{"id":1042367,"url":"https://alion.io/job/ridgeline-staff-product-designer","title":"Staff Product Designer","company":{"id":1547962,"name":"Ridgeline","domain":"ridgeline.ai","url":"https://alion.io/company/ridgeline","size_band":"201-500","is_staffing_agency":false,"is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Greenhouse","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":88,"open_postings":10,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.3,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":74,"computed_at":"2026-09-24T05:45:00Z"}},"role":"Design","role_family":"Design","seniority":"staff","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["New York, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":168000,"max":210000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":210000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":6,"visa_sponsorship":true,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":true,"technologies":[{"name":"AI Agents","optional":false},{"name":"Claude","optional":false},{"name":"Claude Code","optional":false},{"name":"Cursor","optional":false},{"name":"Figma","optional":false},{"name":"JavaScript","optional":false},{"name":"React.js","optional":false},{"name":"TypeScript","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-18T18:15:44Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-18","last_verified_at":"2026-09-24T13:49:00Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":5,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":5},"description":"Are you energized by designing complex, data-rich workflows that help investment firms make faster, smarter decisions? Do you enjoy simplifying deeply technical systems into intuitive, elegant experiences that customers trust every day? Are you excited to shape how AI, automation, and intelligent workflows transform modern investment management? If so, we invite you to be a part of our innovative team.\nAs a Product Designer at Ridgeline, you’ll help modernize one of the most complex and fast-moving areas of investment management software: trading. You’ll partner closely with product managers, engineers, and customers to design experiences that help traders manage complex activity with greater clarity, speed, and accuracy. You’ll work across order management and electronic trading, from configurable trading workspaces and exception management to automated and AI-assisted workflows, while helping define how Ridgeline’s broader platform patterns come to life for traders. You’ll leverage modern AI tools like Claude, Cursor, and Claude Code to accelerate exploration, prototype experiences, evaluate edge cases, and improve product quality and design velocity across the entire design process.\nAt Ridgeline, how we work matters as much as what we build. Ridgeliners act like owners, choose growth over comfort, and communicate with transparency. We assume positive intent, bias toward action, and bring solutions, not just problems. We celebrate wins, learn from setbacks, and thrive in a resilient, collaborative, high-performing culture. If this excites you, we’d love to meet you!\nYou must be work authorized in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship.\nThe impact you will have:\nReimagine workflows across order management and electronic trading, helping investment teams manage increasingly complex trading activity with clarity and efficiency\nDesign intuitive workflows that help traders navigate complex decisions, surface actionable information, and manage exceptions and alerts with speed and accuracy\nExtend existing patterns and frameworks like Ridgeline’s configurable dashboards into trading, creating flexible workspaces that users can tailor to their workflows and priorities\nBuild intelligent trading experiences that incorporate automated and deterministic workflows, AI-assisted guidance, and emerging AI capabilities\nPrototype and iterate quickly using tools like Claude, Cursor, and Claude Code to explore workflows, edge cases, and interaction patterns\nTranslate concepts into polished, production-ready experiences in Figma with strong systems thinking and visual craft\nCollaborate closely with engineering to ensure designs are feasible, scalable, and thoughtfully implemented\nContribute to Ridgeline’s design systems, interaction patterns, prompt libraries, and AI design practices\nConduct customer conversations, lightweight research, and usability testing to rapidly validate ideas and improve workflows\nMentor designers through feedback, collaboration, and thoughtful design critique\nThink creatively, own problems, seek solutions, and communicate clearly along the way\nContribute to a collaborative environment deeply rooted in learning, teaching, and transparency\nWhat we look for:\n6+ years of experience designing and shipping successful digital product experiences\nStrong interaction design, systems thinking, visual design, and prototyping skills\nExperience designing complex workflows, data-intensive applications, or enterprise software platforms\nActive AI-native workflow experience using tools like Claude, Cursor, or Claude Code as part of daily product and design practice\nAbility to simplify technically complex systems into intuitive user experiences\nExperience collaborating closely with engineering teams to deliver thoughtful, scalable solutions\nStrong storytelling, communication, and presentation skills\nAbility to mentor and coach other designers while raising quality across a broader organization\nExperience gathering customer insights and translating findings into actionable product improvements\nAbility to manage ambiguity, prioritize effectively, and drive clarity across cross-functional teams\nStrong problem-solving skills and a high level of product ownership\nWillingness to learn about cutting-edge technologies while cultivating expertise in investment management workflows and order management systems\nAbility to communicate effectively with colleagues at all levels\nA shareable portfolio (attachment or online)\nBonus:\nExperience in financial services, investment management, trading platforms, or other complex financial products\nExperience conducting user research and usability testing \nProficiency with modern front-end technologies including React, JavaScript/TypeScript, and CSS\nExperience contributing to design systems and design-to-code workflows\nExperience designing AI-native product experiences including agentic behavior, transparency patterns, confidence cues, and user controls\nAbout Ridgeline\nRidgeline is the first front-to-back system of record for investment managers. Founded by visionary entrepreneur Dave Duffield (co-founder of both PeopleSoft and Workday), the company was created to modernize an industry held back by outdated, disconnected technology. Powered by a single, real-time data set and embedded AI, Ridgeline helps firms automate complexity, accelerate collaboration, and deliver tailored client experiences at scale, without added headcount or risk. Ridgeline is headquartered in Lake Tahoe, with offices in New York, Reno, the Bay Area, and Dublin, Ireland. Ridgeline is recognized by Fast Company as a “Best Workplace for Innovators,” by Frost & Sullivan as a “Technology Innovation Leader,” and by The Software Report as a “Top 100 Software Company.”\nRidgeline is proud to be a community-minded, discrimination-free equal opportunity workplace.\nRidgeline processes the information you submit in connection with your application in accordance with the Ridgeline Candidate Privacy Policy. Please review the Ridgeline Applicant Privacy Statement in full to understand our privacy practices and contact us with any questions.\nThis posting is for an existing vacancy.\nCompensation and Benefits \n[For New York and California Based Only]\nThe typical starting salary range for new hires in this role is listed below. In select locations (including, the San Francisco Bay Area, CA, and the New York City Metro Area), an alternate range may apply as specified below. \nThe typical starting salary range for this role is: $168,000-$210,000.\nThe typical starting salary range for this role in the select locations listed above is: $184,500-$231,000.\nFinal compensation amounts are determined by multiple factors, including candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amount listed above. \nAs an employee at Ridgeline, you’ll have many opportunities for advancement in your career and can make a true impact on the product. \nIn addition to the base salary, Ridgeline employees can participate in our Company Stock Plan subject to the applicable Stock Option Agreement. We also offer rich benefits that reflect the kind of organization we want to be: one in which our employees feel valued and are inspired to bring their best selves to work. These include unlimited vacation, educational and wellness reimbursements, and $0 cost employee insurance plans. 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