About the Role
Ceno is building the neobank for the US-to-Asia corridor, offering a single account for investing in global equities and managing finances across continents. We are seeking a founding Product Designer to own the end-to-end design of our innovative financial product, from mobile app interfaces to brand expression.
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end product design for the mobile app across iOS and Android.
- Design high-stakes flows including account creation, identity verification, funding, and first trade.
- Develop trading and research surfaces for Korean and Japanese equities.
- Build Ceno's first design system, including typography, color, components, and motion.
- Ensure clarity and compliance in disclosures, risk messaging, fees, and confirmations.
- Design cross-cultural and bilingual UX for US-based users interacting with Korean and Japanese content.
- Partner with growth teams to align brand experience across marketing and product.
- Conduct user research and usability testing to inform design iterations.
- Set the design vision and hiring bar, and recruit future designers.
Requirements
- 8 to 10+ years in product design with strong consumer mobile experience.
- Proven track record of owning features end-to-end on widely used products.
- A portfolio showcasing complex consumer flows, design decisions, and outcomes.
- Excellent craft in interaction design, typography, layout, and attention to detail.
- Experience building or extending a design system.
- Fluency in design tools (Figma) and prototyping.
- Ability to collaborate tightly with engineers and ship designs faithfully.
- Founder mentality: self-directed, fast-paced, quality-focused.
- Experience designing for fintech, brokerage, banking, crypto, or investing products is a plus.
- Korean and/or Japanese language ability or deep familiarity with related communities is a plus.
- Experience designing products in new categories is a plus.
- Brand and visual identity range is a plus.
- Comfort designing within financial marketing and disclosure rules is a plus.
Skills
- Product Design
- Consumer Mobile Experience
- Design Systems
- Figma
- Prototyping
- Interaction Design
- Typography
- Layout
- User Research
- Usability Testing
- Cross-cultural UX
- Bilingual UX
Location
- Remote
Work Type
- Full-time
- Contract
Experience Level
- 8-10+ years
About the Company
- Ceno is building the neobank for the US-to-Asia corridor.
- We offer a single account for Americans to invest in global equities, hold and move USD, KRW, and JPY, and manage financial lives across continents.
- We are starting with a retail brokerage providing US investors direct access to Korean and Japanese equities.
- Our AI-native, agentic backend handles FX, custody, KYC, and tax reporting.
- Recent regulatory changes in Korea have opened direct market access, which we aim to make the default for Asian investments.
- Our product promises true localization, making global equity trading feel native to US market users.
- We plan to expand market by market, enabling stablecoin-enabled settlement across the Pacific.
- The AAPI community is our beachhead, with US retail as our target market.
- We are seed-stage, pursuing our own FINRA-licensed broker-dealer, and building the founding team.
- There is no existing design team; this role is the genesis of our design function.
