Lightspark - Lead Product Designer, Spark
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Requirements
• Minimum 5+ years of experience shipping high-quality digital products at a product-driven company • Strong visual and interaction design skills, you care about craft and it shows in your portfolio • Fluent with AI-assisted design and development workflows. You already use tools like Cursor, Claude, Copilot, or similar to accelerate your work. • Experience designing for technical audiences: developers, platform teams, or infrastructure products • Self-directed. You can take a loosely defined problem, figure out what needs to exist, and build fast. • Preferred • Experience with crypto, payments, fintech, or developer tools • Familiarity with Bitcoin, Lightning, stablecoins, or L2 networks — or the curiosity to learn fast • Comfortable working in or around code (HTML/CSS/JS). Not a requirement — AI handles a lot of the heavy lifting — but it helps. • A portfolio that includes prototypes, demos, or interactive experiences — not just static screens • Experience on a small design team where you wore multiple hats (product, brand, marketing, prototyping) • An eye for motion, interaction, and the small details that make software feel considered • Lightspark is on a mission to build an open payment protocol for the Internet at scale and therefore we’re committed to creating a more inclusive and diverse workplace to reflect the customers we serve. We welcome interest from individuals of all backgrounds and levels of experience who share our mission. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. • We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the State of California Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.
Responsibilities
• This role is primarily focused on Spark. You'll be the designer shaping how the world experiences a new Bitcoin payment layer, through product, demos, and everything in between. • Build the product. Own the design of Spark's developer-facing tools, dashboards, and wallet experiences. Make the complexity of L2 infrastructure, stablecoin settlement, and multi-chain interoperability feel simple and trustworthy. • Build the product. • Ship prototypes and demos. Build functional, high-fidelity prototypes that show partners and prospects what Spark can do, not mockups, but working software you can tap through and share. Think interactive demos, proof-of-concept integrations, scenario walkthroughs. • Ship prototypes and demos. • Create marketing and launch assets. Design and build pages, visuals, and materials that communicate Spark's capabilities to developers, enterprises, and the broader crypto ecosystem. You'll help tell the story of what's possible. • Create marketing and launch assets. • Work across Lightspark. While Spark is your primary focus, you'll contribute to the broader Lightspark product and brand alongside three other designers. Small team means you'll have range. • Work across Lightspark. • Use AI to move faster. AI isn't a bullet point here, it's how the team works. You'll use tools like Cursor and Claude to prototype, iterate on UI, and compress the distance between idea and shipped product. • Use AI to move faster.
Benefits
• $200K – $235K • Offers Equity • Offers Bonus • We take into account an individual’s qualifications, skillset and experience when determining salary. The salary range listed in the job posting reflects the new hire salary range across levels that would be applicable to the position and Los Angeles location. This role is eligible for health insurance, life insurance, 401k contribution, paid time off including vacation and sick leave and any other tax-reportable benefits. The final salary will be commensurate with the candidates final level and represents the base salary only. • Health insurance coverage including medical, dental, and vision • Company paid life insurance • 20 paid vacation days a year, as well as paid holidays • Flexible work schedule • FSA/DCA accounts • Generous family leave policies • or drag and drop here • Please provide a link to your portfolio or relevant product design case studies. Include a password if necessary. • Decline to self-identify • Hispanic or Latino - A person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race. • Hispanic or Latino • White (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. • White • Black or African American (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. • Black or African American • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands. • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander • Asian (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian Subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam. • Asian • American Indian or Alaska Native (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America), and who maintain tribal affiliation or community attachment. • American Indian or Alaska Native • Two or More Races (Not Hispanic or Latino) - All persons who identify with more than one of the above five races. • Two or More Races • Hispanic or Latino • White (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Black or African American (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Asian (Not Hispanic or Latino) • American Indian or Alaska Native (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Two or More Races (Not Hispanic or Latino) • I identify as one or more of the classifications of protected veteran listed above • I am not a protected veteran
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