Product Designer

Electron

X™ is the first U.S.

-regulated, direct access electricity derivatives market, offering financial products to address volatile short-term price exposure to electricity. With offices in Chicago and New York City, Electron

X is building the missing financial infrastructure and risk management tools necessary to smooth the path for U.S. energy production, diversification and grid expansion in a time of rapidly increasing power demand. Electron

X is a venture capital-backed startup supported by premier VC partners including Innovation Endeavors, Systemiq Capital, Equinor Ventures, Shell Ventures LLC, DCVC, Amplo, Box Group and Lightning Capital.

As a fast-growing company in the highly competitive, quantitative capital markets industry, Electron

X values candidates who are resourceful, curious and adaptable to change. Our cultural focus on innovation requires collaborative and entrepreneurial teammates with the intellectual grit necessary for near- and long-term success.

The Lead Product Designer owns the experience of the Electron

X exchange — from first login to live trading. This role is built for a designer who thrives at the intersection of financial complexity and interaction craft, and who is energized by the challenge of making high-stakes transactional products feel clear, trustworthy, and fast. You will be responsible for all aspects of Product Design, from strategy to prototyping to shipping products, and you will work closely with Engineering, and Compliance to ship experiences that meet the demands of sophisticated market participants while advancing Electron

X's broader commercial goals.

• Establish, lead, and own end-to-end user journeys across the exchange — onboarding, funding, trading, risk and position management, and settlement
• Design and iterate on high-stakes transactional experiences — orders, collateral, withdrawals — where accuracy, timing, and comprehension are critical
• Define and evolve a unified visual language and interaction guidelines that makes every interaction a meaningful experience
• Contribute to product roadmaps, refine design processes, and share knowledge through documentation and presentations

• Translate complex financial and technical concepts into clear, trustworthy flows for a diverse range of users from institutional energy and market traders to commercial energy participants
• Stay close to users (traders, market makers) through research, interviews, and data, and turn insights into prototypes and shipped products known for ease of use, reliability and cohesive design
• Present work with clarity, grounding strategy in research, reasoning, constraints, and expected impact

• Break down open-ended problems, prioritize for impact, and align closely with Product, Engineering, and Compliance to deliver user-focused, impactful designs
• Balance rapid iteration with meticulous attention to interaction detail, information architecture, and visual polish
• Lead and participate in design reviews, provide clear and actionable feedback, and contribute to a culture of high standards by showing through doing

• 6+ years of product design experience, with meaningful time spent on transactional, financial, or trading products
• Fluency and excellence in design and prototyping tools (Figma, Sketch, Penpot, or Adobe XD etc.)
• Proven track record of successfully leading design function across a product area
• A portfolio demonstrating ownership of complex, user-centered interfaces and end-to-end UX thinking
• Strong grasp of interaction design fundamentals — flows, states, edge cases — not just visual execution
• Comfort working in fast-moving, ambiguous environments where you help define the problem as much as the solution
• Ability to communicate design rationale clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience conducting user research and translating findings directly into product decisions

• Familiarity with capital markets, energy markets, trading platforms, crypto
• Experience working at a private, venture-backed startup
• Experience designing for…