About the Role
- Kraken is a fully remote company with team members in 70+ countries who speak over 50 languages.
- The team values autonomy and initiative, providing support through periodic design crits and reviews where members can give and receive meaningful feedback.
- Work style emphasizes iteration, continuous progress, and making data-informed decisions through independent research.
- Team members take full accountability for their work, considering every detail and explaining every decision.
- The team is highly visual, aiming to create products that look and feel beautiful while meeting and exceeding client needs.
- Candidates are expected to familiarize themselves with the Kraken app and the Kraken Culture page.
What You'll Be Doing
- Understand and balance business objectives, client needs, insights and technical constraints to create meaningful and impactful designs.
- Identify pain points, gaps, and opportunities for improvements to proactively drive change.
- Work closely with Product, Engineering, Support and other stakeholders, taking designs from exploration and prototyping to production.
- Harness data to drive and support strategy and design decisions.
- Stay up to date with developments among competitors and in the wider DeFi, TradFi and design fields.
What You'll Bring
7+ years of proven experience delivering end-to-end product design, with a portfolio showcasing high-quality mobile app work.
Strong UX and visual design skills, with the ability to take on challenging problems and deliver thoughtful, user-centered solutions.
Advanced skills in prototyping and validating concepts, with the ability to communicate ideas clearly and effectively.
Comfortable taking ownership of high impact features or projects while collaborating closely with peers and cross-functional partners.
Curious, open-minded, and eager to learn from feedback and iterate on designs.
Data-informed approach to design decisions, balancing user insights, business needs, and technical feasibility.
Strong communication and organizational skills, with the ability to manage priorities and align with stakeholders.
Strong familiarity with human-centered design principles and research methods, and a willingness to apply them to improve outcomes.
Ability to present and defend design decisions confidently to both peers and non-design audiences.
Nice to Have
Experience in designing trading products.
Interest in crypto.
Interview Process
- Candidates may be asked to complete job-related skills or work-style assessments to evaluate competencies relevant to the role.
About Kraken
- Kraken is a mission-focused company rooted in crypto values, aiming to accelerate the global adoption of crypto so that everyone can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.
- For over a decade, Kraken’s focus has been on its mission and crypto ethos.
- The company develops premium crypto products including Kraken Pro, Desktop, Wallet, and Kraken Futures.
- Kraken is committed to industry-leading security, crypto education, and world-class client support.