Senior Interaction Designer - Quant & Analytics

Bloomberg•San Francisco, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Bloomberg is seeking an Experienced UX Designer to drive the early ideation and execution of enhancements for BQuant, a Python-based data science platform. BQuant enables financial professionals to perform large-scale financial analysis by combining Python, cloud computing, Bloomberg's proprietary data, and APIs. The role involves evolving the BQuant user experience to meet changing customer needs and expectations, especially with the rise of AI. The designer will work on a variety of user problems, including managing compute usage, integrating AI code assistants, application publishing workflows, and API design. The position offers the opportunity to shape the longer-term vision of the product, collaborate closely with engineers, lead user research, and explore cross-platform synergies within Bloomberg's product ecosystem. The role also encourages the application of new technologies to improve the design process and shape both programmatic and graphical interfaces.

Requirements

Undergraduate or Graduate Degree in HCI, Interaction Design, Information Architecture, Visual Communication, or any design-related field.
4+ years of experience in several of the following: user research, designing for complex user workflows, service design, product design, interaction design, UI and visual design, and prototyping.
Familiarity with core concepts and interaction design challenges related to cloud computing and IDEs.
A track record of applying standard User-Centered research and design practices and tools to solve challenging design problems.
Excellent communication and presentation skills.
Curiosity and aptitude to extensively research existing and emerging best practices in the field of HCI/UX.
Enthusiasm for shaping the user experience across all product surfaces, not just graphical interfaces.
Portfolio showcasing two design projects with artifacts from across the full project lifecycle (user research, personas, sketches, user journeys, task flows, wireframes, storyboards, success metrics, etc.).
Detailed wireframes illustrating a step-by-step user workflow for solutions that solve complex problems, demonstrating how process informed design choices.

Nice To Haves

Financial domain experience is an advantage.

Responsibilities

Drive early ideation and eventual execution of enhancements to BQuant.
Address a wide range of user problems, from managing compute usage and integrating AI code assistants to application publishing workflows and API design.
Participate in ideation exercises that shape the longer-term vision for the product.
Collaborate closely with engineers on the execution of design concepts.
Define and lead user research projects.
Contextualize design proposals and find cross-platform synergies within Bloomberg's product ecosystem.
Apply new technologies and tools to improve and accelerate the design process.
Shape a range of product interfaces, both programmatic and graphical.