NexusSenior Product Designer
About Nexus
Nexus is the engine for verifiable finance — a blockchain designed to natively embed the world’s financial system into one compounding system. Built to support every major financial market on a single global exchange, Nexus unifies infrastructure that has historically been fragmented across chains and intermediaries.
Headquartered in San Francisco with a growing presence in Buenos Aires, Nexus is proud to be a cross-continental team of engineers, cryptographers, and market builders. We’re investing deeply in the Latin American ecosystem — and always looking for world-class talent to join us.
Nexus is backed by leading investors, including Pantera, Lightspeed, Dragonfly, Faction, Blockchain Builders Fund, Alliance, and SVA, and works with more than 100 partners across the global finance and blockchain stack.
Design is a core function at Nexus. We believe great products emerge from first-principles thinking, deep user understanding, and close collaboration across design, product, and engineering.
The Role
We’re hiring a Senior Product Designer to lead end-to-end design for complex, high-stakes products at the intersection of Web3, financial infrastructure, and user trust.
In this role, you’ll independently own large problem spaces — from defining the right problems to shipping high-quality, production-ready solutions. You’ll act as a thought partner to product, engineering, and founders, using design thinking and first-principles reasoning to shape product direction.
This role is ideal for someone who wants both hands-on craft and strategic impact in a fast-moving Web3 environment.
What You’ll Do
Design Leadership & First-Principles Thinking
Break down ambiguous, complex product challenges into core user needs and system constraints
Challenge assumptions and legacy UX patterns common in financial, exchange, and crypto products
Apply structured design thinking to drive clarity, alignment, and momentum across teams
Set a high bar for quality, usability, and user trust across the product
Mentor and support more junior designers as the team grows
End-to-End Product Ownership
Lead design for major product areas from discovery through launch and iteration
Navigate multiple product contexts simultaneously, balancing priorities and maintaining design consistency across the Nexus ecosystem
Translate complex Web3 concepts — trading flows, wallets, transactions, permissions, and security — into intuitive, user-centered experiences
Balance user needs, business goals, and technical constraints in decision-making
UX & Interaction Design
Design scalable interaction patterns and user flows for high-complexity, high-stakes systems
Identify and mitigate usability, trust, and edge-case risks early in the design process
Advocate for clarity, accessibility, and consistency across the product surface
Visual & UI Craft
Produce polished, production-ready UI with strong attention to detail
Own and evolve key parts of the design system to support scale and development speed
Partner closely with engineers to ensure thoughtful, high-quality execution
Research & Insight
Lead and conduct user research, from exploratory interviews to usability testing
Synthesize qualitative and quantitative insights into clear design and product recommendations
Use research to inform both tactical decisions and broader product strategy
Collaboration & Influence
Work as a close partner to product managers, engineers, and founders
Clearly communicate design rationale, tradeoffs, and decisions to diverse stakeholders
What Success Looks Like
Complex Web3 and exchange workflows that feel intuitive, trustworthy, and accessible
Design systems and interaction patterns that scale with product and engineering velocity
Strong cross-functional alignment driven by clear design thinking and communication
Meaningful improvements in usability, clarity, and user confidence across Nexus products
Design functioning as a key driver of both product strategy and execution
What We’re Looking For
Experience & Skills
6–10+ years of experience in product design, UX design, or related roles
Strong portfolio demonstrating senior-level ownership, first-principles thinking, and end-to-end impact
Proven experience designing complex, systems-driven, or trust-critical products (e.g., fintech, crypto, platforms, exchanges)
High level of proficiency with modern design tools such as Figma
Mindset
Deeply user-centered, analytical, and curious
Operates as a self-starter, independently identifying, owning, and driving product enhancements end to end
Comfortable operating in ambiguity and driving clarity independently
Able to move fluidly between strategy and detailed execution
Collaboration
Strong communicator who builds trust across disciplines
Comfortable giving and receiving candid, constructive feedback
Effective working in a remote-first, cross-functional environment
Bonus Points
Experience designing crypto, DeFi, or financial exchange products
Hands-on experience with Web3 products, wallets, or on-chain UX
Background in fintech, payments, trading, or security-sensitive systems
Early-stage startup experience
Familiarity with front-end development or design engineering
Why Join Nexus
Be a foundational senior designer with significant influence over product and design direction
Work on high-impact problems at the frontier of decentralized and verifiable finance
Competitive compensation, meaningful equity, and token participation
Opportunity to define design systems, processes, and culture from an early stage