Senior Product Designer
Bitgo - New York, NY
posted 4 months ago
About the position
BitGo is seeking a full-time Senior Product Designer to join our innovative team, reporting directly to the Head of Design. In this role, you will be instrumental in shaping the future of BitGo's Wallet Services by developing novel features for our platform. Your responsibilities will encompass the entire design process, from initial definition and vision through to execution and launch. As a passionate user advocate, you will balance business goals with proven user needs, ensuring that our products not only meet market demands but also provide exceptional user experiences. You will lead digital product design projects, participating in all aspects of the design process, including research, ideation, design, and user testing. Your ability to convey user needs will be critical, utilizing tools such as personas, journey maps, user flows, wireframes, and prototypes. You will organize and lead workshops, design reviews, user interviews, and internal lessons to foster collaboration and innovation within the team. Working closely with multidisciplinary teams, you will advocate for design excellence and contribute to the overall growth, productivity, and culture of the BitGo design team. This position offers a unique opportunity to work in a startup environment where you will juggle multiple projects and tackle unique product challenges that will shape the future of decentralized finance services. We are looking for someone who is self-motivating, innovative, and eager to make a significant impact in the digital asset space.
Responsibilities
- Lead digital product design projects from research to conception to launch
- Participate in all aspects of the design process (research, ideation, design, and user testing)
- Convey user needs through personas, journey maps, user flows, wireframes, and prototypes
- Organize and lead workshops, design reviews, user interviews, and internal lessons
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and advocate for design excellence
- Maintain and evolve toolkits, design systems, and brand collateral
- Contribute to the overall growth, productivity, and culture of the BitGo design team
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience designing web-based and mobile software
- Deep understanding of the product design process, design thinking, design tools, and methodologies
- Ability to build user empathy and translate business understanding into beautiful, intuitive designs
- Humble yet able to defend design decisions using data, a solid design philosophy, and creative process
- A knack for visualizing complex data or user processes through diagrams and elegant interfaces
- Strong command of layout, iconography, typography, and information architecture
- A passion for exploring new design methods, processes, tools, and emerging technologies
- Portfolio showcasing case studies and process behind your design solutions
Nice-to-haves
- Experience working in and passion for digital assets and Web3 technologies
- Participate in the greater design community through speaking, writing, hosting events, and showcasing work
- Knowledge of front-end development languages such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, etc.
- Experience building UI libraries and managing design systems
Benefits
- Competitive base salary, bonus and stock options
- 100% company paid health insurance for employee, partner and dependents
- Up to 4% 401k company match
- Paid parental leave
- Paid vacation
- Free commuter/parking pass; 5 min from Caltrain
- Free custom lunches, dinners and snacks
- Computer equipment and workplace furniture to suit your needs
- Great colleagues and inspiring startup environment
