototype with code or AI tools (Framer, v0, and similar).\n\nFounder or 0→1 experience.\n\nWe offer competitive pay with a base salary range for this position of $170,000 - $235,000 depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, we offer lumen-denominated grants along with the following perks and benefits:\nUSA Benefits/Perks:\nCompetitive health, dental & vision coverage with most plans covered at 100% for the employee + any dependents\n\nFlexible time off + 15 company holidays including a company-wide holiday break\n\n401(k) with 4% match\n\nCommuter benefits with $250/month employer contribution\n\nHealth & Dependent Care FSA Accounts\n\nHealth Savings Account (HSA) with monthly employer contribution\n\nGym reimbursement ($80 per month)\n\nLife & ADD (1x salary, up to $250K)\n\nShort & Long term disability\n\nGenerous paid parental leave for all parents, plus paid pregnancy disability leave for birthing parents\n\nFamily building benefits through Kindbody\n\nWellbeing benefits (One Medical, Rightway, Headspace)\n\nL&D budget of $1,500/year\n\nDaily lunch and snacks in office\n\nCompany retreats\n\nAbout Stellar\nStellar is more than a blockchain. Powered by a decentralized, fast, scalable, and uniquely sustainable network made for financial products and services and a thriving and passionate ecosystem that includes a non-profit organization driven by a mission, Stellar is paving the path to unlock the world’s economic potential through blockchain technology. Built with speed and low costs in mind, the Stellar network provides builders and financial institutions worldwide a platform to issue assets, and to send and convert currencies in real time creating real world utility. Founded in 2014, the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) supports the continued development and growth of the Stellar network and also serves the ecosystem of NGOs, corporations, universities, small businesses, governments, and solo entrepreneurs building on the Stellar network through tooling, funding and strategic collaborations. Together, Stellar is where blockchain meets the real world.\nAbout the Stellar Development Foundation\nThe Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) is a non-profit organization focused on working with and supporting change-makers to create equitable access to the global financial system through blockchain technology. SDF provides grants, investments, funding, and other awards to builders and organizations. SDF also develops resources and tooling on the Stellar network to help unlock real world utility. As a nonprofit foundation, SDF puts the health of the Stellar network and the Stellar ecosystem and its mission above all else.\nWe look forward to hearing from you!\nPrivacy Policy\nBy submitting your application, you are agreeing to our use and processing of your data in accordance with our Privacy Policy.\nSDF is committed to diversity in its workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. 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