Robinhood

Senior Product Designer, Trading

Robinhood$166K — $195K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Proven experience designing complex user interfaces and large, multifaceted products, ideally in financial technology or trading platforms.
  • Ability to independently lead projects from conception to execution and meet delivery milestones.
  • Strong communication skills for cross-team collaboration and presenting design decisions to leadership.
  • Deep understanding of interaction design and how multiple product surfaces impact user experience as a cohesive system.
  • Willingness to explore and integrate emerging technologies, including AI, into design and prototyping.

Responsibilities

  • Lead product design strategy for creating seamless trading experiences for users.
  • Redesign core trading surfaces to enhance speed and simplify user interactions with financial tools.
  • Collaborate with engineering, product management, and legal teams to navigate projects from concept to production.
  • Assess AI tools in the design process to streamline workflows and improve user interface solutions.
  • Communicate project updates transparently to leadership and influence long-term design standards.

Benefits

  • Challenging work that promotes career growth.
  • Performance-driven compensation with bonuses, equity, and 401(k) matching.
  • Comprehensive health insurance coverage for employees and dependents.
  • Access to top AI tools and opportunities for continuous AI skill-building.
  • Flexible benefits spending account for wellness and learning.
  • Employer-paid life, disability insurance, fertility, and mental health benefits.
  • Generous time off policies including paid leave, holidays, and sick time.
  • Exceptional office environment with catered meals and engaging workspaces.
Full Job Description
About the team + role

We are building an elite team, applying frontier technologies to the world's biggest financial problems. We're looking for bold thinkers. Sharp problem-solvers. Builders who are wired to make an impact. Robinhood isn't a place for complacency, it's where ambitious people do the best work of their careers. We're a high-performing, fast-moving team with ethics at the center of everything we do. Expectations are high, and so are the rewards.

On the trading team, our mission is to build highly intuitive, rapid-execution trading interfaces that make investing accessible and seamless for millions of users. Within our collaborative and high-performing design culture, we value deep craft, transparency, and a relentless focus on user experience. Together, we are investing heavily in design improvements and advanced tooling to support our next phase of product growth.

As a Senior Product Designer, you will be fully accountable for the design strategy and execution of our core equities business line. You will lead the design of our central, longstanding product from initial concept to launch. In this high-visibility individual contributor role, you will collaborate with engineering, product management, and legal teams, communicate transparently with leadership, and help define our long-term product evolution. Your work will directly impact millions of customers, ensuring they have an exceptional experience when trading on Robinhood!

This role is based in our Menlo Park, CA and New York, NY offices, with in-person attendance expected at least 3 days per week.

At Robinhood, we believe in the power of in-person work to accelerate progress, spark innovation, and strengthen community. Our office experience is intentional, energizing, and designed to fully support high-performing teams.
What you'll do
  • Lead and execute the product design strategy, creating cohesive and rapid trading experiences for millions of users.
  • Evaluate and redesign core trading surfaces, such as the order form and ladder chart, to improve interaction speed and simplify complex financial concepts.
  • Collaborate directly with engineering, product management, design leadership, and legal partners to guide projects from initial concept to final production.
  • Utilize and assess AI tools within your design process to optimize workflows and propose novel, user-friendly design solutions.
  • Provide transparent project updates to leadership and help shape the long-term design standards across our broader trading team.
What you bring
  • Proven experience designing complex user interfaces and large, multifaceted products, ideally within financial technology, trading platforms, or complex editing applications.
  • Ability to operate independently, lead projects from zero to one, and deliver results against weekly milestones.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills to coordinate across multiple teams and present design decisions clearly to leadership.
  • A deep focus on interaction craft, with a demonstrated ability to evaluate how multiple product surfaces work together as a cohesive system.
  • Openness to exploring and integrating emerging technologies, including AI tools, to enhance your design and prototyping processes.
What we offer
  • Challenging, high-impact work to grow your career
  • Performance driven compensation with multipliers for outsized impact, bonus programs, equity ownership, and 401(k) matching
  • Top Tier benefits to fuel your work, including 100% paid health insurance for employees with 90% coverage for dependents
  • Access to the best AI tools on the market and continuous AI skill-building for every employee, technical or not
  • Lifestyle wallet - a highly flexible benefits spending account for wellness, learning, and more
  • Employer-paid life & disability insurance, fertility benefits, and mental health benefits
  • Time off to recharge including company holidays, paid time off, sick time, parental leave, and more!
  • Exceptional office experience with catered meals, events, and comfortable workspaces.


In addition to the base pay range listed below, this role is also eligible for bonus opportunities + equity + benefits.

Base pay for the successful applicant will depend on a variety of job-related factors, which may include education, training, experience, location, business needs, or market demands. The expected base pay range for this role is based on the location where the work will be performed and is aligned to one of 3 compensation zones. For other locations not listed, compensation can be discussed with your recruiter during the interview process.

Base Pay Range:

Zone 1 (Menlo Park, CA; New York, NY; Bellevue, WA; Washington, DC)

$166,000-$195,000 USD

Zone 2 (Denver, CO; Westlake, TX; Chicago, IL)

$146,000-$172,000 USD

Zone 3 (Lake Mary, FL; Clearwater, FL; Gainesville, FL)

$129,000-$152,000 USD

Click here to learn more about our Total Rewards, which vary by region and entity.

If our mission energizes you and you're ready to build the future of finance, we look forward to seeing your application.

About Robinhood

Robinhood is a financial services company that offers commission-free trading through its website and mobile app. The company was founded in 2013 by Vladimir Tenev and Baiju Bhatt, and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California. Robinhood's mission is to democratize finance for all by making investing accessible to everyone. The company has raised over $5 billion in funding and has over 13 million users. Robinhood has faced criticism for its business model, which relies on selling order flow to market makers, and for its handling of the GameStop trading frenzy in early 2021.
Learn more about Robinhood
Size
2,000 employees
Industry
Founded
2013

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