Lead Product Designer

Founding Product Designer - Energy Trading

Cititec is proud to be working with a pioneering AI company that is transforming the energy trading sector with advanced forecasting and decision-support technology. They are searching for a Founding Product Designer to create and lead the design vision for their trading platform.
This is not just another design role - it's an opportunity to be the very first design hire, responsible for shaping the way market participants interact with critical Real Time data. The successful candidate will work closely with engineers, data scientists, and commercial experts to turn complex trading workflows into simple, reliable, and intuitive tools.

What You'll Do

• Define and own the full design process, from discovery through to delivery, for a platform used by traders and analysts
• Partner with end-users to understand how they make high-stakes decisions and translate those insights into effective design solutions
• Use product analytics to evaluate user behaviour and measure the success of design improvements
• Create design outputs ranging from journey maps and wireframes to prototypes and polished, high-fidelity interfaces
• Build and manage a modular design system in Figma to support a consistent, scalable product experience
• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure accurate implementation and resolve trade-offs between usability and technical constraints
• Develop clear, purposeful microcopy to aid usability and support decision-making in fast-moving environments
• Communicate design rationale to senior stakeholders and influence product strategy through design thinking

What We're Looking For

Core experience:

• 7+ years designing complex B2B products, ideally within trading, fintech, or energy markets
• Proven success as a solo or founding designer, comfortable setting up design processes from scratch
• Portfolio that demonstrates clarity in data-rich environments and measurable improvements to usability and outcomes
• Strong background in analytics-driven design, including event tracking and behaviour analysis
• Advanced Figma skills, including prototyping and system architecture
• Familiarity with AI-assisted design tools and ability to refine outputs into production-ready solutions
• Strong knowledge of responsive design, accessibility, and scalable design frameworks
• Confident communicator with the ability to collaborate across engineering, research, and business functions

Bonus points for:

• Exposure to energy or commodity trading platforms
• Knowledge of Front End development (React, TypeScript, Tailwind)
• Experience designing tools that involve Real Time data visualisation or decision-support

What's on Offer

• Impact from day one - shape the product experience for a new trading platform as the first dedicated designer
• Mission with meaning - contribute to a company applying advanced AI/ML to some of the world's most pressing energy challenges
• Work with innovation - join a team working on the next generation of forecasting and trading technology
• Collaborative culture - partner with highly skilled engineers and researchers in a hybrid, flexible environment
• Industry influence - design solutions that directly impact how global energy markets operate