--- title: 'Interactive Designer (Contract) at SoFi' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/interactive-designer-contract-sofi-san-francisco-4a9tpjvt5g39' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-29' --- # Interactive Designer (Contract) at SoFi - **Company:** SoFi - **Location:** San Francisco, CA - **Posted:** 2026-10-23 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-29 - **Apply:** https://sofi.com/careers/job/8042213003?gh_jid=8042213003 ## Job description [Employee Applicant Privacy Notice](https://www.sofi.com/sofi-employee-applicant-privacy-notice/) Who we are: Shape a brighter financial future with us. Together with our members, we’re changing the way people think about and interact with personal finance. We’re a next-generation financial services company and national bank using innovative, mobile-first technology to help our millions of members reach their goals. The industry is going through an unprecedented transformation, and we’re at the forefront. We’re proud to come to work every day knowing that what we do has a direct impact on people’s lives, with our core values guiding us every step of the way. Join us to invest in yourself, your career, and the financial world. ## The role The Creative Studio at SoFi is looking for a talented interactive designer to join our best-in-class in-house agency and deliver exceptional digital experiences for our rapidly growing brand. You’ll partner with web producers, project managers, copywriters, and art directors to design beautiful, engaging, and functional landing pages for SoFi.com across desktop web and mobile. We’re looking for someone who is driven, forward-thinking, and nimble enough to collaborate with your creative partners on messaging as well as visual design. You’ll be joining a supportive, fun team culture of creative people excited to come to work every day in order to help people get their money right. What you’ll do: - Lead end-to-end concepting, design, and production for complex marketing landing pages and digital experiences across SoFi.com. - Translate ambiguous or complex briefs into thoughtful, effective, and visually compelling design solutions that balance user needs, business objectives, brand expression, accessibility, compliance, and technical feasibility. - Establish clear design direction and influence project strategy from early exploration through launch, helping teams make informed decisions and navigate trade-offs. - Partner closely with web producers, engineers, copywriters, art directors, product marketers, product designers, researchers, and other cross-functional teams to deliver cohesive, high-quality experiences. - Apply strong conceptual thinking, UX principles, responsive design, and interaction design to create intuitive experiences across desktop and mobile. - Shape and evolve SoFi’s digital visual language by developing new layouts, patterns, components, and design system contributions that improve consistency, scalability, usability, and brand expression. - Identify opportunities to improve the customer experience and business performance through testing, iteration, analytics, and performance-informed design decisions. - Champion the SoFi brand and help define how SoFi’s brand narrative is expressed across digital touchpoints. - Present design work, rationale, and recommendations clearly to a wide range of stakeholders, including senior leaders, and facilitate productive feedback and decision-making. - Provide thoughtful creative direction and mentorship to other designers, helping raise the quality and consistency of the team’s work. - Proactively identify risks, dependencies, and opportunities throughout the design process and communicate recommendations, trade-offs, and next steps. - Own design quality and QA with minimal oversight, ensuring work is consistent, functional, responsive, accessible, and aligned with brand, business, compliance, and technical requirements. - Contribute to team processes, standards, and best practices that improve the way we design and deliver work at scale. What you’ll need: - 5+ years of relevant experience in visual design, interactive design, UX, or a related field, with a strong focus on digital and web experiences. - A track record of independently leading complex design projects or programs from strategy and concept development through launch. - Strong conceptual thinking and a demonstrated understanding of UX principles, information hierarchy, responsive design, accessibility, and mobile-first design. - Proven ability to translate ambiguous problems and varied briefs into clear design strategies and effective web experiences. - Experience balancing creative ambition with business goals, customer needs, technical constraints, compliance requirements, and performance considerations. - Strong visual design and craft skills, including composition, typography, layout, color, hierarchy, and interaction design. - Demonstrated ability to apply, extend, and evolve brand visual styles within established design systems and frameworks. - Experience contributing to or helping build scalable design systems, reusable patterns, web