Lead UX DesignerChicago, United StatesAt IMC, our trading tools are the environment traders and researchers live in all day. As a Lead UX Designer, you will help define how users understand the market, explore data, and make decisions in real time. This role combines deep workflow design with thoughtful, high quality user experience.IMC is making a significant reinvestment in its trading platform, rethinking core tools, workflows, and interaction patterns from the ground up.
You will be on the ground floor of that effort, with real influence over how the platform evolves and how great UX shows up across the firm.You will work closely with traders, quantitative researchers, and engineers to design interfaces that are fast, intuitive, and well crafted. The goal is tools that feel natural under pressure, support complex decision making, and are genuinely good to use day after day.Your Core ResponsibilitiesCollaborate with traders, quantitative researchers, and engineers to design interfaces that support core trading behaviorDevelop a deep understanding of user needs, workflows, and day to day usage through research and observationTranslate complex requirements into intuitive, coherent, and visually clear designsDesign information-dense, high-reliability interfaces for expert power users, where speed, accuracy and clarity under pressure are criticalBalance efficiency with usability and visual quality across critical workflowsLead the evolution of shared design systems and interaction patternsAdvocate for user centered design and usability testing throughout the product lifecyclePartner with engineering to ensure designs are feasible, scalable, and well implementedNavigate conflicting feedback and propose thoughtful tradeoffs aligned with user and business goalsHelp define and drive a UX vision aligned with the platform's future directionYour Skills and ExperienceExperience designing systems that are the central focus of a user's entire day to dayA strong portfolio demonstrating both interaction design and visual craftExperience working with complex or technical products in fast paced environmentsStrong intuition for designing tools used under time pressureFluency in wireframing, prototyping, and communicating design intentAbility to collaborate deeply with engineers and understand implementation constraintsClear and effective communicator across disciplinesPragmatic mindset that values simplicity, consistency, and qualityThe base salary range for the role is included below. Base salary is only one component of total compensation; all full-time, permanent positions are eligible for a discretionary bonus and benefits, including paid leave and insurance.
Please visit Benefits - US | IMC Trading for more comprehensive information.Salary Range$200,000 - $225,000 USDIMC is a global trading firm powered by a cutting-edge research environment and a world-class technology backbone. Since 1989, we've been a stabilizing force in financial markets, providing essential liquidity upon which market participants depend. Across our offices in the US, Europe, Asia Pacific, and India, our talented quant researchers, engineers, traders, and business operations professionals are united by our uniquely collaborative, high-performance culture, and our commitment to giving back.
From entering dynamic new markets to embracing disruptive technologies, and from developing an innovative research environment to diversifying our trading strategies, we dare to continuously innovate and collaborate to succeed.