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Job description
Our Krakenites are a world-class team with crypto conviction, united by our desire to discover and unlock the potential of crypto and blockchain technology. Kraken is a mission-focused company rooted in crypto values, aiming to accelerate the global adoption of crypto for financial freedom and inclusion. As a fully remote company with Krakenites in 70+ countries, we develop premium crypto products for experienced traders, institutions, and newcomers, committed to industry-leading security, crypto education, and world-class client support through products like Kraken Pro, Desktop, Wallet, and Kraken Futures.
Responsibilities
### Responsibilities
- Lead the design direction of complex, high-priority areas within our flagship Kraken app.
- Set and elevate the design vision across key product areas.
- Shape complex, ambiguous problem spaces into clear, elegant, and scalable user experiences.
- Raise the industry bar with visually rich, forward-thinking designs.
- Shape Kraken’s design system and visual language.
- Partner with product, engineering, and leadership to influence product strategy and roadmap decisions.
- Drive alignment across teams and mentor other designers.
- Champion a high standard of craft and user experience.
- Use customer insights, data, and experimentation to inform decisions.
- Lead design critiques to foster a strong culture of feedback and continuous improvement.
Requirements
### Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in product design, with a portfolio demonstrating exceptional craft and impact, particularly in mobile app experiences.
- Proven ability to lead design direction for large complex product areas and deliver high-quality outcomes.
- Strong UX and visual design skills.
- Track record of solving ambiguous problems with clarity and elegance.
- Advanced prototyping skills.
- Ability to communicate complex interactions and ideas effectively.
- Experience influencing product strategy and cross-functional decision-making at a team or organizational level.
- Strong systems thinking.
- Experience contributing to or evolving design systems at scale.
- Ability to mentor and elevate other designers through feedback, collaboration, and example.
- Data-informed mindset balancing user needs, business goals, and technical constraints.
- Excellent communication and storytelling skills, able to clearly articulate and defend design decisions to diverse stakeholders.
- Deep understanding of human-centered design principles and research methods, and the ability to apply them in complex environments.
- Experience designing trading or financial products is a plus.
About Kraken
Kraken (legally Payward, Inc.) is a US-based cryptocurrency exchange that facilitates trading of cryptocurrencies, stocks, futures, and ETFs in most US states. It serves over 10 million clients worldwide with $207 billion in quarterly trading volume and has expanded to tokenized equities for non-US customers.