Senior Product Designer

Summary

Join Alpaca, a leading brokerage infrastructure technology company, as a Senior Product Designer. You will play a crucial role in shaping the future of our direct-to-consumer trading products, broker partner products, and developer experiences. This role requires leading the end-to-end design process for complex web and mobile applications, championing user needs, and shaping our design system. You will collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, and fellow designers. Success in this position demands 7+ years of experience in product design and a proven track record of launching successful design systems and products. Alpaca offers a competitive salary, stock options, and comprehensive benefits.

Requirements

• Experienced: You have 7+ years of experience in product design, with a proven track record of launching successful design systems and products in a fast-paced environment
• User-centric: You're passionate about understanding and translating user needs into intuitive and engaging experiences
• Collaborative: You thrive in a cooperative, remote environment and excel at communicating design decisions effectively
• Jack-of-all-trades, master of design: You're a true design generalist, comfortable navigating the worlds of B2C, B2B, and developer experiences. You embrace variety and enjoy taking on new challenges
• Technical proficiency: You have a solid understanding of how designs are implemented and make use of tools to streamline development handoff

Responsibilities

• Own the design process: Lead the end-to-end design for complex web and mobile applications, from user research and discovery to pixel-perfect execution
• Champion user needs: Deeply understand our diverse user base (traders, developers, broker partners) and advocate for their needs throughout the product development lifecycle
• Shape our design system: Lead efforts to create and maintain a cohesive design system that scales across our B2C and trading platform, B2B broker partner platform, and mobile experiences
• Collaborate effectively: Work closely with product managers, engineers, and fellow designers to bring innovative solutions to life
• Drive impactful results: Balance multiple projects and feature launches while consistently raising the bar for design excellence

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with globally distributed teams
• Prior experience in SaaS, fintech, health tech, or other complex B2B2C/B2C products
• A knack for crafting delightful micro-interactions

Benefits

• Competitive Salary & Stock Options
• Benefits: Health benefits start on day 1. In the US this includes Medical, Dental, Vision. In Canada, this includes supplemental health care. Internationally, this includes a stipend value to offset medical costs
• New Hire Home-Office Setup: One-time USD $500
• Monthly Stipend: USD $150 per month via a Brex Card