Staff Product Designer - Consumer

Our Krakenites are a world-class team with crypto conviction, united by our desire to discover and unlock the potential of crypto and blockchain technology.

Kraken is a mission-focused company rooted in crypto values. As a Krakenite, you'll join us on our mission to accelerate the global adoption of crypto, so that everyone can achieve financial freedom and inclusion. For over a decade, Kraken's focus on our mission and crypto ethos has attracted many of the most talented crypto experts in the world.

As a fully remote company, we have Krakenites in 70+ countries who speak over 50 languages. Krakenites are industry pioneers who develop premium crypto products for experienced traders, institutions, and newcomers to the space.

We're looking for a world-class Staff Product Designer to help shape the future of Kraken in the crypto space. This is a high-impact individual contributor role with broad scope and influence: you'll lead the design direction of complex, high-priority areas within our flagship Kraken app, used and loved by millions of people around the world.

We're a hardworking team that moves fast and ships with purpose. We're straight-talking, no-nonsense, and deeply invested in the quality of what we build. We care about craft, we care about our customers, and we care about getting things right.

If you're excited by ambiguous, high-stakes problems, setting the bar for design excellence, and helping define the future of finance through world-class product experiences, climb aboard.

• 7+ years of experience in product design, with a portfolio demonstrating exceptional craft and impact, particularly in mobile app experiences.
• Proven ability to lead design direction for large, complex product areas and deliver high-quality outcomes.
• Strong UX and visual design skills, with a track record of solving ambiguous problems with clarity and elegance.
• Advanced prototyping skills, with the ability to communicate complex interactions and ideas effectively.
• Experience influencing product strategy and cross-functional decision-making at a team or organizational level.
• Strong systems thinking, with experience contributing to or evolving design systems at scale.
• Ability to mentor and elevate other designers through feedback, collaboration, and example.
• Data-informed mindset, balancing user needs, business goals, and technical constraints.
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills, able to clearly articulate and defend design decisions to diverse stakeholders.
• Deep understanding of human-centered design principles and research methods, and the ability to apply them in complex environments.
• Experience designing trading or financial products is a plus.