Mid/Senior UX Designer (Blockchain)

Cardinal Cryptography is a venture studio building blockchain-based systems and applications. It’s the core developer of Aleph Zero, the next-generation blockchain platform with privacy-enhancing features.

With a strong scientific background, we tackle the problems from the ground up, solving mathematical problems, designing and building user-facing solutions.

We build a high quality ecosystem of products that use Aleph Zero to protect user data, offer unmatched speed and security, and amaze with ease of use.

Learn more: cardinal.co | alephzero.org | common.fi

This is what you’ll contribute to as a Mid/Senior UX Designer.

Here are other reasons why you’ll get excited about working in Cardinal, as it is:

• Tackling problems where there are no obvious solutions-or no solutions at all;
• Building products in a well-funded venture studio;
• Operating in the fast-paced and exciting niche of crypto;
• Following high ethical standards as a company.
• Working in a cross functional team, along with fellow engineers, mathematicians, cryptographers, designers and product people.
• You will be given autonomy in how to reach your goals. With great autonomy comes great responsibility!

What are the tasks at hand?

• Bring in experience and initiative into UX design and research;
• Lead and contribute to brainstorming sessions and creative workshops;
• Frame problems and communicate divergent solutions;
• Engage with our community of over 200,000 members and smaller focus groups to conduct research activities and idea validation according to your propositions;
• Work on building digital wallet and a multi-chain decentralized exchange platform;
• Advocate for a user-centered approach throughout the product development process, and ensure that designs align with user needs and business goals;
• Plan, design, and conduct user research to gather insights into user behaviors, needs, and preferences to inform design decisions and iterate on designs;
• Collaborate with cross-functional team, including product design lead, product manager, UI designers, developers, as well as biz-dev and marketing teams, to integrate user research findings into product design decisions;
• Create wireframes, lo-fi prototypes that effectively communicate design concepts and solutions, and work closely with UI designer to prepare hi-fi clickable prototypes; 
• Validate ideas and flows against real users at different points in design process;
• Moderate user feedback.

Here’s what you need to apply:

• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to think critically to solve complex design challenges;
• Experience in similar roles designing digital products, through 3 + years of experience;
• Experience as a user of crypto applications, professional experience is nice to have
• Initiative and independence in pursuing your goals and tasks;
• Understanding and experience with mixed research methods to quickly provide actionable insights, including usability studies, field studies, surveys, benchmarking, user persona creation, participatory design, surveys, and focus groups;
• Ability to analyze data and extract informative insights to inform design and product decisions;
• Communication and influence skills;
• Fluent English skills and experience working in an English-speaking environment;
• Optionally, we’d love you to have knowledge about front-end development technologies and constraints.

Main benefits:

• Competitive salary and Aleph Zero tokens from the team token allocation;
• Ability to work from offices in Poland, Switzerland, Warsaw, or remotely
• Private health insurance; 26 paid holidays on a B2B contract, in case of an employment contract dependent on the country that you reside in;
• Sports package (depending on your location)
• Flexible working hours and a flexible vacation policy
• A fast-paced tech startup working environment;
• Involvement in an original, innovative, and well-funded project;
• New challenges and growth opportunities are waiting for you
• A culture of inclusion: everyone is heard, and their opinion counts

If you’ll work from our brand new, beautifully designed Krakow HQ, there’s something more for you:

• No dress code
• Team lunch 2 times per week
• Free Car & Bikes Parking
• Sweets, fruits, and drinks supply
• Standing desks
• Library for your development
• The office is animal-friendly (we have two dogs coming to the office regularly)

We want you to bring your whole human self to work. We do accept everybody as they are on an equal opportunity basis without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, marital status, or disability status.