UX/Product Interaction Designer
Keyrock
Keyrock is expanding!
Keyrock was founded in 2017 and has quickly grown from 3 to over 100 people today. As an industry recognized liquidity provider and market maker, Keyrock is a leading European creator of algorithmic trading technologies in the digital asset space. With VC backing including Series B investment from Ripple, a constantly expanding global client base, and revenues growth 13x in 2021, Keyrock is one of Belgium’s fastest-growing fintech companies.
We’re currently active on over 80 exchanges and count numerous marketplaces and asset issuers among our clients, including some of the best-known companies in the digital assets space.
Keyrock's beating heart is its technical team filled with crypto and DeFi natives, software engineers, digital scientists and academics, who themselves are supported by university professors, industry-leading experts and a strong management team. Over the years Keyrock has become a company that is both idealistic and practical.
We are looking for:
User Experience (UX) or Product Interaction Designer (IxD) at Keyrock who will be concerned with discovering and comprehending the value & impact of product features, changes, and updates, and designing high-value, low-effort, appropriate, interaction (not always, a UI), for internal users and external clients, to communicate immediate and historical trading information.
Job description
They collaborate with Product Managers (PMs) and Web/UI developers across the business towards interaction design of identified, prioritized, features and changes of an internal product platform currently in production, and of new products in development. They maintain a holistic mindset with regards to touch points and impact of product features & changes on all users, including those that may never directly see a UI. With this in mind, the UX/IxD maintains a dialogue with Commercial teams about the touch points for external clients, with Keyrock.
UX/Product Designers have the ability to prototype and demo interaction technology, and regularly spend time user testing proposed and existing ideas, including those already in production, to develop a deep understanding of users’ technology interaction needs. Keyrock’s context requires a focus on interaction design as a priority over visual or aesthetic design, due to the depth, speed, and reliability of information required by users.
The measure of success of the UX Designer is the quality of the reported user experience - predominantly from internal trading and quantitative research teams but also with consideration for external client use in the future.
Key responsibilities:
Design and prototype user experience features as required for prioritised product objectives
Continuously test usability, and validate and manage existing user experience designs and assets
Contribute to the production of graphics or designs across the business where needed, when required with relevance to user interaction with Keyrock
Collaborate with PMs and Web developers towards ensuring the correct development of designs
Continuous look for opportunities to improve user experience in all areas of the business
Background and experience
Academic qualification in Computer Science/Interaction Design/User Experience Design, or equivalent experience working with frontend technology that demonstrates a deep understanding of the technological and user context.
Demonstrated ability to work independently and effectively in a remote-work context, with consideration for the amount of communication and user-testing required in the role.
Experience with Sketch, Figma, or similar applications for UI design
Demonstrable experience prototyping or wireframing interfaces (a portfolio)
Knowledge of typography, theoretical response time-limits, and accessibility considerations
Experience of designing for human considerations such as cognitive load
Competences and personality
Process-oriented
Strong analytical skills
Excellent communication skills
Capacity to synthesize and organize information
Problem-solving ability and capacity to anticipate future problems
Willingness to challenge the product
Languages: fluent in English (oral & written)
Our recruitment philosophy
We believe the most important aspect of our recruitment process is self-awareness: we are looking for people who have a clear understanding of themselves and what they are looking for in their professional career. That means that we expect to work with people who not only have the right skills, but who have also made the conscious decision to look for a company in our industry and with our characteristics.
Our offer
A competitive salary package, including benefits that you choose and manage according to your needs and those of your family (car/bike, meal vouchers, phone and internet subscription, health insurance, 25 days off, etc.)
Complete autonomy in your time management thanks to flexible working hours and the opportunity to work remotely
The freedom to create your own entrepreneurial experience by being part of a team of people in search of excellence
A ton of fun in a thriving and multicultural environment, with colleagues enjoying regular team building activities
Keyrock offers you both a career and a large range of benefits that we will gladly discuss in the course of the application process.
As an employer we are committed to build an inclusive, diverse and non-discriminating work environment. We welcome employees of all backgrounds, ethnicities, genders, creed and sexual orientation. We hire, reward and promote entirely based on merit and performance.