Staff Product Designer - Investment Products

Urban Ridge Supplies•New York, NY

16h

About The Position

Farther is seeking a Staff Product Designer specializing in investment products to shape end-to-end experiences for Wealth Advisors and client-facing tools. The role translates complex financial systems into clear, intuitive, high-performance user experiences. The designer will work in an ambiguous, fast-paced environment and drive problems from discovery through polished execution, collaborating closely with Product, Engineering, and Research to define solutions, prototype and validate ideas, and shape product direction. Strong expertise in investment workflows, data-heavy interfaces, and design systems is essential, along with an interest in AI-enabled workflows and design-to-code efficiency. The position includes leading design across investment workflows such as portfolios, order execution, asset allocation, performance, and risk; turning dense financial and market data into useful visualizations and decision-support tools; and contributing to a scalable design system. The designer will use rapid prototyping, experimentation, and user feedback to develop and validate solutions, while articulating design rationale grounded in user behavior, financial logic, and business outcomes. They will also help guide investment product strategy and roadmap priorities and elevate design practice through critique, feedback, and informal mentorship.

Requirements

At least 8 years of product design experience with deep expertise in complex, data-rich digital products.
Track record designing investment, trading, wealth management, or financial analytics platforms, for institutional or retail users.
Strong understanding of market data and pricing mechanics, order types and execution flows, portfolio construction and asset allocation, and performance, risk, and return analytics.
Expert-level proficiency in Figma, including components, auto layout, variants, and prototyping.
Experience evolving design systems at scale.
Strong systems thinking across multi-step workflows and interconnected product surfaces.
Ability to work in ambiguity and translate loosely defined problems into structured, testable solutions.
Collaborative, self-directed approach and ability to drive work from concept to execution in a fast-paced startup environment.
Strong communication skills and ability to tailor narratives to users, engineers, and executive stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with AI-assisted design workflows, no-code tools, and design-to-code pipelines.
Experience mentoring or informally leading designers in high-growth environments.
Experience with real-time market data, trading infrastructure, or institutional investment systems.
Experience designing for quantitative or analytical users such as traders, portfolio managers, or RIAs.

Responsibilities

Drive end-to-end product design from discovery and definition through prototyping, validation, and final execution.
Shape design direction for complex investment workflows, including portfolios, order execution, asset allocation, performance, and risk.
Partner with Product and Engineering to define strategy, surface constraints, and inform investment product decisions.
Design and validate solutions through rapid prototyping, experimentation, and structured user feedback.
Create high-fidelity designs, interactive prototypes, and decision-driving artifacts that influence product direction.
Transform financial and market data into clear visualizations, dashboards, and decision-support tools.
Contribute to and evolve a scalable design system.
Use AI, automation, and modern design tools to accelerate exploration, iteration, and production readiness.
Elevate design quality and thinking through critique, feedback, and informal mentorship.
Partner strategically with Product and Engineering to shape roadmap priorities in the investment domain.
Articulate design rationale based on user behavior, financial logic, and business outcomes.