Kraken Digital Asset Exchange

Staff Product Designer – Breakout

Kraken Digital Asset Exchange

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $127,000 - $250,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Define scalable UX patterns for trading, accounts, KYC, and performance tracking
  • Lead the redesign and modernisation of Breakout’s core web and mobile experiences
  • Simplify complex financial and trading concepts into clear, fast, and legible interfaces
  • Drive product strategy alongside Product and Engineering, shaping what we build - not just how it looks
  • Establish design systems, standards, and best practices that scale across teams
  • Partner closely with Marketing to ensure seamless handoff and cohesive user journeys
  • Prototype and test quickly, balancing discovery with delivery
  • Raise the craft bar through hands-on execution and mentorship

Requirements

  • 7+ years of product design experience, including time operating at a senior or staff level
  • Proven experience designing complex, data-heavy, or technical products (fintech, trading, SaaS, or similar)
  • Strong product thinking — able to balance user needs, business goals, and technical constraints
  • Experience leading large-scale redesigns or modernisation initiatives end-to-end
  • Deep understanding of UX systems, interaction design, and information architecture
  • Ability to design fast, high-signal interfaces where speed and clarity matter
  • Comfort working closely with engineers and understanding technical tradeoffs
  • Experience creating and scaling design systems and reusable patterns
  • Strong prototyping skills to validate ideas quickly
  • Clear communicator who can influence stakeholders and articulate rationale
  • A portfolio demonstrating ownership, craft, and measurable impact.
Benefits
  • Bonus program
  • Equity program
  • Wellness allowance
  • Medical insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • 401(k) plan
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
UX designinteraction designinformation architectureprototypingdesign systemsdata-heavy product designtechnical product designuser interface designmodernisation initiativesproduct strategy
Soft Skills
product thinkingclear communicationstakeholder influencementorshipcollaborationbalancing user needsbusiness goalstechnical constraintsfast decision makingclarity in design