Senior UX Designer; Algorithmic Trading

Senior UX Designer (Algorithmic Trading)

Chicago

We are seeking a Senior UX Designer to lead the creation of the next generation of user interfaces for our automated trading platform. This role focuses on designing UI architectures that surface critical real‑time information across markets, supporting traders with clear, error‑resistant controls, and ensuring a cohesive, consistent experience across all trading applications.

• 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, intuitively alert traders to what matters most, enable rapid assessments of the state of our automated trading systems, and support precise, error‑resistant control of applications.
• Work side by side with traders and developers to deliver a cohesive user experience across our trading applications, and ensure that our UIs are consistent, efficient, and prevent user errors. Work directly with traders to understand workflows, mental models, constraints, and edge cases, translating those insights into effective interface designs.
• 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.

• 8+ years of experience in UX design.
• Proficiency with Figma or other 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, balancing user desirability, technical feasibility, and business impact.
• 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 to accelerate ideation, prototyping, and production‑quality UX/UI design.

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $150,000 to $225,000, with eligibility for an annual discretionary bonus. Employees also receive a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with discretionary employer match, disability, life insurance, health savings accounts, and flexible spending accounts.

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