Senior Staff Product Designer, Kraken
$168-269k
Cryptocurrency exchange
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Cryptocurrency exchange
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$168-269k
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.
Role
Who you are
- Proven experience leading 0→1 product design initiatives across mobile and web, with a track record of shipping high-quality, complex products—especially in the payments or crypto space
- Expert in solving tough UX challenges, crafting intuitive user experiences, and rapidly prototyping to test and validate ideas
- Uses research-backed methods and analytics to inform design decisions; open-minded, egoless, and deeply collaborative
- Inspires teams by mentoring others, setting a high design bar, and fostering a culture of excellence within the org
- Organized, articulate, and proactive—comfortable managing up and across teams to keep projects moving
- Strong communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate design intent and strategic rationale
- Knowledge of Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, or financial platforms is a strong plus
What the job involves
- We are looking for an experienced Senior Staff Product Designer to play a crucial role in shaping the future of Kraken in the payments space. We need an experienced lead IC to spearhead the development of new Kraken products and to lead the design and delivery of our new payments app from concept to delivery.
- Join us if you feel excited about contributing to our mission by creating intuitive and aesthetically excellent user experiences. We’re obsessed with our products and care about the smallest details. We have an open and trusting team culture where we share candid and honest feedback to achieve the best results
- Lead the delivery of completely new product concepts for the payments space
- Set the industry benchmarks with visually rich and innovative designs, enhancing Kraken's brand recognition and setting a new standard for our business
- Use influence to push stakeholders to maintain the highest of standards
- Create exceptional quality user experiences working closely with other designers, researchers, product managers, content writers, and engineers
- Develop the visual concept for Kraken’s payments products and develop the design language
- Balance business objectives, customer needs, insights and technical constraints to produce data-informed outcomes
- Own your work, take full accountability for the quality of your designs and track outcomes and results
- Track emerging customer trends, using insights to upgrade our designs and impact our overall design direction
- Lead design reviews both seeking and giving meaningful and supportive feedback
Our take
Kraken is the world’s largest global bitcoin exchange in euro volume and liquidity. Kraken’s clients also trade USD, CAD, ETH, XRP, LTC and other digital currencies, on a platform consistently rated the best and most secure bitcoin exchange by independent news media.
Kraken was the first bitcoin exchange to have its market data displayed on the Bloomberg Terminal, the first to pass a cryptographically verifiable proof-of-reserves audit, and one of the first exchanges to offer leveraged bitcoin margin trading.
Kraken are one of the top 3 bitcoin exchanges by volume, behind Coinbase and bit-x with an 18% market share. While this is a competitive space to operate in - the volume of crypto being exchanged every day is very high, so there's space for multiple winners.
Kraken have made a number of acquisitions and have strengthened its world-leading position with the launch of new products, features and apps and a 24/7 multi-lingual support line. The company will continue to provide clients with easier and more versatile ways to participate in the crypto ecosystem.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Feb 2019
$100m
SERIES C
Mar 2014
$5m
SERIES A
Total funding: $111.5m
Company benefits
- Work where you want: 90% of Krakenites work remotely, we believe people do their best work wherever they're happiest
- Flexibility and Autonomy: We are highly results-focused vs. time-focused. We want you to work when and how you need to keep you at your most proactive
- We value diversity: Our Team is spread across 60 countries. By joining Kraken you'll be part of a truly multicultural organization that values diversity and inclusion
- A new approach to salary: Kraken prides itself on being at the forefront of crypto innovation, and that means the majority of our workforce has the option to be paid in bitcoin
- Equity Options: Kraken owes its success and growth to its people. That's why we offer nearly all our Krakenites a stake in the company
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Jesse Powell
(Chairman of the Board)Previously co-founded Verge Gallery & Studio Project, Lewt and Internet Ventures & Holdings
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