About the role
Superis Labs is building a high-performance perpetual futures DEX on Solana. The first production MVP is underway, and early team members will define protocol UX/UI design.
The company is fully backed by ergonia, a crypto-native market-making firm with deep experience trading and building on Solana.
We are starting from a deliberately minimal core and iterating rapidly toward a full-featured mainnet exchange. This is a high-ownership role building production systems under aggressive timelines.
What You’ll Work On
Own the end-to-end design of a professional-grade perpetual trading experience. You’ll be the first dedicated design hire, shaping every interaction - from wallet connection and onboarding to order entry, position management, and portfolio views.
Responsibilities
Design the core trading interface: markets, order entry, positions, balances, charts
Create clear, intuitive solutions for complex trading workflows - margin, liquidation states, funding rates, P&L
Build and maintain a scalable design system with reusable components and patterns
Own the full design process from research and ideation through prototyping and production handoff
Partner closely with frontend and protocol engineers to ensure high-quality implementation
Produce detailed specs and documentation to guide development
Review shipped work and QA design assets for quality and consistency
Conduct user research to identify pain points and optimization opportunities
Support the marketing team with brand assets
Requirements
3+ years of product design experience with a strong portfolio
Strong interaction and visual design skills with attention to detail
Ability to take complex, data-heavy concepts and make them intuitive
Proficiency in Figma (or similar) and components, shared libraries, auto-layout, prototyping
Strong communication skills - able to articulate design decisions clearly
Self-directed and comfortable in a fast-paced, early-stage environment
Experience designing trading interfaces, orderbook UIs, or financial products
Strong English communication skills
Bonus Points
Understanding of perpetual futures, margin trading, or DeFi mechanics
Experience with Solana or blockchain-based product design, including wallet flows
Familiarity with how frontend technologies (HTML, CSS, React) impact design decisions
Experience with motion design or prototyping tools like Framer (or other)
Benefits
No bureaucracy — just fast shipping and real impact
High ownership and real impact from day one
Competitive base + meaningful token/equity upside
Early team members receive ownership aligned with long-term protocol success
Fully remote
IRL meetups and company offsites
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