Senior Product Designer
HopaeDigital Identity company
Seoul, South KoreaSenior
500 Global
SV Investment
Z Venture Capital
Bon Angels Venture Partners
Korea Credit Guarantee Fund (KODIT)
KB Innovation HUB
Design
About the role
TL;DR
Senior Product Designer to build digital identity platform experiences and brand visuals.
- •🌍 About Hopae At Hopae, we're building the world's most trusted digital identity platform
- •private, secure, and built for real life.
- •We believe identity should be in your control
- •not locked behind outdated systems or centralized gatekeepers.
- •Our product, Hopae Connect, lets businesses verify real people across borders through a single API
- •no need to build country-by-country integrations themselves.
- •Our technology powers instant, privacy-first verification across fintech, credentials, supply chain, and gaming
- •for IDV providers, e-signature platforms, and enterprises who need identity to just work, everywhere.
- •Backed by top global investors, Hopae operates across Seoul, Paris, Luxembourg, and San Francisco, bringing together exceptional talent from over 10 nationalities.
- •We move fast, think globally, and build products that define the future of identity. 💡 Why You’ll Love It Here Global DNA: Work with exceptional peers across Seoul, Paris, and San Francisco High Impact: Build technology shaping the global trust and identity landscape Ownership Culture: No micromanagement
- •full trust, full accountability Elite Standards: Work fast, learn fast, and grow with world-class peers Inclusive & Respectful: 10+ nationalities, diverse perspectives, one vision Growth Mindset: Access mentorship, leadership visibility, and continuous learning We're looking for a Senior Product Designer who can make complex technology feel simple and help build a consistent, recognizable visual identity across our products and brand.
- •You'll take ownership of product experiences across Hopae Connect while also contributing to the visual design of our marketing and communication materials.
- •This is a hands-on role for someone who combines strong product thinking, excellent visual craft, and the ability to turn complex ideas into clear, compelling experiences.
- •What You'll Do Own Product Design End to End Lead design initiatives from problem discovery and user research through prototyping, implementation, and iteration.
- •Design intuitive experiences across Hopae Connect Console, developer onboarding, activation, and identity verification workflows.
- •Translate complex technical requirements into simple, effective user experiences.
- •Collaborate closely with engineers throughout implementation to ensure high-quality outcomes.
- •Solve Real Customer Problems Understand the needs of developers, enterprise customers, and end users.
- •Work with Product, Engineering, Solution Engineering, and Customer Success to identify friction and opportunities.
- •Use customer feedback, usability testing, and product analytics to inform design decisions.
- •Define success criteria and evaluate the impact of shipped solutions.
- •Build Scalable Design Foundations Build and maintain scalable design systems, reusable components, and interaction patterns.
- •Establish consistent visual and interaction standards across our products.
- •Ensure our product experiences reflect Hopae's brand identity.
- •Create reusable design assets and templates that improve design efficiency.
- •Brand & Marketing Design Design reusable templates for social media, announcements, and marketing campaigns.
- •Create visual assets for presentations, sales materials, events, and company communications.
- •Support website and landing page design in collaboration with Marketing.
- •Maintain visual consistency across product, web, and brand touchpoints.
- •Develop scalable templates and guidelines that enable other teams to produce materials independently.
- •What We're Looking For Proven experience designing and shipping complex digital products, ideally in B2B SaaS, developer tools, fintech, or infrastructure.
- •A strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end ownership, from problem definition to shipped outcomes.
- •Excellent interaction design, information architecture, and visual design skills.
- •Strong proficiency in Figma and component-based design systems.
- •Ability to simplify complex workflows and technical concepts.
- •Strong product judgment and the ability to make decisions independently.
- •Comfortable working in English with a globally distributed team.
- •We value demonstrated ownership, judgment, and impact more than years of experience.
- •Nice to Have Experience designing developer platforms, APIs, or enterprise administration consoles.
- •Familiarity with digital identity, authentication, KYC, or financial services.
- •Experience with product analytics, experimentation, and usability research.
- •Understanding of frontend technologies and implementation constraints.
- •Experience building or scaling design systems in growing startups.
- •Motion design or basic animation skills.
- •What Success Looks Like Within 30 Days Understand Hopae Connect, its users, and our business priorities.
- •Identify meaningful usability issues and improvement opportunities.
- •Build strong working relationships with Product and Engineering.
- •Within 90 Days Independently lead a meaningful design initiative from problem definition to implementation.
- •Deliver improvements to a key customer journey, such as onboarding, activation, or verification.
- •Establish or improve reusable design patterns.
- •Within 6 Months Demonstrate measurable improvements in usability, activation, or customer experience.
- •Become a trusted partner in product and engineering decisions.
- •Raise the quality, consistency, and efficiency of product design across Hopae Connect.
- •How We Work Customer understanding.
- •Great product decisions start with understanding real user problems.
- •Simplicity over complexity.
- •We make sophisticated infrastructure intuitive.
- •Outcomes over outputs.
- •We measure success by customer and business impact, not the number of screens produced.
- •Ownership over handoffs.
- •Design isn't finished when a Figma file is delivered.
- •We stay involved until solutions reach users.
- •Speed with judgment.
- •We value thoughtful decisions and fast iteration over unnecessary process. ⚡️ Fast Facts 💰 $13.5M+ raised from top global investors 📦 2.6M+ downloads of our sd-jwt-js library 🌍 10+ nationalities across 3 hubs 🔬 82 eID research projects completed 🌐 3 projects accepted into the OpenWallet Foundation 🎁 Benefits & Culture Unlimited PTO Remote-friendly work model Real ownership from Day 1 High-impact, global product Multicultural, respectful team 🧭 Interview Process Recruiter Intro Call (30 min)
- •Get to know Hopae Functional or Technical Interview (45 min)
- •Dive into your skills Culture Fit Conversation (45 min)
- •Collaboration & alignment Offer 🎉 Note: The process may vary slightly depending on the role.
Required skills
FigmaDesign SystemsInteraction DesignVisual DesignInformation ArchitectureProduct Management
Nice-to-have skills
UX DesignProduct StrategyUsability TestingDesign ResearchMotion Design
Domain expertise
developer-toolsfintech
Benefits & perks
Unlimited PTO, Remote-friendly work model, Real ownership from Day 1, High-impact, global product, Multicultural, respectful team
Tech stack
FigmaJavaScriptTypeScriptPythonReactVue.jsAngularNext.jsSvelteHTMLCSSTailwindReduxGraphQLjQueryBootstrapSassMaterial UIChakra UIWebpackViteNode.jsDjangoFlaskFastAPISpringExpressRuby on Rails.NETASP.NET