Staff Product Designer - Advanced Trade

About the role

This role focuses on the Advanced Trade platform at Coinbase, covering both web and mobile interfaces. The designer will be responsible for the entire product design lifecycle, from initial discovery and concept development to prototyping, specification, iteration, and ensuring launch quality. Key areas include derivatives, spot margin, structured products, portfolio management, and evolving the modular UI.

A central aspect of this position is leading high-impact initiatives, including both new, undefined projects and improvements to existing features. The designer will be instrumental in elevating the overall craft and quality of the Advanced Trading product surface, aiming to establish a best-in-class user experience. This involves designing scalable frameworks, patterns, and information architecture that enable advanced traders to navigate complex, data-rich workflows with clarity.

The Staff Product Designer will collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, Research, and other cross-functional teams. This partnership is crucial for defining problems, evaluating trade-offs, and delivering thoughtful, impactful work. Beyond individual projects, the role requires leadership through influence, coaching junior designers, and contributing strong opinions to extend impact across the broader team.

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $135,000 to $225,000 USD, with total compensation potentially including equity and bonus eligibility.

Skills that matter here

• Figma: The role requires deep fluency in Figma for day-to-day design and prototyping workflows.
• prototyping: The designer will be involved in prototyping to test and refine concepts throughout the design process.
• visual design: Strong visual design skills are necessary to raise the quality bar for the Advanced Trading product surface.
• interaction design: Expertise in interaction design is needed to create intuitive and effective user experiences for complex trading tools.
• systems thinking: Systems thinking is essential for designing scalable frameworks and information architecture for data-dense workflows.

Who this role suits

• A designer who thrives in ambiguous, fast-moving environments and can operate autonomously.
• Someone with a strong track record in designing complex, data-dense, or tools-oriented digital products.
• An individual who enjoys leading through influence, shaping design direction, and mentoring less experienced designers.
• A professional with excellent communication skills, capable of effective cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management.

From the employer

What you’ll be doing

• Own end-to-end product design for key Advanced Trade experiences across web and mobile, from discovery and concepting through prototyping, specs, iteration, and launch quality.
• Lead high-ambiguity, zero-to-one and improvement initiatives across advanced trading surfaces, including areas such as derivatives, spot margin, structured products, portfolio, and modular UI evolution.
• Raise the craft and quality bar across the Advanced Trading product surface, helping bring our UI and interaction quality up to what best-in-class industry products are expected to deliver in 2026 and beyond.
• Design scalable frameworks, patterns, and information architecture for complex, data-dense workflows so advanced traders can move with clarity in high-stakes moments.
• Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Research, and cross-functional peers to define problems, evaluate tradeoffs, and ship thoughtful, high-impact work.
• Lead through influence by coaching and upleveling more junior designers, contributing strong opinions, and extending your impact beyond a single project or feature area.

What we look for in you

• 8+ years of experience designing digital products, including meaningful time in complex, data-dense, workflow-heavy, or tools-oriented environments.
• Broad end-to-end product design range and a track record of operating autonomously with limited oversight in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.
• Strong visual design, interaction design, systems thinking, and prototyping craft; able to raise the quality bar for the broader team.
• Proven ability to lead through influence, shape direction, and coach less experienced designers without formal management responsibility.
• Excellent cross-functional communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to partner effectively with Product and Engineering on highly collaborative work.
• Deep fluency in Figma and modern prototyping workflows.
• Demonstrates the ability to responsibly use generative AI tools and copilots in day-to-day workflows, applying sound judgment and human-in-the-loop practices to improve quality and efficiency.

What Coinbase offers

• Base salary varies by location (see range below). Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)).
• Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus): $207,485 — $244,100 USD.