Senior User Experience Designer

Charles Schwab Inc.•Westlake, TX

6d•$129,000 - $170,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior User Experience Designer is an individual contributor on a multidisciplinary UX team creating web and mobile experiences for Schwab clients. The role designs high-impact trading experiences across Schwab.com and Schwab’s iOS and Android apps, translating complex financial workflows into clear, accessible experiences. The designer guides work from discovery through delivery and iteration, and helps raise design quality across the product ecosystem. The position works on site in the specified location(s), and applicants must be authorized to work full time in the United States without employer sponsorship. The designer partners with product managers, software developers, researchers, content strategists, accessibility specialists, and business partners in an Agile environment. The role combines client needs, business goals, and data to produce thoughtful solutions, while using and evolving Schwab’s design system. The work affects experiences used by retail clients and advisors and supports clients in managing their financial lives with greater clarity and confidence. Candidates should provide a link to a digital portfolio of relevant work, including any required passwords. The portfolio should demonstrate product experience problem-solving, work within established patterns, interaction design, visual clarity, and attention to user needs across digital touchpoints, along with the candidate’s role, decisions, and the impact of the work.

Requirements

At least 6 years of product design experience with digital products, supported by an online portfolio showing process and design thinking.
At least 1 year of experience with touch-based mobile interfaces.
Experience designing data-intensive applications; financial services experience and ideally knowledge of brokerage platforms.
Deep knowledge of user-centered design, including research, flows, wireframes, interaction design, visual design, prototyping, and content specifications.
Experience running design sessions with cross-functional teams.
Experience designing accessible solutions and participating in accessibility testing.
Experience collaborating in multidisciplinary Agile teams and facilitating cross-functional design sessions.
Fluency with Figma and modern design systems.
Experience effectively integrating AI tools such as Copilot, Figma Make, MCPs, Vercel, or similar technologies into the design process to improve efficiency, deepen insights, and enhance design outcomes.
Include a link to a digital portfolio of relevant work on the resume, with any required passwords.
Must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without employer sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

Strong communication, relationship-building, and self-management skills.
Ability to guide complex work with substantial ownership.
Knowledge of brokerage platforms.

Responsibilities

Lead product design from early discovery through launch and iteration, translating client needs, business goals, and data into solutions.
Design cohesive interactions for responsive web and native mobile experiences, attending to layout, typography, color, motion, and user interaction with the system.
Simplify data-intensive trading workflows while preserving the power and precision expected by experienced investors.
Use and evolve the Schwab design system by creating consistent, scalable patterns and components.
Partner with product managers, software developers, researchers, content strategists, accessibility specialists, and business partners in an Agile environment.
Facilitate problem framing and ideation, communicate a clear design point of view, and move decisions forward with rationale and storytelling.
Lead cross-disciplinary UX efforts, identify risks early, and help teams find practical paths through ambiguity.
Champion accessible, inclusive, and high-quality experiences throughout the design process.
Leverage AI tools to augment and accelerate the UX process.