Product Designer

ElectronX™ is the first U.S.-regulated, direct access electricity derivatives market, offering financial products to address volatile short-term price exposure to electricity. With offices in Chicago and New York City, ElectronX is building the missing financial infrastructure and risk management tools necessary to smooth the path for U.S. energy production, diversification and grid expansion in a time of rapidly increasing power demand. ElectronX is a venture capital-backed startup supported by premier VC partners including Innovation Endeavors, Systemiq Capital, Equinor Ventures, Shell Ventures LLC, DCVC, Amplo, BoxGroup and Lightning Capital.

As a fast-growing company in the highly competitive, quantitative capital markets industry, ElectronX values candidates who are resourceful, curious and adaptable to change. Our cultural focus on innovation requires collaborative and entrepreneurial teammates with the intellectual grit necessary for near- and long-term success.

The Lead Product Designer owns the experience of the ElectronX exchange — from first login to live trading. This role is built for a designer who thrives at the intersection of financial complexity and interaction craft, and who is energized by the challenge of making high-stakes transactional products feel clear, trustworthy, and fast. You will be responsible for all aspects of Product Design, from strategy to prototyping to shipping products, and you will work closely with Engineering, and Compliance to ship experiences that meet the demands of sophisticated market participants while advancing ElectronX's broader commercial goals.

Shape the Exchange Experience

• Establish, lead, and own end-to-end user journeys across the exchange — onboarding, funding, trading, risk and position management, and settlement

• Design and iterate on high-stakes transactional experiences — orders, collateral, withdrawals — where accuracy, timing, and comprehension are critical

• Define and evolve a unified visual language and interaction guidelines that makes every interaction a meaningful experience

• Contribute to product roadmaps, refine design processes, and share knowledge through documentation and presentations

Insight-Driven Design

• Translate complex financial and technical concepts into clear, trustworthy flows for a diverse range of users from institutional energy and market traders to commercial energy participants

• Stay close to users (traders, market makers) through research, interviews, and data, and turn insights into prototypes and shipped products known for ease of use, reliability and cohesive design

• Present work with clarity, grounding strategy in research, reasoning, constraints, and expected impact

Iterate with Intent

• Break down open-ended problems, prioritize for impact, and align closely with Product, Engineering, and Compliance to deliver user-focused, impactful designs

• Balance rapid iteration with meticulous attention to interaction detail, information architecture, and visual polish

• Lead and participate in design reviews, provide clear and actionable feedback, and contribute to a culture of high standards by showing through doing

• 6+ years of product design experience, with meaningful time spent on transactional, financial, or trading products

• Fluency and excellence in design and prototyping tools (Figma, Sketch, Penpot, or Adobe XD etc.)

• Proven track record of successfully leading design function across a product area

• A portfolio demonstrating ownership of complex, user-centered interfaces and end-to-end UX thinking

• Strong grasp of interaction design fundamentals — flows, states, edge cases — not just visual execution

• Comfort working in fast-moving, ambiguous environments where you help define the problem as much as the solution

• Ability to communicate design rationale clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Experience conducting user research and translating findings directly into product decisions

Nice to have

• Familiarity with capital markets, energy markets, trading platforms, crypto

• Experience working at a private, venture-backed startup

• Experience designing for compliance-sensitive or regulated financial products

• Exposure to design systems work and component-level thinking at scale

How success will be measured

• Quality and clarity of shipped exchange experiences across core user journeys

• Speed and confidence of user task completion (onboarding, trading, risk management)

• Depth of cross-functional trust and design influence on product decisions

• Consistency and scalability of interaction patterns across the product

• Health, vision and dental insurance

• 401K

• Supplemental health and disability insurance

• Unlimited vacation

Equal Opportunity Statement:

ElectronX is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.