Product Designer - Onchain Trading

Kraken is seeking a talented UX/UI Designer to lead the delivery of completely new product concepts for the Onchain space, setting industry benchmarks with visually rich and innovative designs. The role involves creating exceptional quality user experiences, developing the visual concept for Kraken’s Onchain products, and balancing business objectives, customer needs, insights, and technical constraints.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of completely new product concepts for the Onchain space
• Set the industry benchmarks with visually rich and innovative designs, enhancing Kraken's brand recognition and setting a new standard for our business
• Use influence to push stakeholders to maintain the highest of standards
• Create exceptional quality user experiences working closely with other designers, researchers, product managers, content writers, and engineers
• Develop the visual concept for Kraken’s Onchain products
• Balance business objectives, customer needs, insights and technical constraints to produce data-informed outcomes
• Own your work, take full accountability for the quality of your designs and track outcomes and results
• Track emerging customer trends, using insights to upgrade our designs and impact our overall design direction
• Lead design reviews both seeking and giving meaningful and supportive feedback

Requirements

• Expert in solving tough UX challenges, crafting intuitive user experiences, and rapidly prototyping to test and validate ideas
• Uses research-backed methods and analytics to inform design decisions; open-minded, egoless, and deeply collaborative
• Inspires teams by mentoring others, setting a high design bar, and fostering a culture of excellence within the org
• Organized, articulate, and proactive
• Strong communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate design intent and strategic rationale
• Knowledge of Ethereum and decentralized workflows
• Knowledge of financial platforms such as trading platforms, perps, derivatives, pro trading terminals
• Proven experience leading 0→1 product design initiatives across mobile and web, with a track record of shipping high-quality, complex products in the Onchain or crypto space

Key Skills

• Expert in UX challenges, intuitive user experiences, and rapid prototyping
• Research-backed methods and analytics
• Collaboration and mentoring
• Organization, articulateness, and proactivity
• Strong communication skills
• Knowledge of Ethereum, decentralized workflows, and financial platforms

Benefits

• Fully remote company
• Opportunity to work with a world-class team of crypto experts
• Committed to industry-leading security, crypto education, and world-class client support
• Diverse and inclusive company culture
• Equal opportunity employer