Senior Staff Product Designer
Coinbase
Ready to be pushed beyond what you think you’re capable of?
At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. It’s a massive, ambitious opportunity that demands the best of us, every day, as we build the emerging onchain platform — and with it, the future global financial system.
To achieve our mission, we’re seeking a very specific candidate. We want someone who is passionate about our mission and who believes in the power of crypto and blockchain technology to update the financial system. We want someone who is eager to leave their mark on the world, who relishes the pressure and privilege of working with high caliber colleagues, and who actively seeks feedback to keep leveling up. We want someone who will run towards, not away from, solving the company’s hardest problems.
Our work culture is intense and isn’t for everyone. But if you want to build the future alongside others who excel in their disciplines and expect the same from you, there’s no better place to be.
While many roles at Coinbase are remote-first, we are not remote-only. In-person participation is required throughout the year. Team and company-wide offsites are held multiple times annually to foster collaboration, connection, and alignment. Attendance is expected and fully supported.
Team / Role Overview
The Simple Trade team is at the forefront of revolutionizing the trading experience for millions of users. Leveraging our understanding of trading behaviors, we craft seamless buy, sell, and convert experiences for customers within our flagship application, making crypto trading easy & accessible.
As a Senior Staff Product Designer, you will operate as a “delta force” systems thinker: owning large, multi‑quarter initiatives across our entire app experience and underlying information architecture, stitching together the needs of multiple product teams into a cohesive, high‑impact experience. You’ll partner closely with Product, Engineering, and senior design leadership to set the bar for quality across high‑visibility initiatives.
What you’ll be doing (ie. job duties):
- Own the end‑to‑end design vision for trading experiences across the everything exchange, from discovery and evaluation through placing and managing trades.
- Lead large, quarter‑long initiatives to rethink and redesign core trade flows, going beyond incremental speed improvements to re‑architect how customers pick markets, understand risk/reward, and complete trades.
- Translate a diverse set of team needs across the entire company into a unified, scalable system that feels coherent and delightful to customers.
- Explore and define new ways to make trading intuitive, engaging, and delightful. From interaction patterns and motion to the architecture of how information and controls are surfaced.
- Drive complex “zero‑to‑one” or major redesign projects from problem framing and concept development through detailed interaction and visual design, prototyping, validation, and launch.
What we look for in you (ie. job requirements):
- 10+ years of product design experience, including staff‑level or equivalent scope owning major end‑to‑end product areas.
- A strong systems thinking orientation: you’ve designed across complex product architectures, not just isolated features, and can show how your work reorganized or simplified entire flows.
- Demonstrated experience shipping visually rich, interaction‑heavy consumer or prosumer products where hierarchy, typography, color, motion, and micro‑interactions materially impact usability and brand perception.
- Proven ability to operate in high‑visibility, “special project” contexts with senior stakeholders and executive attention, navigating ambiguity and driving clarity.
- Comfort working in complex problem spaces like trading, financial products, or marketplaces; you don’t need to be a trading expert on day one, but you should have a strong interest in markets and a willingness to learn quickly.
- A collaborative, low‑ego working style; you’re excited to partner with PMs, engineers, data, and other designers to get to the best outcome for customers.
Nice to haves
- Experience working on trading, investing, or financial tools (e.g., brokerage, options, prediction markets, gaming economies, or other complex decision‑making products).
- Background in or exposure to crypto trading or onchain markets, including familiarity with order types, charts, and how customers evaluate positions.
- Experience in environments where you needed to balance regulatory, risk, or compliance constraints with delivering excellent user experiences.
- Prior collaboration with specialized product creative or brand design partners to deliver high‑polish experiences.
Pay Transparency Notice: Depending on your work location, the target annual base salary for this position can range as detailed below. Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility and benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k)).
Please be advised that each candidate may submit a maximum of four applications within any 30-day period. We encourage you to carefully evaluate how your skills and interests align with Coinbase's roles before applying.
Commitment to Equal Opportunity
Coinbase is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other basis protected by applicable law. Coinbase will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. For US applicants, you may view the Employee Rights and the Know Your Rights notices by clicking on their corresponding links. Additionally, Coinbase participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law.
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AI Disclosure
For select roles, Coinbase is piloting an AI tool based on machine learning technologies to conduct initial screening interviews to qualified applicants. The tool simulates realistic interview scenarios and engages in dynamic conversation. A human recruiter will review your interview responses, provided in the form of a voice recording and/or transcript, to assess them against the qualifications and characteristics outlined in the job description.
For select roles, Coinbase is also piloting an AI interview intelligence platform to transcribe and summarize interview notes, allowing our interviewers to fully focus on you as the candidate.
The above pilots are for testing purposes and Coinbase will not use AI to make decisions impacting employment. To request a reasonable accommodation due to disability, please contact accommodations[at]coinbase.com