Consensys is the leading blockchain and web3 software company. Founded by Joe Lubin, CEO of Consensys and Co-Founder of Ethereum in 2014, Consensys has been at the forefront of innovation, pioneering technological developments within the web3 ecosystem.
The financial system is being rebuilt on open, programmable infrastructure, and Consensys is helping power that transition. From MetaMask, the platform trusted by tens of millions of users worldwide, to Linea, the only 100% proven zkEVM rollup and an emerging home for institutional ETH capital, Consensys builds products and infrastructure that enable users, developers, and institutions to participate in the next generation of the internet.
Our mission is to unlock the collaborative power of communities by making the decentralized web universally easy to access, use, and build on.
Joining Consensys means working with a fully remote, globally distributed team of technologists, designers, cryptographers, product thinkers, and researchers who are building the next layer of the internet. You'll be exposed to new ideas, emerging technologies, and complex challenges that push you to stay at the top of your game while helping scale products and infrastructure used by tens of millions of users and thousands of developers across the web3 ecosystem. You'll join a network of builders that reaches the edge of our ecosystem. Consensys alumni have moved on to become tech entrepreneurs, CEOs, and team leads at tech companies.
About MetaMask
We’re building for a future where the internet and world economy empowers people through interactions based on consent, privacy, and free association. Where both communities and individuals flourish. To accomplish that, we’re working hard to make web3 accessible for everyone around the world.
MetaMask is both a crypto wallet and a gateway to the decentralized web. Our tools help people create communities, play video games, access financial services, make payments, invest in assets, protect against economic turmoil, and more. Our browser extension and mobile platforms meet the needs of millions of users and developers across the world.
Originally a humble key manager, today MetaMask serves over 30 million monthly active users as a decentralized application development platform, an aggregator of decentralized cryptocurrency exchanges, and a decentralized identity manager.
About the Transactions Team
MetaMask’s Transactions team helps millions of people discover, try, and safely use web3. We create experiences that make the wallet easier to access, understand, and return to through better onboarding, smarter activation flows, and core wallet features. Our mission is to make Web3 exploration simple, safe, and rewarding while maintaining the trust that defines MetaMask.
We design across Extension and Mobile, partnering closely with product, engineering, marketing, and user research. We move fast, experiment often, and stay grounded in craft. Every decision is informed by real users, rapid learning, and a shared drive to build the best wallet experience in Web3.
What you’ll do
As a Design Director at MetaMask, you will oversee the entire product area within the Transactions team. You’ll be responsible for creating scalable systems for feedback, coaching, and recognition, enabling senior ICs to lead autonomously and with influence. Your leadership will drive programs that enhance both people development and craft excellence across a large and evolving team.You’ll explore problems from multiple angles, bring clarity to ambiguous challenges, and deliver designs that balance growth goals with usability and trust. Whether it’s optimizing the transaction experience, crafting new activation surfaces, or identifying patterns across journeys, your work will directly impact how millions of people experience MetaMask for the first time—and keep coming back.
You’ll also help elevate design quality across the team by giving thoughtful feedback, partnering closely with engineers, and mentoring other designers. You’ll be a key voice in shaping the design culture and process on a high-impact, fast-moving team.
Would be great if you brought this to the role
- Deep experience (10+ years) as a design leader and shipping digital products at scale, with a portfolio demonstrating impact across multiple teams and business areas
- Design and launch scalable programs that accelerate skill growth and elevate design craft, evolving them as the team and product develop.
- Co-create multi-quarter team roadmaps and lead strategic staffing decisions with cross-functional partners.
- Ensure clarity of goals and seamless collaboration among team members and stakeholders, resolving ambiguity and facilitating decision-making.
- Ability to lead projects from zero to one as well as iterate on mature surfaces
- Strength in systems thinking, interaction design, and content-aware UX
- A collaborative spirit and experience partnering across engineering, product, marketing, research, and content
- Experience mentoring or leveling up other designers on your team
- Familiarity with Figma, design systems, and remote design workflows
Don't meet all the requirements? Don't sweat it. We’re passionate about building a diverse team of humans and as such, if you think you've got what it takes for our chaotic-but-fun, remote-friendly, start-up environment—apply anyway, detailing your relevant transferable skills in your cover letter. While we have a pretty good idea of what we need, we're ready for you to challenge our thinking on who needs to be in this role.
It is a requirement of employment in this position that applicants will be required to submit to background checks including but not limited to employment, education and criminal record checks. Further details will be provided to applicants that successfully meet the criteria for the position as determined by the company in its sole discretion. By submitting an application for employment, you are acknowledging and consenting to this requirement.
The salary range for US-based candidates only will be determined throughout the interview process depending on experience and skills.
In the rapidly evolving Web3 space, we believe that everyone is a builder. This expansive paradigm requires a range of backgrounds, talents, skills, and experiences to influence and shape the future. At Consensys, this diversity fuels our ability to shift control and redefine the realm of possibility. We are committed to ensuring that our technology empowers people and communities with economic and political agency through decentralized technologies. We welcome the range of perspectives and differences and celebrate them. We're excited to see how your unique skills as a builder can contribute to our vision, drive innovation, and help us shape a more inclusive Web3.
Consensys is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Consensys is aware of fraudulent recruitment practices and we encourage all applicants to review our best practices to protect yourself which can be found (https://consensys.io/careers/best-practices-to-avoid-recruitment-fraud/).
