Staff Product Designer

Ridgeline•Reno, NY

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Are you energized by designing complex, data-rich workflows that help investment firms make faster, smarter decisions? Do you enjoy simplifying deeply technical systems into intuitive, elegant experiences that customers trust every day? Are you excited to shape how AI, automation, and intelligent workflows transform modern investment management? If so, we invite you to be a part of our innovative team. As a Product Designer at Ridgeline, you’ll help modernize one of the most complex and fast-moving areas of investment management software: trading. You’ll partner closely with product managers, engineers, and customers to design experiences that help traders manage complex activity with greater clarity, speed, and accuracy. You’ll work across order management and electronic trading, from configurable trading workspaces and exception management to automated and AI-assisted workflows, while helping define how Ridgeline’s broader platform patterns come to life for traders. You’ll leverage modern AI tools like Claude, Cursor, and Claude Code to accelerate exploration, prototype experiences, evaluate edge cases, and improve product quality and design velocity across the entire design process. At Ridgeline, how we work matters as much as what we build. Ridgeliners act like owners, choose growth over comfort, and communicate with transparency. We assume positive intent, bias toward action, and bring solutions, not just problems. We celebrate wins, learn from setbacks, and thrive in a resilient, collaborative, high-performing culture. If this excites you, we’d love to meet you! You must be work authorized in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship.

Requirements

6+ years of experience designing and shipping successful digital product experiences
Strong interaction design, systems thinking, visual design, and prototyping skills
Experience designing complex workflows, data-intensive applications, or enterprise software platforms
Active AI-native workflow experience using tools like Claude, Cursor, or Claude Code as part of daily product and design practice
Ability to simplify technically complex systems into intuitive user experiences
Experience collaborating closely with engineering teams to deliver thoughtful, scalable solutions
Strong storytelling, communication, and presentation skills
Ability to mentor and coach other designers while raising quality across a broader organization
Experience gathering customer insights and translating findings into actionable product improvements
Ability to manage ambiguity, prioritize effectively, and drive clarity across cross-functional teams
Strong problem-solving skills and a high level of product ownership
Willingness to learn about cutting-edge technologies while cultivating expertise in investment management workflows and order management systems
Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues at all levels
A shareable portfolio (attachment or online)

Nice To Haves

Experience in financial services, investment management, trading platforms, or other complex financial products
Experience conducting user research and usability testing
Proficiency with modern front-end technologies including React, JavaScript/TypeScript, and CSS
Experience contributing to design systems and design-to-code workflows
Experience designing AI-native product experiences including agentic behavior, transparency patterns, confidence cues, and user controls

Responsibilities

Reimagine workflows across order management and electronic trading, helping investment teams manage increasingly complex trading activity with clarity and efficiency
Design intuitive workflows that help traders navigate complex decisions, surface actionable information, and manage exceptions and alerts with speed and accuracy
Extend existing patterns and frameworks like Ridgeline’s configurable dashboards into trading, creating flexible workspaces that users can tailor to their workflows and priorities
Build intelligent trading experiences that incorporate automated and deterministic workflows, AI-assisted guidance, and emerging AI capabilities
Prototype and iterate quickly using tools like Claude, Cursor, and Claude Code to explore workflows, edge cases, and interaction patterns
Translate concepts into polished, production-ready experiences in Figma with strong systems thinking and visual craft
Collaborate closely with engineering to ensure designs are feasible, scalable, and thoughtfully implemented
Contribute to Ridgeline’s design systems, interaction patterns, prompt libraries, and AI design practices
Conduct customer conversations, lightweight research, and usability testing to rapidly validate ideas and improve workflows
Mentor designers through feedback, collaboration, and thoughtful design critique
Think creatively, own problems, seek solutions, and communicate clearly along the way
Contribute to a collaborative environment deeply rooted in learning, teaching, and transparency