Full-Time

Senior Product Designer

Trading

Updated on 1/15/2025

Altruist

Altruist

501-1,000 employees

Platform for Registered Investment Advisors' operations

Fintech
Financial Services

Compensation Overview

$147k - $203kAnnually

Senior

San Francisco, CA, USA

Hybrid work schedule to promote strong, in-person collaboration and a healthy work-life-balance.

Category
Product & UX/UI Design
Quantitative Finance
UI/UX & Design
Required Skills
Interaction Design
UI/UX Design
Figma
Graphic Design
Product Design
Data Analysis
Requirements
  • 5+ years of experience working as a Product Designer; at a B2B financial services, fintech, or SaaS organization
  • Strong UX, visual design, and product thinking skills
  • Comfort with an iterative design process using quantitative and qualitative data to inform design and product improvements
  • A love for testing prototypes to create seamless, intuitive user experiences
  • Ideally looking for a B.A. / B.S. degree in relevant fields such as Product Design, Interaction Design, Graphic Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or a design related field
  • Technologically savvy and can easily get up to speed on modern tech stacks and prototyping tools (i.e., Figma, Google Suite, Slack, etc.)
  • Superb communication skills
  • Resilience and unwavering determination to achieve success
  • Creative problem-solving skills
Responsibilities
  • Work closely with Product and Engineering to visualize a revolutionary new platform for financial advisors and their clients
  • Work closely with the Trading team to build an industry-leading trading experience for RIAs
  • Build detailed product flows, including error states and edge cases
  • Design for both desktop and mobile
  • Apply data, research, and customer insights to design decisions
  • Align with product and engineering to determine what success means for a given initiative
  • Own the end-to-end design from ideation and research to execution
  • Iterate quickly through mockups and clickable prototypes that may range in fidelity and functionality
  • Work within defined timelines to prioritize your work for maximum impact
  • Work within our existing styles and design system to create a cohesive experience
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience designing for trading platforms
  • Experience working with complex data and creating data visualizations

Altruist provides a platform designed for Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs) to improve their operations and client interactions. The platform includes a range of tools such as live chat support, commission-free fractional share trading, a model marketplace, and an automated rebalancer, all aimed at helping RIAs manage their businesses more effectively. This allows them to serve more clients while lowering costs, which can enhance their profit margins. Altruist also features a quick onboarding process and offers valuable investment management information along with original content tailored for independent financial advisors. Unlike many competitors, Altruist offers its services for free, aiming to build a large user base, and generates revenue through a vertically-integrated custodian service that helps RIAs reduce operational costs. The goal of Altruist is to empower RIAs to grow their businesses and enhance the experience they provide to their clients.

Company Stage

Series E

Total Funding

$437.2M

Headquarters

Culver City, California

Founded

2018

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

5%

1 year growth

0%

2 year growth

0%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Recent $169M funding round boosts Altruist's growth and market expansion potential.
  • Partnerships with Orion and Kwanti enhance Altruist's platform integration and service offerings.
  • Rising demand for digital transformation in financial services aligns with Altruist's solutions.

What critics are saying

  • Competition from Betterment and Wealthfront pressures Altruist to innovate continuously.
  • Frequent platform updates may increase operational costs and resource allocation challenges.
  • Dependency on third-party integrations could affect service delivery if partnerships change.

What makes Altruist unique

  • Altruist offers a simplified tech stack for RIAs, enhancing operational efficiency.
  • The platform includes commission-free fractional share trading and an automated rebalancer.
  • Altruist's vertically-integrated custodian service reduces overhead costs for RIAs.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Company Match

Hybrid Work Options

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Paid Parental Leave

Stock Options