Senior Interaction Designer - Quant & Analytics

at Bloomberg

📍 San Francisco, United States

USD 160,000-210,000 per year

SENIOR

✅ On-site

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Details

Bloomberg is seeking an experienced UX Designer to help drive the ideation and execution of enhancements to BQuant, its Python-based data science platform. BQuant combines Python, cloud computing, Bloomberg's proprietary data, and APIs to support financial analysis at scale.

The role will address diverse user problems, including managing compute usage, integrating AI code assistants, application publishing workflows, and designing APIs. You will contribute to long-term product vision, lead user research, and collaborate closely with engineers to execute design concepts across programmatic and graphical interfaces.

Responsibilities

Drive early ideation and execution of enhancements to the BQuant platform.
Design solutions for complex workflows involving cloud computing, IDEs, AI code assistants, application publishing, APIs, and compute usage.
Lead and conduct user research projects using user-centered research and design practices.
Collaborate with UX designers, researchers, Product Managers, Engineers, Sales and customer-facing teams, and Program Managers.
Shape the user experience across product surfaces, including both graphical and programmatic interfaces.
Research existing and emerging best practices in HCI and UX.
Apply new technologies and tools to improve and accelerate the design process.
Provide a portfolio demonstrating two design projects and artifacts from the full project lifecycle, such as user research, personas, sketches, user journeys, task flows, wireframes, storyboards, and success metrics.

Requirements

Undergraduate or graduate degree in HCI, Interaction Design, Information Architecture, Visual Communication, or a related design field.
At least 4 years of experience in several of the following areas: user research, complex user workflows, service design, product design, interaction design, UI and visual design, and prototyping.
Familiarity with core concepts and interaction design challenges related to cloud computing and IDEs.
Demonstrated experience applying standard user-centered research and design practices and tools to challenging design problems.
Excellent communication and presentation skills.
Curiosity and aptitude for researching HCI and UX best practices.
Financial domain experience is advantageous but not essential.

Benefits

The compensation package may include merit increases, incentive compensation, paid holidays, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, short- and long-term disability benefits, 401(k) matching, life insurance, and wellness programs. Salary is stated as $160,000–$210,000 USD annually, plus benefits and bonus.