The opportunity

📍Lead the delivery of completely new product concepts for the payments space. 📍Set the industry benchmarks with visually rich and innovative designs, enhancing Kraken's brand recognition and setting a new standard for our business. 📍Use influence to push stakeholders to maintain the highest of standards. 📍Create exceptional quality user experiences working closely with other designers, researchers, product managers, content writers, and engineers. 📍Develop the visual concept for Kraken’s payments products and develop the design language. 📍Balance business objectives, customer needs, insights and technical constraints to produce data-informed outcomes. 📍Own your work, take full accountability for the quality of your designs and track outcomes and results. 📍Track emerging customer trends, using insights to upgrade our designs and impact our overall design direction. 📍Lead design reviews both seeking and giving meaningful and supportive feedback.

Skills you should HODL

📍Proven experience leading 0→1 product design initiatives across mobile and web, with a track record of shipping high-quality, complex products—especially in the payments or crypto space. 📍Expert in solving tough UX challenges, crafting intuitive user experiences, and rapidly prototyping to test and validate ideas. 📍Uses research-backed methods and analytics to inform design decisions; open-minded, egoless, and deeply collaborative. 📍Inspires teams by mentoring others, setting a high design bar, and fostering a culture of excellence within the org. 📍Organized, articulate, and proactive—comfortable managing up and across teams to keep projects moving. 📍Strong communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate design intent and strategic rationale. 📍Knowledge of Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, or financial platforms is a strong plus.

The crypto industry is evolving rapidly, offering new opportunities in blockchain, web3, and remote crypto roles — don’t miss your chance to be part of it.