Senior Visual Designer Job at Ellipsis Labs in New York

Ellipsis Labs is a profitable venture‑backed New York startup building products in decentralized finance. We build Phoenix, a leading order‑book spot exchange on Solana with >$70B in volume.

We’re hiring a Senior Designer to define and elevate the visual language of our exchange and brand across real‑time trading interfaces.

Responsibilities

• 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

• 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.

Compensation

Base pay range: $170,000 – $225,000 per year.