Product Designer Mobile App

Job description

About Baselane

Baselane is a rapidly growing banking and financial management platform for individual landlords and real estate investors. We are backed by leading FinTech investors, including Matrix Partners, Activant Capital, Collaborative Fund, Conversion Capital, Diagram Ventures, ThomVest, and many FinTech leaders from PayPal, eBay, Google, and more.

We are building the future of financial services for the 12+ million individual landlords and real estate investors who own over 25 million homes in the United States. Our mission is to empower landlords with financial services, automated tools, and actionable insights to help them save time, increase their returns, and grow their investment portfolios.

We are a seasoned team with deep experience in financial services and technology. We have previously worked at companies including The Boston Consulting Group, Morgan Stanley, Plaid, Harry’s, Better, WealthSimple, RBC Ventures, Affirm, NorthOne, Instawork, and more.

Learn more at baselane.com.

About the Role

We are seeking a Mobile Product Designer motivated by the opportunity to define the mobile experience at a design-driven company. In this role, you will be the primary advocate for our mobile users, tackling complex design challenges to deliver exceptional iOS and Android experiences.

You will lead the mobile design strategy and take full ownership of the end-to-end design process. Working closely with our design leader, Product, and Engineering teams, you will ensure our app leverages native capabilities to provide the simplest, most intuitive solutions possible. You aren’t just adapting desktop features; you are designing mobile-first journeys that feel seamless and high-performance.

In this role, you will work in a highly collaborative environment while enjoying the autonomy to own the mobile roadmap and the ability to impact our entire product ecosystem through the lens of the mobile experience.

This role is based in Toronto; we expect you to come to the office (downtown Toronto) at least once or twice a week for meetings and working sessions, but you can work remotely on other days.

Responsibilities

• Designing and evolving the mobile app experience at Baselane
• Maintaining the Design System along with other designers and evolving it for mobile use-cases
• Working with PMs to understand/define problem statements
• Creating elegant design solutions that account for different user scenarios as well as business & tech considerations
• Validating designs with users, and getting alignment with internal stakeholders
• Working with the dev team to help translate the design to code accurately
• Helping evolve the long-term vision for the mobile app and overall product by collaborating with the rest of the team

Must Have

• 4+ years of native mobile design experience, of which at least 2+ years at a technology startup
• Demonstrated experience with end-to-end product design, including user research, wireframing, prototyping, visual design, interaction design, and usability testing
• Experience owning product design from start to finish, working with developers and PMs
• Extraordinary visual design skills, with a solid understanding of mobile UX/UI principles and platform-specific considerations
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, able to persuade stakeholders
• Mastery of Figma

What’s in it for you?

• Be part of a dynamic, driven team with flat hierarchies and a get-it-done collaborative culture
• Training and development budget to ensure professional growth
• Regular team events, game nights, and other social activities

Practicals

• Team: Product & Design
• Location: Toronto-based only, 2-day a week in office. For this position, we will only look at applications from Toronto
• Office: We have an office in downtown Toronto and expect you to be in the office at least once or twice a week
• Start date: March

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive compensation
• Equity - Ownership in what we are building!
• High-quality Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance
• Life Insurance and Disability Coverage
• Generous time off
• Flexible working hours and location

$100,000 - $130,000 a year

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.