Senior Product Designer, Operations Tools

Alpaca
United States, Canada, Brazil
Workplace: RemoteContractFunction: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)Experience: 6+ yearsSkills: ["Independent work","Systems thinking","Communication","Usability testing","Stakeholder alignment"]

Design and build internal tools for complex financial operations, owning the end-to-end process from research and workflow discovery through prototyping, validation, and production launch. Create interfaces for data-rich workflows with audit and regulatory needs in mind, prototype AI-powered interactions, and translate complex business rules into reliable user experiences. Partner with product, engineering, and operations while iterating post-launch and contributing to the design system.

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Alpaca
Alpaca
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Senior Product Designer, Operations Tools

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Job Summary

Design and build internal tools for complex financial operations, owning the end-to-end process from research and workflow discovery through prototyping, validation, and production launch. Create interfaces for data-rich workflows with audit and regulatory needs in mind, prototype AI-powered interactions, and translate complex business rules into reliable user experiences. Partner with product, engineering, and operations while iterating post-launch and contributing to the design system.
Location: United States, Canada, Brazil
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Contract · 12 months
Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead the end-to-end design process from research and workflow discovery through prototyping, validation, detailed design, implementation, and post-launch iteration.
  • •Design complex operational workflows spanning multiple user roles, data sources, business rules, approvals, exceptions, and audit requirements.
  • •Rapidly build AI-powered prototypes for alignment across stakeholders.
  • •Turn prototypes into production experiences by writing and contributing code, working through code review, testing, deployment, and iteration.
  • •Collaborate with engineering and contribute to a scalable design system (tables, forms, dashboards, alerts, approvals, audit histories, and AI-assisted interactions).

Pay and Benefits

Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceEquityHome OfficeStipend

Key Requirements

  • •6+ years of experience in product design in startup or other fast-paced environments.
  • •Have designed and launched in complex or technical industries such as financial services or healthcare.
  • •Comfortable reading and building with API documentation.
  • •Ability to translate complex processes, data, business rules, and edge cases into clear, efficient experiences while keeping auditability and regulatory concerns in mind.
  • •Can work independently in ambiguous environments and communicate design decisions across product, engineering, operations, and business teams.
Experience:6+ yearsFinancial servicesHealthcare
Skills:Independent workSystems thinkingCommunicationUsability testingStakeholder alignment

Company Brief

Alpaca
Provides developer-first APIs and brokerage infrastructure for algorithmic and automated stock trading, enabling fintechs and developers to build trading applications with commission-free market access and custody services.
Industry: Fintech Infrastructure
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Funding: Series C
Headquarters: San Mateo, United States
Founded: 2015
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