Senior Product Designer

About Nexus

Nexus is building the foundation for verifiable finance, an economic system where every transaction, order, and settlement can be proven on-chain with cryptographic assurance. To do this we’re developing a DEX Layer 1 blockchain purpose-built for the AI economy, powered by idle compute from millions of people around the world, and verified with zero-knowledge proofs. This is finance rebuilt for the future: verifiable, scalable, and open to all.

Nexus has raised $25M in Series A funding from Lightspeed, Pantera, Dragonfly, SV Angel, and more.

Design is a core function at Nexus. We believe great products emerge from first-principles thinking, deep user understanding, and close collaboration across design, product, and engineering.

The Role

We’re hiring a Senior Product Designer to lead end-to-end design for complex, high-stakes products at the intersection of Web3, financial infrastructure, and user trust.

In this role, you’ll independently own large problem spaces — from defining the right problems to shipping high-quality, production-ready solutions. You’ll act as a thought partner to product, engineering, and founders, using design thinking and first-principles reasoning to shape product direction.

This role is ideal for someone who wants both hands-on craft and strategic impact in a fast-moving Web3 environment.

What You’ll Do

Design Leadership & First-Principles Thinking

• Break down ambiguous, complex product challenges into core user needs and system constraints

• Challenge assumptions and legacy UX patterns common in financial, exchange, and crypto products

• Apply structured design thinking to drive clarity, alignment, and momentum across teams

• Set a high bar for quality, usability, and user trust across the product

• Mentor and support more junior designers as the team grows

End-to-End Product Ownership

• Lead design for major product areas from discovery through launch and iteration

• Navigate multiple product contexts simultaneously, balancing priorities and maintaining design consistency across the Nexus ecosystem

• Translate complex Web3 concepts — trading flows, wallets, transactions, permissions, and security — into intuitive, user-centered experiences

• Balance user needs, business goals, and technical constraints in decision-making

UX & Interaction Design

• Design scalable interaction patterns and user flows for high-complexity, high-stakes systems

• Identify and mitigate usability, trust, and edge-case risks early in the design process

• Advocate for clarity, accessibility, and consistency across the product surface

Visual & UI Craft

• Produce polished, production-ready UI with strong attention to detail

• Own and evolve key parts of the design system to support scale and development speed

• Partner closely with engineers to ensure thoughtful, high-quality execution

Research & Insight

• Lead and conduct user research, from exploratory interviews to usability testing

• Synthesize qualitative and quantitative insights into clear design and product recommendations

• Use research to inform both tactical decisions and broader product strategy

Collaboration & Influence

• Work as a close partner to product managers, engineers, and founders

• Clearly communicate design rationale, tradeoffs, and decisions to diverse stakeholders

What Success Looks Like

• Complex Web3 and exchange workflows that feel intuitive, trustworthy, and accessible

• Design systems and interaction patterns that scale with product and engineering velocity

• Strong cross-functional alignment driven by clear design thinking and communication

• Meaningful improvements in usability, clarity, and user confidence across Nexus products

• Design functioning as a key driver of both product strategy and execution

What We’re Looking For

Experience & Skills

• 6–10+ years of experience in product design, UX design, or related roles

• Strong portfolio demonstrating senior-level ownership, first-principles thinking, and end-to-end impact

• Proven experience designing complex, systems-driven, or trust-critical products (e.g., fintech, crypto, platforms, exchanges)

• High level of proficiency with modern design tools such as Figma

Mindset

• Deeply user-centered, analytical, and curious

• Operates as a self-starter, independently identifying, owning, and driving product enhancements end to end

• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and driving clarity independently

• Able to move fluidly between strategy and detailed execution

Collaboration

• Strong communicator who builds trust across disciplines

• Comfortable giving and receiving candid, constructive feedback

• Effective working in a remote-first, cross-functional environment

Bonus Points

• Experience designing crypto, DeFi, or financial exchange products

• Hands-on experience with Web3 products, wallets, or on-chain UX

• Background in fintech, payments, trading, or security-sensitive systems

• Early-stage startup experience

• Familiarity with front-end development or design engineering

Why Join Nexus

• Be a foundational senior designer with significant influence over product and design direction

• Work on high-impact problems at the frontier of decentralized and verifiable finance

• Competitive compensation, meaningful equity, and token participation

• Opportunity to define design systems, processes, and culture from an early stage