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Product Designer

Yoco 🇿🇩 Cape Town, City of Cape Town, South Africa

Onsite $80,000 - $110,000 Full-time Senior

The Product Designer will collaborate with the Design Lead to contribute to the design of the ecosystem, participating in workshops to integrate stakeholder input while balancing customer needs with business goals and technical constraints. Responsibilities include designing and testing features across card machines, back-office software, and online products, while also contributing to and maintaining design systems.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with the relevant Design Lead to contribute to the design of our ecosystem
  • 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 prioritizing your design work to ensure a balance between thoroughness and timely delivery
  • Design and test features and flows that bridge the relationship between our merchants and their consumers

Requirements

  • 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
  • Experienced in 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

Benefits

  • Growing and dynamic work environment
  • Opportunities for professional growth and development
  • Collaborative and diverse team
  • Flexible work arrangements

Key Skills

Product Design Design Systems User-Centered Design Cross-Functional Collaboration Communication Problem-Solving Agile Methodologies Design Thinking User Research Usability Testing Prototyping Wireframing Figma Sketch Adobe XD User Experience (UX) Design

About Yoco

Yoco is the all-in-one digital commerce platform for small businesses. As one of Africa’s largest fintech companies, we make it easy to sell anywhere, manage your business from anywhere, and grow with smart insights—all under one Yoco profile. Founded in 2015, we've helped over 200,000 small businesses across South Africa accept card payments and access capital—often for the first time. Our ecosystem of payments, software, and tools works seamlessly under one Yoco account. Behind it all is a global team of 350+ people across South Africa and the Netherlands, building world-class solutions for small business growth. Awards and Accolades: CNBC: Top 250 innovative fintech companies (2024) Brand Africa Award: Top 3 Inspirational Youth-Founded Companies (2024) Financial Times Africa: Fastest Growing Companies (2022) Fast Company: Best Workplaces for Innovators (2020 + 2021)

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