UX Engineer

PortfolioFuture is an independent fund discovery and intelligence company. The UX Engineer shapes how investors, advisors, and asset managers discover funds and understand supporting research, working with research and engineering from problem definition through implementation. The role designs and tests research experiences across fund discovery, substitution, decomposition, and portfolio research.

Responsibilities:

• Design and improve the user experience across fund discovery, fund substitution, fund decomposition, and portfolio research
• Decide how rankings, comparisons, evidence, explanations, and fund information should be organized on the page
• Improve first-time comprehension so visitors can quickly understand what PortfolioFuture found and why it matters
• Translate quantitative research into clear visual and interactive experiences
• Improve the path from a fund page to deeper research, comparisons, and related investment opportunities
• Identify where users become confused, miss important evidence, or fail to understand the value of the research
• Create wireframes, prototypes, and production-ready designs for new and existing research experiences
• Test design ideas with users and use what you learn to improve product comprehension
• Build reusable design patterns that can scale across thousands of funds and research pages
• Design interfaces that keep commercial content clearly separate from research conclusions
• Work closely with research and engineering from problem definition through implementation
• Test designs across devices, page types, and datasets to make sure they hold up at scale

Requirements:

• Background in UX design, product design, interaction design, information architecture, HCI, or a related discipline
• Strong judgment around information hierarchy, navigation, and complex decision-oriented interfaces
• Ability to simplify analytical information without distorting its meaning
• Ability to explain the reasoning behind design decisions
• Experience with Figma or comparable product-design and prototyping tools
• Ability to work from early problem definition through shipped implementation
• Strong attention to detail and visual execution
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Interest in investing, ETFs, fintech, financial data, or analytical products is useful but not required
• Experience designing data-heavy products, research tools, or financial platforms is a plus