Shakepay
Shakepay

Shakepay is a Canadian digital-asset company founded in 2018, offering an app for buying, selling, and earning bitcoin and ethereum. The platform is designed to let Canadian users open accounts, manage digital currencies, and complete transactions quickly, with features including commission-free trading and cashback rewards.

Shakepay operates as a Money Service Business under FINTRAC oversight and is registered as a Restricted Dealer across Canada’s provinces and territories. The company says customer assets are held in secure offline storage backed by insurance.

Lead Product Designer — Remote in Canada

Lead product design role at Shakepay, focused on reimagining financial services and Bitcoin savings in Canada. Design, prototype in code, and launch web and mobile experiences.

Description

  • Own product features from problem discovery through experience design, front-end implementation, and delivery to customers.
  • Use functional prototypes instead of static mockups to validate ideas quickly with customer feedback.
  • Lead design-driven development in a time-boxed environment with flexible scope.
  • Partner closely with backend and core engineering teams to create meaningful product impact.
  • Ship polished, production-ready experiences at high speed.
  • Advance design systems and component libraries across web and mobile platforms.
  • Help designers deliver code and incorporate AI tools into their workflows.
  • Increase the organization’s speed, autonomy, and technical depth.

Requirements

  • Demonstrated experience taking products from design through coded implementation and launch.
  • Hands-on experience with technologies such as React Native, Node.js, TypeScript, or Vue.js.
  • A portfolio featuring live products you designed and built.
  • Willingness to use AI tools for prototyping, iteration, and workflow acceleration.
  • Strong product judgment and rigorous attention to quality.
  • Thorough understanding of modern front-end development constraints and capabilities.
  • Ability to build performant, scalable, and maintainable solutions.
  • A builder’s mindset, with the discipline to complete work independently.
  • Excellent communication skills for explaining design decisions and technical trade-offs.
  • Genuine interest in Bitcoin, financial empowerment, and the future of money.
  • Fluency in English is required.

Benefits

  • Stock options are included in every employee’s compensation.
  • Annual salary reviews.
  • Health and dental coverage with health and wellness spending accounts.
  • Work from anywhere in Canada, with optional access to offices in Montreal and Toronto.
  • $2,000 annual budget for courses, certifications, and training.
  • 20 vacation days each year.
  • $1,000 bonus when all vacation days are used.
  • Parental leave top-up to 100% of salary for 18 weeks.
  • Quarterly team or company-wide outings.
  • Performance-based salary increases.
  • Paid time off.

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