Staff Product Designer at Ridgeline in Reno, NV; New York, NY; San Ramon, CA

Job description

• 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.

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

Requirements

• You must be work authorized in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship.
• 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)
• 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

Skills

Required

• Strong interaction design
• Systems thinking
• Visual design
• Prototyping
• Ability to simplify complex systems
• Collaboration with engineering teams
• Mentoring and coaching
• Customer insights gathering
• Managing ambiguity and prioritizing
• Problem-solving
• Product ownership
• Effective communication at all levels

Preferred

• User research and usability testing
• Design systems contribution
• Design-to-code workflows

Benefits

• [For New York and California Based Only]
• The typical starting salary range for new hires in this role is listed below. In select locations (including, the San Francisco Bay Area, CA, and the New York City Metro Area), an alternate range may apply as specified below.
• The typical starting salary range for this role is: $168,000-$210,000.
• The typical starting salary range for this role in the select locations listed above is: $184,500-$231,000.
• Final compensation amounts are determined by multiple factors, including candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amount listed above.
• As an employee at Ridgeline, you’ll have many opportunities for advancement in your career and can make a true impact on the product.
• In addition to the base salary, Ridgeline employees can participate in our Company Stock Plan subject to the applicable Stock Option Agreement. We also offer rich benefits that reflect the kind of organization we want to be: one in which our employees feel valued and are inspired to bring their best selves to work. These include unlimited vacation, educational and wellness reimbursements, and $0 cost employee insurance plans. Please check out our Careers page for a more comprehensive overview of our perks and benefits.