Staff UX Product Designer
NinjaTrader is a futures trading provider offering integrated desktop, web, and mobile trading platforms alongside futures brokerage services. It serves new and experienced active futures traders with market access, charting, simulation, education, and support.
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About NinjaTrader
NinjaTrader provides futures brokerage and proprietary trading-platform services for retail and professional traders. Its offering includes access to global futures markets, trading and charting tools, market data, simulated trading, risk-management features, developer customization through a C# framework, education, and customer support. NinjaTrader Clearing, LLC provides brokerage services as a CFTC-registered futures commission merchant and NFA member.
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About the Role
Lead design for a product vertical and enhance customer experiences through customer-centric, innovative, and intuitive product design. Own the end-to-end design process, maintain high standards across visual design, interaction design, and usability, support product-led growth, evolve the Design System, mentor designers, lead critiques, and communicate design decisions to stakeholders.
Requirements
- 7+ years of product design experience, including significant cross-functional experience.
- Proven track record delivering design solutions for complex products.
- Portfolio demonstrating interaction design, visual design, information architecture, user research, journey mapping, and persona development.
- Experience with Figma and modern design and research tools.
- Experience contributing to Design Systems.
- Exceptional communication and storytelling skills.
- Strong problem-solving abilities balancing user, business, and technical needs.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, outcome-driven environment.
- Experience in futures trading, financial markets, or investment platforms is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Lead and drive design for a product vertical.
- Own the end-to-end design process and deliver customer-centric solutions.
- Collaborate with Product Management and Engineering.
- Maintain excellence in visual design, interaction design, and usability.
- Drive product-led growth through intuitive product experiences.
- Contribute to and evolve the Design System.
- Mentor designers and foster design excellence.
- Lead design critiques, product discussions, and pair-designing sessions.
- Communicate design concepts to internal and external stakeholders, including senior leadership.
Benefits
- Generous PTO
- 7 paid holidays annually plus 5 conditional holidays annually
- 1 service day annually
- 401k with 3.5% company match
- Paid parental bonding leave
- Health, vision, and dental coverage
- Life and disability insurance covered 100% by NinjaTrader
- 20 additional flex remote days annually
- 5 company-wide office-optional weeks tied to major holidays
- 12% annual target bonus