Senior Product Designer

Starling is the UK’s first and leading digital bank on a mission to fix banking! Our vision is fast technology, fair service, and honest values. All at the tap of a phone, all the time. Starling is the UK’s first and leading digital bank on a mission to fix banking! We built a new kind of bank because we knew technology had the power to help people save, spend and manage their money in a new and transformative way. We’re a fully licensed UK bank with the culture and spirit of a fast-moving, disruptive tech company. We’re a bank, but better: fairer, easier to use and designed to demystify money for everyone. We employ more than 3,000 people across our London, Southampton, Cardiff and Manchester offices. Our technologists are at the very heart of Starling and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment that is all about building things, creating new stuff, and disruptive technology that keeps us on the cutting edge of fintech. We operate a flat structure to empower you to make decisions regardless of what your primary responsibilities may be, innovation and collaboration will be at the core of everything you do. Help is never far away in our open culture, you will find support in your team and from across the business, we are in this together! The way to thrive and shine within Starling is to be a self-driven individual and be able to take full ownership of everything around you: From building things, designing, discovering, to sharing knowledge with your colleagues. Hybrid working We have a Hybrid approach to working here at Starling - our preference is that you're located within a commutable distance of one of our offices so that we're able to interact and collaborate in person. In Technology, we're asking that you attend the office a minimum of 1 day per week. Our product environment At Starling we spend our time building products that we’re really proud of. We focus on the experience, often delivering things with real polish but sometimes making a fast strategic move. We’re always working closely and collaboratively with our engineers to solve problems, build new products and improve existing ones. We focus on what is right for our customers and stick to our values. We think being great at product design requires clear communication, a sense of focus, and to challenge the conventional ways of doing things. We’re open-minded when it comes to hiring, we care more about skills and attitude than specific experience or qualifications. If you care about finding elegant solutions to difficult problems and advocating for the customer, we’d love to hear from you. We’re looking to expand our design team to help us build products and features across our app, online bank and even our internal tools. There’s a wide variety of things we work on and we’re a small team that spends our time working alongside engineers, research, content designers and product managers to make our products the best they can be. There’s lots of scope to get involved in all aspects of Starling and we’re looking for someone who is keen to get stuck in and work collaboratively. What you'll do Rely on user-centred design methods to craft industry-leading user experiences for new products and features, from concept all the way to execution across our iOS, Android and Online Bank platforms Lead the design of major new strategic products and features, alongside tactical fixes and iterations of existing experiences Take full ownership of your work, taking into consideration existing insights and research, technical constraints and business needs, whilst proactively filling knowledge gaps both independently and with the support of cross-functional partners Participate in regular design reviews to seek specific feedback on your work and share feedback on other designers’ work Evolve and grow our internal tooling and design systems across mobile and web Advocate for, and design inclusive and accessible solutions to complex problems Collaborate closely with other designers, researchers, writers, engineers, product managers and more Applications close on 23rd October 2026, but we encourage you to apply as soon as possible if you are interested in the role. Please include a link to your portfolio as part of your application, alongside any passwords to access it (if applicable). Requirements You have worked on the design of high quality products and features at a senior level, ideally in consumer-facing mobile apps in the finance or banking sector. You have a high level of attention to detail and craft, with strengths across both visual design and user experience design. You are highly collaborative, with experience working cross-functionally. You thrive working with ambiguous problems, and are able to distil complex flows into highly considered user experiences that keep the user’s needs and business objectives at the heart. You have a track record of driving decision making in a fast-paced product environment, ensuring we have the right information availa…