UX Designer - AI MeridianLink is seeking a talented UX Designer to join our UX Design team within the Product organization. This role is ideal for someone who thrives on solving complex design challenges and is passionate about creating intuitive, delightful digital experiences—particularly in the financial services and lending space. You will play a key role in designing and optimizing user experiences for online loan and account applications. Your work will directly impact how users interact with our digital products, helping to streamline critical financial workflows while adding moments of delight through thoughtful UI, visual, and interaction design. This role also offers the opportunity to explore and apply emerging AI-powered UX processes that can meaningfully enhance the lending experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, prototype, and test user experiences for digital financial products, with a focus on optimizing online loan and bank account applications.
• Create intuitive, visually engaging, and user-friendly interfaces that align with business goals and user needs.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, and clients to iterate on and refine design solutions.
• Present design concepts and decisions to internal stakeholders, clearly articulating and defending design rationale.
• Participate in grooming and refinement sessions with development teams to ensure high-quality implementation.
• Use design tools to produce storyboards, high-fidelity prototypes, and templates for user testing and demonstrations.
• Review proposed product changes for alignment with UX standards and recommend improvements.
• Expert Figma capabilities to create scalable design systems, components, and workflows.
• Utilize automation and integration tools (such as Make) to improve design efficiency and support design-to-development workflows.
• Contribute to AI-assisted design workflows, including understanding project outlines, inputs, and artifacts required to effectively run tools such as Claude Code.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of relevant professional experience (or equivalent practical experience).
• Ability to work independently on moderately complex problems while contributing to larger, more advanced initiatives.
• Strong judgment and decision-making skills within defined procedures and practices.
• Experience applying user research, stakeholder input, and expert judgment to inform design decisions.
• Proven ability to build productive working relationships and collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams.
• Expert-level proficiency in Figma, including component libraries, design systems, and advanced prototyping.
• Experience with Axure or similar prototyping tools is a plus.
• Working knowledge of automation tools (e.g., Make) and how they integrate with design workflows.
• Understanding project structures, prompts, and supporting artifacts needed to effectively leverage AI coding and design tools such as Claude Code.

What We're Looking For

• A designer who can simplify complex lending and financial workflows while delivering polished, user-centered solutions.
• Someone who balances usability, accessibility, and visual excellence.
• A collaborative partner who thrives in cross-functional environments and advocates for user-centered design.
• A strong interest in artificial intelligence and emerging UX technologies, with a willingness to experiment, learn, and adopt new AI-driven design processes.
• Enthusiasm for the possibilities AI can bring to the lending industry and a desire to help shape the future of financial UX through innovation.