Lead Product Designer, Lightyear
+ Tax-advantaged EMI stock options that vest monthly after a one-year cliff
Office located in Old Street, London
Investment platform
Job no longer available
Investment platform
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
+ Tax-advantaged EMI stock options that vest monthly after a one-year cliff
Office located in Old Street, London
21-100 employees
Company mission
To make investing better for everyone in Europe
Role
Who you are
- You’re an experienced Product Designer (or Design Manager or VP that wants to get back into the craft)
- You have 7+ years of proven experience working in-house and/or agencies, with a preference for candidates who have worked in high-growth startups
- You want to do amazing work
- You’re visually strong and have great taste
- You work fast and are comfortable owning projects end to end
- You know how code works and how great software is made
- You love trying to understand user experience, and always put the customer first
- You’ve invested and understand how the market works
- You’re lethal with Figma
- You’re exceptional at presenting your work, taking others through your thinking and rationale, internalising feedback and acting on it where necessary
- You can design highly visual landing pages
- You’ve dabbled with AI and have used it to help you with something
- Prioritisation and time-management are not an issue for you
What the job involves
- That's where you come in! As our second Product Designer at Lightyear (alongside Kish), you’ll assist in spearheading Product Design - translating customer problems and needs, business goals and brand into an intuitive and beautifully put together product
- That's a lot to own isn't it? Well that's what's exciting about being an early Designer at a new company. It still feels like day 0, everything is still yet to be defined - it's ours to figure out, decide what's important (and more importantly what isn't), decide how things will be done and make it happen
- When it comes to the Design team itself, I believe less is more — we’re trying to build a small, talented and closely knit Design team
- It’s currently just me and Josh. Josh looks after Brand Design and joins us from running his own design studio (Good Habit)
- People at Lightyear are given a lot of ownership, which makes this role perfect for those that love their craft, despise bureaucracy and know what to do with a boat-load of autonomy
- The bar for Design is incredibly high and our founders are massive proponents of Design — which creates an unstoppable flywheel for excellence
- Execute design for the Lightyear app, web app, marketing products and landing pages
- Define and create well crafted and visually solid work for all of the above, using motion design where appropriate
- Work in a cross-functional squad, working closely with Product Managers, and Engineers - responsible for all things design
- Build an understanding of the customers you’re designing for by working with our Researchers, digging into data or speaking to customers
- Seek feedback early and often, and present and communicate your work effectively
- Contribute to and maintain our Design System
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Lightyear is building a stock trading app that provides users with commission-free investment opportunities. It aims to reduce the barrier of entry to investing (users can invest from £1) and simplify the seemingly complicated nature of investing.
The company differentiates itself by making investing extremely easy. In only a couple of minutes, users create an investment account and start investing. Moreover, Lightyear aims to provide users with intuitive tools that allow them to make informed decisions.
Lightyear has attracted an impressive level of investment which has been used to fuel its expansion into European markets. It is further consolidating its success by releasing a much-demanded web app, allowing its users to manage their portfolio at a desk rather than just on the small screen. This gives it an edge against European rivals who are yet to publically launch their web platforms, and Lightyear will be sure to exploit this early mover advantage.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
57% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jul 2025
$23m
SERIES B
Jul 2022
$25m
SERIES A
Total funding: $57.9m
Company benefits
- Offices in central London (Old Street)
- Flexible working hours
- A flexible approach to working remotely
- Private health insurance
- Enhanced parental leave
- All the usual office facilities, including free tea, coffee & snacks
- Dog-friendly office (20% distracting, but 100% cute: see here)
- Quarterly international team events
Company HQ
Spitalfields, London, UK
Leadership
Martin Sokk
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously worked at TranferWise for 5 years, holding various positions such as Head of People for 1 year and Head of Product for 4 years.
Mihkel Aamer
(Co-Founder & CTO)Previously a Software Engineer at UBS for 1 year and an Engineering Lead at Transferwise for 6 years.
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