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title: 'Product Designer at Taekus'
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# Product Designer at Taekus

- **Company:** Taekus
- **Location:** United States
- **Compensation:** $140k–$180k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-09-28
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-17
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/taekus/967e519f-f9ad-4dd7-9fd0-0d7585dba40f

## 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

## About Taekus

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Taekus is a fintech company building a premium travel credit card that optimizes reward points for airline tickets.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed stage; $6.43M total funding)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2019
- **Founders**: Not publicly available (CEO: Austen Mance)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Financial Services, Fintech, Payments
- **Target customers**: B2C – individual travelers seeking premium credit card rewards and better financial services
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “Premium rewards payments products for those who want better financial services.” [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/taekus)

## Products & Services
- **[Taekus Credit Card]**: A premium credit card designed for travelers, offering rewards and benefits with an emphasis on optimizing reward points for airline tickets. The product is a financial services offering (credit card) rather than a software platform. [taekus.com](https://taekus.com/)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding – $6.43M (Seed round completed August 2022) [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/taekus)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Soma Capital, Adapt Ventures [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/taekus)
- **Growth Signals**:
  - 18 employees (+44.4% year-over-year) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/taekus)
  - Claimed profitability “4 months after launch” (as of Feb 2022) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/taekus)
  - Active hiring across engineering, compliance, underwriting, and operations [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/taekus)
  - Monthly website visits: ~90,901 (traffic growth +141% month-over-month) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/taekus)

## Competitive Advantages
- Focus on premium travel rewards with a specific optimization for airline tickets, differentiating from general cash-back or points cards.
- Early profitability claim suggests strong unit economics and product-market fit.
- Backed by reputable early-stage investors (Soma Capital, Adapt Ventures).

## Strategic Focus
- Scaling the team across engineering, product, and operations to expand the credit card offering and customer base.
- Building a “traveler’s dream credit card” with a seamless rewards experience.
- Maintaining profitability while growing headcount and market presence.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Small, fast-growing fintech startup (20 total employees) with a focus on engineering and product excellence. Team alumni include engineers from Square, Cash App, DoorDash, and Box. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/taekus)
- **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: Some roles are listed as remote, while the San Francisco HQ has an on-site workspace. The company appears to support flexible work arrangements. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/taekus)
- **Notable Perks**: Not explicitly detailed, but the company emphasizes building premium financial products and has a strong technical stack (Django, Python, PostgreSQL, Redis, Figma, etc.) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/taekus)
- **Engineering Culture**: Technical team makes up ~35% of headcount; senior and head-level roles are common. The stack is modern and focused on fintech reliability.

## Sources
1. [taekus.com](https://taekus.com/)
2. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/taekus](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/taekus)
3. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/taekus)
4. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/taekus)
5. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/taekus)

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