Senior Visual Designer
at Ellipsis Labs·Hybrid·New York
- Salary
- $170,000 – $225,000
- Location
- New York, Hybrid
- Job type
- Full-time
- Experience
- Senior
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Ellipsis Labs is a profitable, venture-backed New York start-up building performant DeFi protocols. Our flagship product, Phoenix Perpetuals, brings professional-grade perpetual futures to Solana. Phoenix has processed over $4 billion in volume, grows about 20% month on month, and is built by a team with experience at top trading, blockchain and tech firms.
Ellipsis Labs is seeking a Senior Designer to define and elevate the visual language of our exchange, working on high-density, real-time trading interfaces – from component libraries to data visualisation, motion and launch assets.
What you'll be doing
- Own the visual system for Phoenix and future products: typography, colour, spacing, iconography, tokens and theming
- Turn complex trading mechanics and data into clear, scannable visual hierarchies, with data visualisations that perform under real-time constraints
- Build and maintain a Figma library/design system, keeping it consistent and providing developer-ready specs and assets
- Drive visual polish on critical surfaces – order entry, positions, charts and risk states, including loading, empty and error states, micro-interactions and motion
- Partner closely with engineers to ensure visual fidelity in production, making 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
What we're looking for
Required:
- 2+ years designing visual systems for complex digital products, ideally high-density or data-heavy fields such as trading, analytics or dev tools
- A portfolio demonstrating strong visual craft – type, colour, layout, systems thinking and clear data presentation
- Fluency in Figma – components, variants, auto-layout and handoff practices, with attention to edge cases
- Comfort collaborating with engineers, balancing visual quality with performance and feasibility
- High ownership and a bias to ship, with attention to detail and fast execution
Preferred:
- Familiarity with crypto/Web3 design patterns and user behaviours
- Exposure to Solana or similar blockchain ecosystems
What's on offer
- Salary: $170,000 – $225,000 per year
- Equity
How to apply
Apply online via the Ellipsis Labs careers page.
About Ellipsis Labs
Ellipsis Labs builds applications and infrastructure to create a sustainable foundation for finance. It is a profitable, venture-backed New York start-up building performant DeFi protocols on high-throughput decentralised infrastructure, working towards a more efficient, transparent and fair financial system.
Its flagship product, Phoenix Perpetuals, brings professional-grade perpetual futures to Solana and has processed more than $4 billion in volume.