Staff Product Designer, Investing

Wealthsimple is seeking a Staff Product Designer to work on their Brokerage product, focusing on creating high-quality user experiences for investors.

Responsibilities

• Understand the investing needs of our customers, empowering both new and sophisticated investors with the tools and knowledge to make informed decisions
• Partner closely with engineering, data science and product management to find refined but practical solutions to design challenges
• Create multiple concepts and prototypes, recognizing when meticulous attention to detail is needed and when low-fidelity sketches are adequate for visualizing ideas
• Listen to users to develop the right product strategy and find solutions that delight our customers
• Leverage data to inform your design solutions
• Understand the strategic direction and vision for your working areas and ensure all UX efforts are aligned with that direction
• Raise the craft quality bar at Wealthsimple not just through your own work, but through the mentoring and development of Designers in your domain
• Become a subject matter expert in Stock & Option Trading
• Stay on top of industry trends and emerging technologies to integrate innovative solutions into our product design

Requirements

• A deep interest or experience with Trading and how to build simpler, more accessible services for everyone
• Is an expert practitioner in the craft of product design, capable of delivering thoughtful, polished experiences, including motion and interaction design
• Demonstrated experience designing and shipping consumer-facing products
• Proven ability to turn complex problems into simple experiences
• Strong understanding of how design, product and engineering can work together to ship high-quality experiences quickly and at scale
• Can effectively communicate ideas and project direction to internal teams and stakeholders
• Experience generating user insight by shaping and leading research studies
• Ability to work independently, biasing towards action to drive projects forward

Key Skills

• Deep interest or experience with Trading
• Expert practitioner in product design
• Experience designing and shipping consumer-facing products
• Ability to turn complex problems into simple experiences
• Strong understanding of design, product, and engineering collaboration
• Effective communication skills
• Experience generating user insight
• Ability to work independently and drive projects forward

Benefits

• Competitive salary with top-tier health benefits and life insurance
• Retirement savings matching plan using Wealthsimple for Business
• 20 vacation days per year and unlimited sick and mental health days
• Up to $1,500 per year towards wellness and professional development budgets respectively
• 90 days away program: Employees can work internationally in eligible countries for up to 90 days per calendar year
• A wide variety of peer and company-led Employee Resource Groups (ie. Rainbow, Women of Wealthsimple, Black @ WS)
• Company-wide wellness days off scheduled throughout the year