Senior Product Designer, Craft & Systems

Department: Product

Reports To: Head of Product

Employment Type:Full-Time

Location:Chicago IL In-Person

Salary: $132000 $160000

About the Role

tastytrade is a self-directed brokerage built for active options and futures traders with a platform spanning web desktop and order to meet the demands of our products growth were hiring a Senior Product Designer to drive foundational elements: build the token architecture component system and craft standards the whole organization moves on. This is foundational work with platform-wide impact in a regulated financial environment where design decisions carry operational weight alongside UX tradeoffs.

Werelooking for someone who leads with craft and thinks in across our core platform raise the craft bar across the team and help build the design foundation that lets us scale quickly without accumulating debt.

What Youll Do:

• Own design execution across the core platform (web desktop and mobile) from early discovery through production handoff

• Set and hold a high craft standard across the team: precise visual execution complete interaction states clear information hierarchy andappropriate motion. When you review work you give specific feedback with a clear rationale not general impressions

• Build andmaintaindesign system foundations: shared token layercomponentarchitecture usage guidelines and the conventions that keep the platform feeling coherent as it scales

• Partner with engineering on implementation quality: you care how the product shows up to real customers not just whether the Figma file was polished before handoff

• Establish shared navigational conventions and design standards that vertical product teams build within

• Produce documentation thorough enough that other designers can build on your decisions without needing you in the room

• Work directly with PMs and engineers to define scope and make calls under ambiguity

• Mentor other designers on craft systems thinking and technical execution: invest in how they think through problems and grow their capabilities

Who You Are:

• 8 years of product design experiencewithat least 2 yearsworkingin a regulated financial environment: fintech trading banking crypto investing etc.

• A track recordof moving metrics: you can point tospecific design decisionsyou ownedthat shifted a meaningful outcome and explain the reasoning behind them

• Experience building or significantly contributing to a design system in a product org: tokenscomponentarchitecture the decisions that let a team scale without accumulating debt

• Highbar for visualcraft in complex data-dense interfaces: you bring the same rigor to a 40-column data table that others bring to a hero screen and your portfoliodemonstratesthat visual quality and usability reinforce each other

• Systems thinking applied to design: you understand why acomponentdecision matters at scale and can build foundations other designers extend without breaking

• Strong feedbackand mentoringinstincts: you can articulatewhatswrong and why and make the work better without taking over

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in options futures or equities trading products specifically

• Experience with token-based workflows and design-to-code handoff at acomponentlevel

• Crypto or emerging asset class product experience

• Performance Bonuses
• Stock Purchase Options
• Medical/Vision/Dental Benefits
• 401k Plan
• 20 Paid Vacation Days (plus an additional paid vacation day the month of your birthday!)
• 10 Paid Sick Days
• Gym Membership Reimbursement
• Commuter Benefits
• Pet Insurance
• Wellness & Mental Health Programs
• Charitable Donation Matching
• Two Paid Volunteer Days Off
• Daily catered lunch when in the office
• Full kitchen with snacks and beverages
• In-building gym
• Shuttle to/from Metra