Product Designer

About this role

ABOUT TAEKUS

Taekus is a premium financial services company built for the affluent traveler. We offer core banking products (checking accounts, debit and credit cards) alongside a proprietary award travel booking engine that automates the search and booking of award flights with partner airlines using Taekus points.

We've been operating for 6 years as a lean, profitable team of 25. We process $4B+ in yearly transactions, generate $120M+ in annual revenue, and are growing 2-3x yearly. We're ready to scale, and design is at the center of that.

THE ROLE

We're looking for a Product Designer with 5+ years of experience as part of our design team, reporting directly to design leadership. High-ownership, high-impact: you'll shape the visual and interaction experience across our web and mobile products, covering both banking and travel booking flows.

UX matters, but visual quality is non-negotiable here. Our customers expect a premium experience, and the bar for design polish is high.

WHAT YOU'LL WORK ON

- Designing web and mobile experiences across banking features (accounts, cards, transactions) and travel features (award search, booking, itineraries)

- Driving designs from early concepts to polished, production-ready UI

- Extending and evolving our design system, raising consistency and quality as the product scales

- Translating Taekus brand identity into UI so the premium feel comes through in the product

- Light brand and marketing support: you'll occasionally pitch in on brand assets or visual direction, without it taking over your time

- Collaborating closely with engineering (React/TypeScript) and product to ship high-quality work

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

- 5+ years in design, including 3+ years in product design, ideally in fintech, travel, or consumer apps

- Has shipped at least one real product, not just concept work

- Experience contributing to a design system or UI library

- A strong portfolio with exceptional visual design sensibility; we want to see polished, beautiful work

- Experience designing for both web and mobile (iOS/Android)

- Proficiency in Figma

- Comfortable in a fast-moving, lean startup with high autonomy

- Bonus: personal interest in travel hacking, points, and miles. Our team travels and we take that seriously

WHY TAEKUS

- Real ownership over the product, not just execution

- Profitable and growing with no runway anxiety

- Remote-first; hubs in Chicago and the Bay Area

- A team of travelers who actually use the product

- Company offsites twice a year

- Competitive compensation + benefits