Senior Product Designer - Remote
Hopae · Seoul
🌍 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 We believe identity should be in your control — not locked behind outdated systems or centralized gatekeepers.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.