Product Designer

Kikoff; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Kikoff is seeking a Product Designer to collaborate with Product, Engineering, Data, and Marketing to shape user journeys and deliver polished interfaces across mobile and web. You will craft pixel-perfect mockups, contribute to a cohesive design system, and push scalable UI components across platforms.

The role suits someone with strong visual and interaction design skills and a track record in consumer fintech products.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of experience in Product Design.
• Strong portfolio showcasing visual and interaction design.
• Experience designing consumer-facing mobile and web apps.
• Proficient in Figma and prototyping tools.
• Experience building and maintaining design systems.
• Excellent communication and collaboration in fast-paced startup environments.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate daily with Product, Engineering, Data, and Marketing to define products and user journeys.
• Design highly polished interfaces from wireframes to pixel-perfect mockups and final assets.
• Create experiences across mobile and web ensuring consistency and aesthetics.
• Advance the design system by building scalable UI components and patterns.
• Participate in design critiques and provide constructive feedback.
• Ensure every interaction and layout contributes to a cohesive experience.

Skills

Product Design

Visual Design

Interaction Design

Figma

Design Systems

Mobile & Web

Cross-functional Collaboration

Tools

Figma

Prototyping tools

Job description

Kikoff: The Fintech Powering Financial Security at Scale

Kikoff is a profitable, pre-IPO fintech company on a mission to empower everyone to achieve financial security. With record revenue growth in 2025 and a unicorn valuation, we've built a suite of products that help millions of people build credit, access liquidity, and save money.

We're scaling fast. Join us if you want to build something meaningful and help millions of people move forward financially.

Why Kikoff

This is a consumer fintech startup, and you will be working with serial entrepreneurs who have built strong consumer brands and innovative products. We value extreme ownership, clear communication, a strong sense of craftsmanship, and the desire to create lasting work and work relationships. Yes, you can build an exciting business AND have real-life real-customer impact.

What You'll Do

• Collaborate daily with Product, Engineering, Data, and Marketing to define products and user journeys and bring them to life.
• Design highly polished, visually compelling interfaces-from wireframes to pixel-perfect mockups, prototypes, and final assets.
• Create and refine experiences across mobile and web, ensuring consistency and aesthetics across platforms.
• Push our design system forward by building scalable, cohesive UI components and patterns.
• Contribute to and participate in design critiques, both giving and receiving thoughtful feedback to raise the visual bar.
• Ensure the details are never lost-every interaction, layout, and visual decision contributes to a cohesive experience.

What We're Looking For

• 2-5 years of experience in Product Design, with a strong portfolio showcasing exceptional visual and interaction design work.
• Proven ability to deliver pixel-perfect interfaces with a keen eye for typography, color, layout, visual hierarchy, and motion.
• Experience designing consumer-facing products for mobile and responsive web.
• Highly proficient in Figma, prototyping tools.
• Experience with building and maintaining design systems.
• Strong visual and interaction design skills, with motivation to continuously master your craft in both interaction and visual design.
• Excellent communication skills—you can articulate design decisions clearly and persuasively.
• A highly collaborative, low-ego teammate who thrives in a fast-moving startup environment.

Base Range

$100,000 - $200,000 USD

A note on applying:

We know great candidates sometimes hold back if they don't meet every qualification listed. If you're excited about this role and believe you can do the work, we encourage you to apply. We're looking for capability and trajectory, not a perfect checklist match.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Kikoff Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to complying with all federal, state, and local laws providing equal employment opportunities and considers qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class.

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