Product Designer

CMC Markets; Sydney; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5 annual leave days + My Days

Birthday off

Charity day

$0 trades

L&D learning

Benefits hub

Office five days in the office

Free breakfast and coffee

Culture club

Job summary

CMC Markets is seeking a Product Designer to help rebuild our core trading platform. You’ll translate complex trading requirements into high-performance, intuitive interfaces for professional users while owning and evolving our Figma-based design system across web and mobile.

With 3–6 years in fintech or data-heavy design, you’ll collaborate with Product and Engineering in an agile environment, conduct user research, produce high-fidelity prototypes, and mentor the team while ensuring

Qualifications

• 3-6 years of product design experience, ideally within fintech, trading, or data-heavy enterprise environments.
• Deep expertise in Figma design systems, not just using them, but building and maintaining sophisticated, scalable component libraries.
• A portfolio that tells a clear story: complex problem in, elegant interface out with the process shown, not just the outcome.
• An eye for detail and a genuine obsession with typography, layout, grid systems, and high-density information display.
• Experience influencing product roadmaps and technical decisions within agile, cross-functional teams.
• The ability to create high-fidelity interactive prototypes that communicate complex user journeys to both users and stakeholders.
• You must have full working rights in Australia.

Responsibilities

• Translating complex trading requirements and dense financial data into high-performance interfaces that feel effortless for professional users.
• Owning and maturing our design system in Figma, evolving it into a scalable, accessible component library that works across web and mobile.
• Running the full design lifecycle for major workstreams, from discovery and logic mapping through to pixel-perfect delivery and implementation support.
• Conducting user research and usability testing to validate design decisions in a high-pressure, real-world trading environment.
• Partnering with Product and Engineering to navigate technical constraints without compromising design integrity.
• Presenting design rationale to senior stakeholders with confidence, using data and design principles to build alignment on the platform’s new direction.
• Mentoring the broader team on modern human-centred design practices, helping raise the collective standard and speed of output.

Skills

Fintech experience

Product design

Figma

Design systems

Prototyping

User research

Tools

Figma

Job description

If you also believe that everyone should be able to achieve their financial potential, then you’ll love contributing to CMC Markets’ company vision of providing the ultimate trading experience. Seize the opportunity to progress your career in the fintech industry by joining a global leader in CFD trading and share investing. Grow yourself personally and professionally with a company that’s growing with you, by global expansion and product offering. As our next Product Designer, you’ll step into a pivotal moment in CMC Markets’ evolution. Since 1989, we’ve been redefining how the world trades and now we’re rebuilding our core trading platform from the ground up, completely reimagining what a best-in-class financial interface can be. This platform supports tens of thousands of retail and institutional traders making real-time financial decisions, so the work you do will have tangible impact. Every improvement from simplifying complex order flows to clarifying dense data visualisations directly reduces friction in high-stakes moments, making meaningful design impact part of your everyday role. You’ll operate at the intersection of systems thinking and interaction design, leading end-to-end work on a product that demands both precision and creativity. You’ll own and evolve our Figma-based design system, ensuring it scales seamlessly across global web and mobile experiences. As the platform grows, so will the scope of your role!

Why You’ll like working here

Just some of the reasons you’ll love working here include:

• Leave benefits: Accrue 5 additional annual leave entitlements each year called My Days, as well as enjoying 5 extra annual leave days once you pass 12 months.
• Enjoy your birthday off to spend time with family and friends, on us!
• Utilise a free annual charity day to give back to your community.
• $0 Trades: Staff & family trading accounts with CMC Markets Invest have access to the best brokerage rates in the market - $0 trades for all domestic and international equity orders!
• Continuous learning: Our L&D offering covers both technical and performance training, ensuring you're always learning new skills.
• Unlimited access to a dedicated benefits & wellbeing hub where you can save money through various retailer discounts, and make use of a variety of resources that will enhance your physical and mental wellbeing.
• Collaboration: We believe that great things happen when smart people work together, that’s why we’ve made the decision to work five days in the office.
• Office perks: Help yourself to free breakfast cereals, condiments, and coffee to fuel your workday.
• Our culture club provides opportunities for everyone whether you’re into fitness, pizza making classes, socialising or bringing out your competitive side in trivia or lawn bowls!

What you’ll be working on

• Translating complex trading requirements and dense financial data into high-performance interfaces that feel effortless for professional users.
• Owning and maturing our design system in Figma, evolving it into a scalable, accessible component library that works across web and mobile.
• Running the full design lifecycle for major workstreams, from discovery and logic mapping through to pixel-perfect delivery and implementation support.
• Conducting user research and usability testing to validate design decisions in a high-pressure, real-world trading environment.
• Partnering with Product and Engineering to navigate technical constraints without compromising design integrity.
• Presenting design rationale to senior stakeholders with confidence, using data and design principles to build alignment on the platform’s new direction.
• Mentoring the broader team on modern human-centred design practices, helping raise the collective standard and speed of output.

What will help you be successful?

• 3-6 years of product design experience, ideally within fintech, trading, or data-heavy enterprise environments.
• Deep expertise in Figma design systems, not just using them, but building and maintaining sophisticated, scalable component libraries.
• A portfolio that tells a clear story: complex problem in, elegant interface out with the process shown, not just the outcome.
• An eye for detail and a genuine obsession with typography, layout, grid systems, and high-density information display.
• Experience influencing product roadmaps and technical decisions within agile, cross-functional teams.
• The ability to create high-fidelity interactive prototypes that communicate complex user journeys to both users and stakeholders.
• You must have full working rights in Australia.

The things we live by

CMC Markets is powered by our people. We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, where our people feel confident to be themselves, feel valued and are able to do their best work. We don’t just value differences and unique perspectives, we seek them out and we invite them in, because we know it will lead to better outcomes for everyone.

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