Senior Product Designer

Summary

Join Alpaca, a leading brokerage infrastructure technology company, as a Senior Product Designer to shape the future of our broker partner dashboard and internal operations tools. You will lead end-to-end design for complex web and mobile applications, champion user needs, and collaborate with various teams. This role requires 7+ years of experience in product design, launching complex operational tools, and a deep understanding of user research. You will need strong analytical skills, technical proficiency, and excellent communication skills. Alpaca offers competitive salary & stock options, health benefits, a new hire home-office setup, and a monthly stipend.

Requirements

• Experienced: You have 7+ years of experience in product design, with a proven track record of launching complex operations management tools in a fast-paced environment
• User-centric: You're passionate about understanding user needs through user research and translating them into intuitive and engaging experiences
• Collaborative & Communicative: You thrive in a collaborative, remote environment and excel at communicating design decisions effectively
• Systems Level Thinking: You have experience designing intuitive operational tools and designing meaningful metrics and analytics that empower users to make informed decisions
• Strong Analytical Skills: Evaluate processes, identify inefficiencies, and recommend data-driven solutions
• Technical proficiency: You have a solid understanding of working with APIs, how designs are implemented by engineering, 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 (global broker partners, internal users) and advocate for their needs throughout the product development lifecycle
• Shape our design system: Support efforts create and maintain a cohesive design system that scales across Alpaca’s product ecosystem
• Collaborate effectively: Work closely with product managers, engineers, partner success teams, internal operations teams, and fellow designers to bring innovative solutions to life
• Execute proactively: Balance multiple projects and feature launches while consistently raising design quality

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a startup environment for operational tooling products
• Industry experience in B2B fintech, medical/pharma, logistics, manufacturing, aerospace/automative

Benefits

• Competitive Salary & Stock Options
• Health Benefits
• New Hire Home-Office Setup: One-time USD $500
• Monthly Stipend: USD $150 per month via a Brex Card