Join a client-obsessed team at Wealthsimple, focusing on innovative design solutions for the Brokerage product to enhance user experiences for millions of investors.
Wealthsimple's mission is to help everyone achieve financial freedom – by making financial services simple, transparent, and low-cost. We're Canada's largest fintech, trusted by over 3 million clients with more than $100 billion in assets. We move fast, we own our work, and we care deeply about the people using our products. If that sounds like you, keep reading.
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At Wealthsimple, design is a competitive advantage and essential to achieving our mission of helping Canadians reach financial freedom. We are client-obsessed - our empathy for our clients sets the bar really high for the products and experiences we create. We are looking for a passionate and skilled Staff Product Designer to work on our Brokerage product. In this role, you will be embedded on the Investing team, partnering closely with engineering and product to shape the future of our offering and deliver a high-quality product to our clients.
Understand the investing needs of our customers, empowering both new and sophisticated investors with the tools and knowledge to make informed decisions.
Partner closely with engineering, data science and product management to find refined but practical solutions to design challenges.
Create multiple concepts and prototypes, recognizing when meticulous attention to detail is needed and when low-fidelity sketches are adequate for visualizing ideas.
Listen to users to develop the right product strategy and find solutions that delight our customers.
Leverage data to inform your design solutions.
Understand the strategic direction and vision for your working areas and ensure all UX efforts are aligned with that direction.
Raise the craft quality bar at Wealthsimple not just through your own work, but through the mentoring and development of Designers in your domain.
Become a subject matter expert in Stock & Option Trading.
Stay on top of industry trends and emerging technologies to integrate innovative solutions into our product design.
A deep interest or experience with Trading and how we might build simpler, more accessible services for everyone.
Is an expert practitioner in the craft of product design, capable of delivering thoughtful, polished experiences, including motion and interaction design.
Demonstrated experience designing and shipping consumer-facing products.
Proven ability to turn complex problems into simple experiences.
Strong understanding of how design, product and engineering can work together to ship high-quality experiences quickly and at scale.
Can effectively communicate ideas and project direction to internal teams and stakeholders.
Experience generating user insight by shaping and leading research studies.
Ability to work independently, biasing towards action to drive projects forward.
Your experience solving ambiguous problems & how you got there.
Your experience working on consumer-facing products (mobile and web).
The impact of your work on the broader goals of the company.
How you leverage insights to make user-driven decisions.
🌸 Top-tier health benefits and life insurance
📈 Long-term group savings with employer match, through Wealthsimple for Business
🌴 20 vacation days, 4 wellness days, and unlimited sick and mental health days per year
✈️ 90 days away: work outside Canada for up to 90 days per year
👥 Employee resource groups, including Rainbow (2SLGBTQ), Women of WS, and Black at WS
🌎 We are a hybrid team with over 1,500 employees across North America. The people are one of the best parts of working here: you'll collaborate with incredibly talented, curious, and driven teammates who are deeply committed to doing great work.
Technology & Innovation at Wealthsimple: We move quickly and build thoughtfully. That means we're always looking for better ways to work — whether that's new tools, AI, or rethinking how we approach a problem. We don't expect you to have all the answers, but we do expect curiosity and a willingness to evolve alongside the products we're building.
Inclusion Statement: We're building products for a diverse world, and we need a diverse team to do it well. We strongly encourage applications from everyone, regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.
Accessibility Statement: We're committed to an accessible hiring experience. If you need any accommodations throughout the interview process, please let us know — we'll work with you to make sure you have what you need. We also welcome any feedback on how we can better accommodate candidates with accessibility needs.
AI in Hiring: We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of our hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our team but don't replace human judgment – all final hiring decisions are made by people. If you have questions about how your data is used, reach out to us.
Paid Time Off
20 vacation days, 4 wellness days, and unlimited sick and mental health days per year
Remote-Friendly
We are a hybrid team with over 1,500 employees across North America.
Wealthsimple builds smart investing products and personalized financial advice that aim to help everyone achieve long-term wealth and financial freedom. Catering primarily to everyday investors, Wealthsimple transforms confusing and costly financial services into transparent, low-cost options, making finance accessible to over 3 million users across Canada.
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