components, or other design standards. - Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate design rationale, strategy, vision, and trade-offs to both creative and non-creative audiences. - Proven ability to build trust, influence decisions, and collaborate effectively with senior stakeholders and cross-functional partners. - Strong judgment, problem-solving skills, and the ability to make informed decisions in fast-moving and evolving environments. - Ability to provide creative direction, mentorship, and constructive feedback to other designers and partners. - Self-motivated and able to work independently while contributing to the broader team’s success. - Ability to prioritize and manage multiple complex projects with competing timelines while maintaining a high level of quality. - Proficiency in Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, and other relevant design and prototyping tools. - A strong, well-rounded portfolio that demonstrates sophisticated visual and interaction design, strategic thinking, systems thinking, collaboration, and measurable impact. Nice to have: - Working knowledge of HTML, CSS, design tokens, content management systems, and other technical concepts relevant to web design. - Experience with experimentation, A/B testing, analytics, accessibility, SEO, or performance-driven design. - Experience designing for financial services, fintech, e-commerce, or other complex, highly regulated industries. - Experience with motion design and interactive prototyping, including tools such as After Effects, Rive, or similar. - Experience working within an established design system or partnering closely with engineering teams to bring reusable components to life. ## Compensation and Benefits The base pay range for this role is listed below. Final base pay offer will be determined based on individual factors such as the candidate’s experience, skills, and location. To view all of our comprehensive and competitive benefits, visit our [Benefits at SoFi](https://sofietyinfo.sofi.com/sofi-benefits) page! SoFi provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, breastfeeding, and conditions related to breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age (40 or over), physical or medical disability, medical condition, marital status, registered domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military and/or veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable state or federal law. The Company hires the best qualified candidate for the job, without regard to protected characteristics. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. [New York applicants: Notice of Employee Rights](https://dol.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2022/02/ls740_1.pdf) SoFi is committed to an inclusive culture. As part of this commitment, SoFi offers reasonable accommodations to candidates with physical or mental disabilities. If you need accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, please let your recruiter know or email accommodations@sofi.com. We are unable to accommodate remote work from Hawaii, Alaska or Puerto Rico at this time. Internal Employees If you are a current employee, do not apply here - please navigate to our Internal Job Board in Greenhouse to apply to our open roles. ## About SoFi ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: SoFi is a next-generation fintech company using innovative, mobile-first technology to help 14.7 million members reach financial independence and “get their money right.” - **Entity Type**: Public (Ticker: SOFI on Nasdaq) - **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, USA (with offices in Seattle, New York, Frisco, Cottonwood Heights, Helena, Murray, Greenville, Claymont, and more) - **Founded**: 2011 - **Founders**: Founded by Stanford business school students (originally as Social Finance, Inc.) — specific names not listed in the provided sources. ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: Personal finance / financial services (banking, lending, investment, credit, insurance) - **Target customers**: B2C (individual members seeking loans, banking, investing, credit cards, mortgages, travel rewards) and B2B (employer‑facing “SoFi at Work” benefits and financial wellness programs) - **Mission**: “To help people reach financial independence to realize their ambitions.” ## Products & Services - **[SoFi Checking & Savings](https://www.sofi.com/)**: FDIC‑insured checking and savings accounts with no fees, competitive APY, and early direct deposit. - **[SoFi Invest](https://www.sofi.com/invest/)**: Commission‑free stock trading, crypto trading, automated investing, and IPO access. - **[SoFi Personal Loans](https://www.sofi.com/personal-loans/)**: Unsecured personal loans for debt consolidation, home improvement, etc. (up to $100K). - **[SoFi Student Loan Refinancing](https://www.sofi.com/student-loans/)**: Refinancing for federal and private student loans (the first company to offer this). - **[SoFi Mortgages](https://www.sofi.com/mortgage/)**: Home purchase and refinance loans. - **[SoFi Credit Card](https://www.sofi.com/credit-card/)**: 2% unlimited cash back rewards on all eligible purchases. - **[SoFi Travel](https://www.sofi.com/travel/)**: Booking portal powered by Expedia, allowing members to save and earn rewards. - **[SoFi Insurance](https://www.sofi.com/insurance/)**: Comparison and access to auto, home, renters, pet, and life insurance. - **[SoFi at Work](https://www.sofi.com/at-work/)**: Employer‑sponsored financial wellness benefits, including student loan contributions and refinancing. - **[Galileo](https://www.sofi.com/our-story/)**: Financial technology platform (API‑based) for card issuing and digital banking, operated as a subsidiary. