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Senior UX Designer (Algorithmic Trading)

Drw đŸ‡ș🇾 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Onsite $150,000 - $225,000 Full-time Senior

Lead the design of the next generation of automated trading platform interfaces by working closely with traders and developers. Own the full design process from discovery through production, ensuring cohesive, efficient, and error-resistant user experiences.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design of the next evolution of our automated trading platform
  • Design UI architectures that clearly surface critical real-time information across markets and trading applications
  • Work side by side with traders and developers to deliver a cohesive user experience across our trading applications
  • Own the full design process from discovery through production, including requirements gathering, user research, wireframes, high-fidelity UI designs, interactive prototypes, and ensuring accurate implementation
  • Collaborate closely with software engineers to ensure proposed designs are technically feasible, performant, and accurately implemented to solve user problems
  • Review implemented interfaces to ensure usability, interaction details, and design intent are executed correctly
  • Establish and evolve a coherent design language across trading applications, including shared patterns, components, and interaction standards
  • Independently manage priorities and proactively identify UX opportunities in a high-ownership environment

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in UX design
  • Proficiency with Figma or other similar industry standard design tools
  • Experience conducting user research, usability testing and incorporating user feedback into design iterations
  • Proven ability to work independently and drive complex, ambiguous projects to completion with minimal oversight
  • Strong problem-solving skills and a pragmatic, results-focused approach
  • Strong communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate design decisions and trade-offs
  • Experience with UX design for trading systems is strongly preferred but not required
  • Experience designing complex, data-dense, or real-time systems is highly valued and preferred
  • Proficiency in AI-assisted design workflows, such as Figma Make or equivalent, MCP-based tooling or integrations, and other AI-enabled systems

Benefits

  • Annual base salary range: $150,000 to $225,000
  • Annual discretionary bonus
  • Comprehensive suite of employee benefits including group medical, pharmacy, dental and vision insurance
  • 401k (with discretionary employer match)
  • Short and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance
  • Health savings accounts
  • Flexible spending accounts

Key Skills

UX design Figma User research Usability testing Design iterations Problem-solving Communication AI-assisted design workflows AI-enabled systems Trading systems Data-dense systems Real-time systems Collaboration Software engineering Design language Pattern development Component development Interaction standards Prioritization Time management Leadership Independence

About Drw

At DRW, we identify and capture trading and investment opportunities globally. What sets us apart is our diversified approach—trading across many asset classes and instruments, in markets around the world, with horizons from seconds to years. We succeed by leveraging technology, research and risk management. We offer the best of both worlds: the opportunity and spirit of a startup and the benefits and stability of an established, experienced firm. Our employees work hard to solve interesting problems, and their results are rewarded. We value continuous learning—from our outcomes, from the environment and from each other. It’s a place of high expectations, deep curiosity, and constant collaboration, with some of the smartest, most passionate people you’ll meet. // Chez DRW, nous identifions et saisissons les opportunitĂ©s de nĂ©gociation et d'investissement au niveau mondial. Ce qui nous diffĂ©rencie, c'est notre approche diversifiĂ©e : nous nĂ©gocions sur de nombreuses classes d'actifs et

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