Job Description, Responsibilities & Requirements
About the Position
At Peak, we're redefining reservations. We don't see reservations as placeholders for a day and time - we see them as tickets to unique experiences. Created in partnership with The Parker Palm Springs, a Leading Hotel of the World, Peak is built by hospitality experts for hospitality experts. We're a small, remote team of ~10 based in NYC, and we're bringing the Peak experience to one of the top dining scenes in the country.
We're looking for a Founding Product Designer & Product Manager to shape how restaurants and diners experience Peak. Reservation platforms have looked the same for a decade. Grid views. Time slots. Confirmation emails. We think there's a better way - one that treats a reservation like what it actually is: the beginning of an experience.
This is a product design role in the truest sense. You won't just be pushing pixels - you'll be talking to users, scoping features with engineering, and making real trade-offs about what we build and how. You'll be the design partner to our founder, helping translate vision into product while bringing exceptional craft to everything we ship.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with the founder on product direction - you'll have real input, while understanding the founder drives final decisions
- Create production-ready designs in Figma with a systematized approach (components, design tokens, documentation)
- Work closely with engineering to scope features, cut scope when needed, and make smart trade-offs
- Ship across responsive web and mobile interfaces
- Rigorously define the problem with our customers. What slice of the opportunity are we going after? Where are we today, and what will be different when we're done?
- Investigate paths, question assumptions, and define boundaries. Every problem has infinite solutions; we pick one by challenging words like "need," "must," and "can't."
Requirements
- Have 8+ years of experience in product design, with a portfolio that demonstrates range, depth, and real product thinking
- Have worked at companies known for design excellence - Apple, Google, Airbnb, Stripe, Square, Linear, Figma, or similar
- Operate as a product designer, not just a visual designer - you're comfortable talking to users, running research, and making scope calls
- Are a Figma expert - you think in components, auto-layout, and design tokens
- Have experience designing for consumer products where craft and delight matter
- Know how to partner with engineering: you understand technical constraints and can have real conversations about trade-offs
- Communicate clearly and work well async - we're remote and move fast
We Offer
- Compensation: $225,000 – $275,000 base salary + equity. We're paying at the top of the market for startups because we want top-tier talent. You'll also receive meaningful equity. We want you to own a real piece of what we're building.
About the Company
Peak Reservations is a hospitality startup redefining reservation experiences. We're a small, remote team of ~10 based in NYC, and we're bringing the Peak experience to one of the top dining scenes in the country.