Lead UX Designer for Real-Time Trading Platform

IMC; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Paid leave

Insurance

Job summary

IMC is seeking a Lead UX Designer to shape how traders interact with our real-time trading tools. You will collaborate with traders, researchers, and engineers to craft fast, intuitive interfaces and scalable design systems that perform under pressure.

You will translate complex requirements into clean, information-dense designs, balancing speed, accuracy, and aesthetic quality across critical workflows while advocating for usability throughout the product lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Experience designing systems that are central to a user’s day.
• Strong portfolio with interaction design and visual craft.
• Experience with complex or technical products in fast-paced environments.
• Ability to design under time pressure.
• Fluency in wireframing and prototyping.
• Able to collaborate with engineers and understand implementation constraints.
• Clear, effective cross-disciplinary communication.
• Pragmatic mindset valuing simplicity, consistency, and quality.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with traders, researchers, and engineers to design interfaces supporting core trading behavior.
• Develop deep understanding of user needs through research and observation.
• Translate complex requirements into intuitive designs.
• Create information-dense, high-reliability interfaces for expert users.
• Balance efficiency with usability and visual quality across workflows.
• Lead evolution of shared design systems and interaction patterns.
• Advocate for user-centered design and usability testing throughout lifecycle.
• Partner with engineering to ensure feasible and well-implemented designs.
• Navigate conflicting feedback and propose thoughtful tradeoffs.
• Help define and drive a UX vision aligned with platform direction.

Job description

IMC is seeking a Lead UX Designer to shape how traders interact with our real-time trading tools. You will collaborate with traders, researchers, and engineers to craft fast, intuitive interfaces and scalable design systems that perform under pressure.

You will translate complex requirements into clean, information-dense designs, balancing speed, accuracy, and aesthetic quality across critical workflows while advocating for usability throughout the product lifecycle.