Tradeify is a fast-growing proprietary trading firm and fintech platform empowering traders with capital, cutting-edge tools, and a high-performance ecosystem. We serve a global trader community across futures and crypto, combining elite trading technology, education, and community to help traders succeed in the markets.
We are building a platform experience that is engaging, motivating, and deeply rewarding for traders at every stage of their journey.
The OpportunityWe are hiring a Senior Product Designer, Gamification to lead the evolution of gamification across the Tradeify ecosystem.
This role is centered around designing engaging systems that drive motivation, progression, retention, and long-term platform engagement. You will own the strategy and execution behind how users experience achievement, competition, rewards, progression, and behavioral feedback throughout the platform.
This is a gamification-first role. While you will contribute to broader product design initiatives as needed, your primary responsibility will be building and improving systems that make the Tradeify experience more interactive, rewarding, and habit-forming.
We are looking for someone who understands how to combine behavioral psychology, product thinking, systems design, and exceptional UX craft into experiences users genuinely love returning to.
What You’ll OwnGamification & Engagement SystemsLead the design of gamification experiences across the Tradeify platform
Create progression systems including achievements, streaks, milestones, ranks, levels, quests, challenges, rewards, unlocks, and competitive mechanics
Design engagement loops that increase retention, consistency, and daily active usage
Build systems that encourage healthy trader habits and long-term platform participation
Partner with Product, Growth, and Data teams to experiment, measure, and iterate on engagement initiatives
Design motivational experiences that feel premium and sophisticated rather than gimmicky
Develop frameworks around user progression, status, recognition, and achievement systems
Contribute to the long-term gamification vision and strategy across futures and crypto products
Support broader product design initiatives across the platform as needed
Create intuitive user experiences for complex trading and fintech workflows
Produce wireframes, prototypes, user flows, and polished high-fidelity designs
Collaborate closely with Engineers and Product Managers from concept through launch
Help improve onboarding, feature adoption, and overall platform usability
Contribute to design systems, interaction patterns, and UX standards
Proven experience designing gamification systems, progression mechanics, loyalty systems, engagement loops, or habit-forming digital experiences
Strong understanding of behavioral psychology, player motivation, retention mechanics, and reward systems
Experience creating systems that drive engagement without sacrificing trust or user experience
Ability to think in systems, economies, incentives, and progression models
Strong experimentation mindset with experience iterating based on user behavior and data
5+ years of product design experience in SaaS, fintech, gaming, consumer tech, or high-growth digital products
Strong portfolio demonstrating shipped product work and high-quality UX/UI execution
Excellent visual design, interaction design, and systems thinking skills
Expertise with Figma and modern product design workflows
Experience working cross-functionally in fast-paced product environments
Experience in gaming, fantasy sports, trading, investing, crypto, or competitive platforms
Experience designing for highly engaged online communities
Familiarity with growth experimentation and A/B testing
Experience with data-dense interfaces or fintech products
Startup experience operating in fast-moving environments
Users become more engaged, consistent, and invested in the platform experience
Gamification systems meaningfully improve retention and participation
Traders feel a stronger sense of progression, accomplishment, and competition
Product experiences feel polished, motivating, and differentiated from competitors
Tradeify establishes a best-in-class gamified trading experience within fintech
Opportunity to build gamification systems at scale in a high-growth fintech company
Direct influence on user engagement and product strategy
Fast-moving environment with high ownership and autonomy
Work on a product used daily by a passionate global trading community
Unique intersection of fintech, trading, behavioral design, competition, and community
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