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Publicly traded on Nasdaq (SOFI). Current market cap is not directly provided in the sources; refer to SoFi’s latest SEC filings or financial data platforms. - **Key Metrics**: - **14.7 million members** (as of 2025‑2026) — [sofi.com](https://www.sofi.com/) - **$117 billion+ in funded loans** — [sofi.com](https://www.sofi.com/) - **$34 billion+ in debt paid off by members** — [sofi.com/our-story](https://www.sofi.com/our-story/) - **$12.5 billion+ in rewards earned** — [sofi.com](https://www.sofi.com/) - **Annual Revenue**: See SoFi Technologies 2025 Annual Report (SEC filing) for latest financial results — [sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1818874/000181887426000034/sofitech2025ars.pdf) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not detailed in provided sources; historically received a $1 billion funding round in 2016 (the first U.S. fintech to do so) — [sofi.com/our-story](https://www.sofi.com/our-story/) - **Growth Signals**: - Received federal approval to become a national bank (2023) — [sofi.com/our-story](https://www.sofi.com/our-story/) - Reached 10 million members in 2022 and 14.7 million by early 2026 — [sofi.com](https://www.sofi.com/) - 121 open roles listed across 16 locations as of mid‑2026 — [sofi.com/careers](https://www.sofi.com/careers/) - Continuous product expansion (travel, credit card, bank, etc.) ## Competitive Advantages - **All‑in‑one fintech ecosystem**: Banking, lending, investing, insurance, and travel in a single mobile‑first app — hard for single‑product fintechs to replicate. - **SoFi National Bank**: FDIC‑insured checking and savings, giving SoFi a direct banking charter that reduces reliance on third‑party partners. - **Galileo Platform**: Powers card issuing and digital banking for many fintechs, creating a network effect and deeper technology moat. - **Member‑centric rewards**: SoFi Plus membership program bundles benefits (higher APY, bonus rewards, career coaching). - **Student loan repayment as employee benefit**: Unique perk for attracting talent (as well as offering SoFi at Work to other employers). ## Strategic Focus - **Deepen member engagement**: Cross‑sell more products within the single app to increase lifetime value. - **Grow the bank**: Expand deposits, lending, and banking services under the national bank charter. - **SoFi at Work**: Scale B2B benefits offering to acquire members through employers. - **International/vertical expansion**: Potential for new product lines (e.g., SoFi Travel, insurance marketplace). - **Maintain cost discipline**: Leverage technology to keep customer acquisition costs low while improving unit economics. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Defined by “The SoFi Way” — act as a founder, relentless problem solver, and partner to members and colleagues. Emphasis on transparency, trust, and cross‑collaboration. - **Flexible Work**: Some teams offer remote, hybrid, or full‑time in‑office based on role; managers help decide the best setting. SoFridays (no meetings after 2 p.m. local time) protect focus time. - **Benefits**: - **$200/month student loan contribution** to help employees pay down debt — [sofi.com/careers](https://www.sofi.com/careers/) - Comprehensive health, vision, dental, life, disability; fertility & family planning options; flexible time off - Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year + regular training and leadership programs - **SoFi Gives**: 16 hours of paid volunteer time off per year - **SoFi Circles**: 8 Employee Resource Groups fostering inclusion and belonging — [sofietyinfo.sofi.com/why-sofi](https://sofietyinfo.sofi.com/why-sofi) - **Learning & Development**: Career pathways, manager excellence framework, and mentorship programs. - **Monthly All‑Hands with CEO** for direct transparency. - **Locations**: Major hubs include San Francisco, Seattle, New York, and Frisco (Texas); remote work is not available from Hawaii or Alaska due to insurance coverage — [sofi.com/careers](https://www.sofi.com/careers/) ## Sources 1. [SoFi Careers Page](https://www.sofi.com/careers/) — benefits, culture, job openings, locations 2. [SoFi Homepage](https://www.sofi.com/) — member count, funded loans, key metrics 3. [SoFi Our Story / About](https://www.sofi.com/our-story/) — founding history, milestones, mission 4. [SoFi 2025 Annual Report (SEC)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1818874/000181887426000034/sofitech2025ars.pdf) — financials 5. 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