Staff Product Designer, Investing
Wealthsimple
In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to:
- Understand the investing needs of our customers, empowering both new and sophisticated investors with the tools and knowledge to make informed decisions.
- Partner closely with engineering, data science and product management to find refined but practical solutions to design challenges.
- Create multiple concepts and prototypes, recognizing when meticulous attention to detail is needed and when low-fidelity sketches are adequate for visualizing ideas.
- Listen to users to develop the right product strategy and find solutions that delight our customers.
- Leverage data to inform your design solutions.
- Understand the strategic direction and vision for your working areas and ensure all UX efforts are aligned with that direction.
- Raise the craft quality bar at Wealthsimple not just through your own work, but through the mentoring and development of Designers in your domain.
- Become a subject matter expert in Stock & Option Trading.
- Stay on top of industry trends and emerging technologies to integrate innovative solutions into our product design.
What you’ll bring:
- A deep interest or experience with Trading and how we might build simpler, more accessible services for everyone.
- Is an expert practitioner in the craft of product design, capable of delivering thoughtful, polished experiences, including motion and interaction design.
- Demonstrated experience designing and shipping consumer-facing products.
- Proven ability to turn complex problems into simple experiences.
- Strong understanding of how design, product and engineering can work together to ship high-quality experiences quickly and at scale.
- Can effectively communicate ideas and project direction to internal teams and stakeholders.
- Experience generating user insight by shaping and leading research studies.
- Ability to work independently, biasing towards action to drive projects forward.
If you’re excited to be part of Wealthsimple's mission, please apply with your resume and a portfolio that demonstrates:
- Your experience solving ambiguous problems & how you got there.
- Your experience working on consumer-facing products (mobile and web).
- The impact of your work on the broader goals of the company.
- How you leverage insights to make user-driven decisions.
