Senior Product Designer Fintech & trading

I make complex financial products feel clear, useful and human.

I’m Olga, a product designer with 15 years of experience, including a decade shaping high-stakes trading and fintech products that grow.

Olga Derena, senior product designer
15years in product design
10+years in fintech
0→1products and redesigns
Web + mobileacross global markets

Portfolio

Selected Projects

From complex problems to simple solutions.

FinTech & Trading Platforms

Growth & Product Optimisation

Financial Charts & Analysis

How I work

I combine financial-domain depth with research, systems thinking and experimentation, so teams can move from ambiguity to confident decisions.

01

Find the real problem

Blend behavioural data, customer research, support insight and domain knowledge.

02

Make complexity navigable

Map workflows and information so high-stakes decisions feel calm and comprehensible.

03

Design for the whole system

Create scalable patterns that work across web, iOS, Android, teams and markets.

04

Measure what shipped

Define success early, instrument the journey and use evidence to keep improving.

A little more human

Finance-trained.
Design-led.
Always curious.

I studied Finance and Credit, then found my way into design. Fintech became the natural meeting point: a place to combine an interest in markets with a love of making complicated things work beautifully.

Outside work, I paint, restore furniture and take on DIY projects. I love flea markets, old buildings and objects made to last. My current long-term project is restoring a Mercedes W124 and keeping it on the road for many more years.

That same instinct runs through my design work: understand how something is put together, keep what matters, and make the whole thing useful for the next chapter.

Product strategy0→1 designUser researchExperimentationDesign systems

Let’s make the complex clear

Looking for a senior designer who understands the stakes?

I’m always happy to talk about ambitious fintech, trading and platform challenges.

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