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About Us
Stocktwits is a leading social network and community of individual investors and traders. Our mission is to provide the platform to host the global conversation for investors and traders of all types of assets, styles and experience levels to connect, learn, profit and have fun.
From our beginnings as inventors of the cashtag (e.g. $TSLA), Stocktwits has grown to millions of members and become the defining voice of “social finance.” Stocktwits is the only place to get a pulse on the markets and ideas you care about.
Our community continues to grow rapidly and we are looking for passionate team members to join us as we reimagine the future of financial media, investing & trading services and the tools for the next generation.
The Role
In this role, you will lead the design of new feature innovations, design systems, and cross-platform experiences across iOS, Android, and Web. You will work closely with Product Management and Engineering to define problems, explore solutions, and ship high-quality product experiences for a passionate community of investors and traders. You will design thoughtful, data-dense interfaces for complex financial data, real-time market conversations, and social interaction while clearly communicating your rationale and contributing to the strategic evolution of the Stocktwits product.
Key Responsibilities
- Design Craft & Execution
- Design simple, elegant, and intuitive product experiences across iOS, Android, and Web.
- Own end-to-end design for new features and improvements, from discovery and user flows to high-fidelity design, prototyping, testing, and iteration.
- Create thoughtful experiences for complex financial data, social interaction, content discovery, and real-time market conversations.
- Use user insights, product data, and feedback to inform design decisions and improve key user journeys.
- Cross-functional Collaboration
- Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Sales teams to define problems, explore solutions, and ship high-quality product experiences.
- Clearly communicate design rationale, tradeoffs, and recommendations to stakeholders.
- Contribute to high-level strategic decisions around the evolution of the Stocktwits product experience.
- Design Systems & Platform Consistency
- Help maintain and evolve design patterns, components, and cross-platform consistency across iOS, Android, and Web.
- Collaborate with and provide feedback to other designers, including mentoring junior team members when needed.
- Additional Responsibilities
- Be an advocate for our users; collect and synthesize insights from user research, product data, and competitive analysis to identify pain points and opportunities that deliver both user and business value.
- Drive design quality and consistency across your squad's work, from early concepts through final delivery.
- Craft clear design documentation, user flows, and handoff specs that enable smooth collaboration with Engineering.
- Communicate effectively with stakeholders regarding design priorities, tradeoffs, and execution plans.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of professional product design, UX, or UI design experience.
- Experience designing consumer-facing digital products, preferably across mobile and web.
- A strong portfolio demonstrating shipped product work, clear design thinking, visual craft, and problem-solving ability.
- Experience designing data-dense interfaces, dashboards, feeds, charts, or complex information systems.
- Strong Figma and design systems experience, including advanced use of auto layout, components, variants, responsive patterns, and clean file organization to support scalable cross-platform experiences.
- Working knowledge of front-end development principles, with the ability to design realistic, scalable patterns that account for technical constraints across web and mobile.
- Actively uses AI tools to accelerate design work, including prototyping, copywriting, and generating design variations.
- Ability to move quickly, iterate based on feedback and constraints, and adapt to changing priorities.
- Ability to clearly articulate design decisions, tradeoffs, and product rationale.
- Strong collaboration skills and experience working closely with Product and Engineering teams.
- Interest in financial markets, investing, trading, crypto, social platforms, or online communities is strongly preferred.
Qualities We Look For
- Craftsmanship: Simply put, you care about the work you do and have empathy for who you do it with and for.
- Always Learning: Your thirst for knowledge, new challenges, and bettering yourself never ends personally and professionally.
- Impactful: You want to make an impact at scale and recognize that consistent, regular execution is how you get there. As we like to say, small wins equal big things!
- Hunger For Success: You bring a deep desire to succeed with a sense of controlled urgency.
Benefits and Perks
- A competitive salary
- Unlimited PTO and sick leave
- Remote-work flexibility
- Fully paid for comprehensive health care (medical, dental, vision)
- 401k with company match up to 4%
- Stock options: You’ll have a meaningful stake in our success
- Generous WFH stipend
StockTwits is committed to equal employment opportunities for all employees. Inside our company, every decision we make regarding our employees is based on merit, competence, and performance, completely free of discrimination. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. Within that team, no one will feel more “other” than anyone else. We realize the full promise of diversity and want you to bring your whole self to work every single day.