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Lead UX Designer

IMC Trading
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈChicagoSeniorFull-time$200k–$225kPosted February 12, 2026

About the Role

At IMC, 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. You will be on the ground floor of a significant reinvestment in the trading platform, rethinking core tools, workflows, and interaction patterns from the ground up, with real influence over how the platform evolves.

  • Collaborate with traders, quantitative researchers, and engineers to design interfaces that support core trading behavior
  • Develop a deep understanding of user needs, workflows, and day to day usage through research and observation
  • Design information-dense, high-reliability interfaces for expert power users where speed, accuracy and clarity under pressure are critical
  • Lead the evolution of shared design systems and interaction patterns
  • Advocate for user centered design and usability testing throughout the product lifecycle

Requirements

  • Experience designing systems that are the central focus of a user's entire day to day
  • A strong portfolio demonstrating both interaction design and visual craft
  • Experience working with complex or technical products in fast paced environments
  • Strong intuition for designing tools used under time pressure
  • Fluency in wireframing, prototyping, and communicating design intent
  • Ability to collaborate deeply with engineers and understand implementation constraints
  • Clear and effective communicator across disciplines
  • Pragmatic mindset that values simplicity, consistency, and quality

What You'll Get

  • $200k–$225k base salary
  • Discretionary bonus
  • Paid leave
  • Insurance