Product Designer

Taekus, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first company

Brand and design ownership

Offsites twice a year

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Taekus is seeking a Product Designer with 5+ years of design experience to shape the visual and interaction experience across our web and mobile products for banking and travel booking flows.

You will drive designs from concept to production, extend our design system, and translate our premium brand into UI. Join a remote-first team with ownership and a strong design culture, collaborating closely with engineers and product managers.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in design, including 3+ years in product design, ideally 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; polished, beautiful work.

Responsibilities

• Design web and mobile experiences across banking features (accounts, cards, transactions) and travel features (award search, booking, itineraries).
• Drive designs from early concepts to production-ready UI.
• Extend and evolve Taekus design system for consistency at scale.
• Translate Taekus brand identity into UI to deliver a premium experience.
• Occasionally contribute to brand assets or visual direction without taking over time.
• Collaborate closely with engineering (React/TypeScript) and product to ship high-quality work.

Skills

Product design

Visual design

UI design

Cross-functional collaboration

Brand alignment

Tools

Figma

Job description

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