Senior Visual Designer
At a glance
Senior Graphic Design role at Ellipsis Labs. New York · full-time · $170,000–$225,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Set the visual rules for Phoenix and future products, covering typography, color, spacing, icons, tokens and component themes
- Turn trading mechanics and live data into clear visualizations that remain easy to scan under real-time demands
- Maintain the Figma design system and give developers implementation-ready specifications and assets
- Polish order entry, positions, charts and risk states, including loading, empty and error views, motion and small interactions
- Shape product and company branding, then refine it using user feedback and metrics without losing visual quality
What you bring
- At least two years creating visual systems for complex digital products, preferably in data-heavy areas
- A portfolio that shows strong typography, color and layout, reusable design systems and clear data presentation
- Strong Figma skills, including components, variants and auto-layout, plus careful design handoffs
- You can work closely with engineers and weigh visual quality against performance and technical feasibility
Who this fits
This senior individual contributor role suits a designer who can own detailed visual systems and move quickly from design through engineering handoff. It is hybrid in New York. The stated annual pay range is $170,000 to $225,000.
From the employer
Ellipsis Labs is a profitable, venture-backed New York startup building performant DeFi protocols on high-throughput decentralized infrastructure. Our long-term mission is to build a more efficient, transparent, and fair financial system.
Our flagship product, Phoenix Perpetuals, brings professional-grade perpetual futures to Solana. Phoenix has processed over $4 billion in trading volume and is growing 20% month over month, adding to the more than $300 billion our products have facilitated to date. Behind Phoenix is a lean, high-caliber team with experience at top trading firms, blockchain companies, and tech companies.
Ellipsis Labs is seeking a Senior Designer to define and elevate the visual language of our exchange and brand across high-density, real-time trading interfaces. You’ll partner with engineering and leadership to craft a cohesive, trustworthy look and feel - from component libraries to data visualization, motion, and launch assets. In this role, you will:
Own the visual system for Phoenix and future products: typography, color, spacing, iconography, design tokens, and component theming
Turn complex trading mechanics and data into clear, scannable visual hierarchies and data visualizations that perform under real-time constraints
Build and maintain a Figma library/design system, ensuring consistency and speed of implementation; provide developer-ready specs and assets
Drive visual polish on critical surfaces (order entry, positions, charts, risk states), including loading/empty/error states and micro-interactions/motion
Partner closely with engineers to ensure visual fidelity in production and pragmatic choices under technical constraints
Own the company and product brand expression across product surfaces and key moments
Incorporate feedback, user signals, and metrics to iterate quickly without sacrificing craft
Qualifications
Required
2+ years designing visual systems for complex digital products, ideally high-density or data-heavy (trading/finance, analytics, dev tools, etc.).
Portfolio demonstrating strong visual craft (type, color, layout), system thinking (tokens/components), and clear data presentation.
Fluency in Figma (components/variants, auto-layout) and handoff practices; attention to detail across states and edge cases.
Comfort collaborating with engineers; ability to balance visual quality with performance and feasibility.
High ownership and bias to ship; you sweat the details and move quickly.
Preferred
Familiarity with crypto/Web3 design patterns and user behaviors
Exposure to Solana or similar blockchain ecosystems
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