Product Designer - Payments

Who we are

Yoco is one of Africa's largest fintech companies, building an ecosystem of intuitive, dynamic payments and business tools. These connected tools are easy to tailor to diverse business needs, enabling brave businesses to do better and grow.

Founded in 2015, we now process over US$2 billion annually for over 400,000 businesses.

We are powered by over 330 people across our three talent hubs in the Netherlands and South Africa. We come from different backgrounds and have different viewpoints, so we can keep building cutting-edge financial tools for growing businesses.

We’re growing fast. With growth comes compelling challenges, which means that if you’re an ambitious problem-solver with big ideas you will be challenged, stimulated, and grow with us at Yoco. You have a passion for doing good. You’re bright and grounded, experimental and brave.

We believe growing together is a commitment and that it means being uncomfortable and overcoming problems, and when faced with such problems seeing opportunities where others see barriers. But we know it’s not for everyone.

We don’t stop pushing, we break things to rebuild, we challenge ourselves, and inspire each other. We’re constantly evolving — and we’re doing it fast.

Be Brave and Grow With Us.

About the Product Design team

The Product Design function is of significant importance at Yoco and, as such, is growing to match the ambitions of the organisation. It is an exciting time with many opportunities to leave a lasting and impactful mark on the broader industry and the world of commerce.

We are looking for an experienced Product Designer to join our Payments team, working closely with the Design Lead and Design Manager on software and hardware experiences.

What you will be doing

Payments

• Collaborate with the relevant Design Lead to contribute to the design of our payments+ ecosystem with a core focus on Point of Sale features.
• Participate in workshops with cross-functional stakeholders, ensuring relevant input is integrated into the design work.
• Balance customer needs and usability with business goals and technical constraints.
• Participate in planning and prioritising your design work to ensure a balance between thoroughness and timely delivery.
• Design and test features and flows that sit between our front-office Point of Sale software, how those features play on our card machines as well as on our back-office software.

Design Practice

• Collaborate with the Design Systems team and Brand team to ensure consistency and coherence in our experiences.

• Consume and contribute to the design and maintenance of design systems and guidelines.

• Actively participate in the design community, sharing knowledge and fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.

About you

• Comfortable with high levels of ambiguity, proactively gathers information, and develops artefacts that bring clarity

• Someone with 3-5 years of experience designing and delivering complex software products in cross-functional teams.

• Strong understanding and practical application of end-to-end design processes.

• Experience working with and contributing to design systems.

• Curiosity-driven and adaptable, with a strong focus on customer needs.

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to articulate design decisions clearly.

• Valuing team connection and bringing unique skills to the team.

The people we’re looking for

We’re looking for brave people who want to grow. And as Yoco grows we hope they stay with us, long term.

Growing can be a daunting task and it’s not for everyone. We never stop pushing, we break things to rebuild, we challenge ourselves, and inspire each other to push further.

So, who are you? You’re a curious problem-solver with a passion for doing good. You’re bright and grounded, experimental and brave. You play open cards and get stuck in. You’re not afraid of change. You close the loop.

Find out more about who we are here.

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