Lead Designer, Capi
£90-100k
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Overseas payments for African importers
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Overseas payments for African importers
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
£90-100k
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More information about location
21-100 employees
Company mission
To give businesses in Africa the same price and speed as businesses expect in the US and Europe.
Role
Who you are
- Extensive product design experience in a high-performing environment
- Deep expertise of modern design tools and software, such as Figma or similar
- Experience in early stage start-ups
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Strong experience in designing complex B2B products
- Track record of building products from first principles; you’ll have worked somewhere that was building something new, based on new user research
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills; strong ability to articulate design decisions
- Willingness to travel occasionally to meet with customers in our markets
Desirable
- Experience in fintech or emerging markets
- French language skills
What the job involves
- As our first in-house Product Designer, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the user experience of our product as we transform how businesses in Africa make international payments
- Working at the intersection of fintech and emerging markets, you'll be responsible for both hands-on design work and strategic initiatives that define our design direction
- Lead the end-to-end design process for our product, from research and ideation to implementation
- Develop and maintain our design system and component library to ensure consistency across our platform
- Work closely with product, engineering, and research teams to understand user needs and translate them into intuitive solutions
- Create user flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity designs that balance user needs with business requirements
- Conduct research alongside our user research team to validate design decisions
Application process
- Ideal Start date: April 2025 (we are aware that a notice period may need to be fulfilled and can adjust accordingly)
Salary benchmarks
Our take
In Africa, goods importers pay as much as 10% to settle their invoices - and wait weeks for the payment to arrive. Capi is setting out to combat this, with its international payments platform built specifically for importers in Africa.
Through the platform, users can pay suppliers in EUR, UDS or GBP. All at competitive rates and with settlement in just 24 hours. This is a significant improvement to the present situation, which makes Capi stand out almost by default.
With strong support from investors, Capi is in a good position to broaden its impact in the future - as it strives towards a future where African companies have the same quality of payments as in the US and Europe.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
8% female employees
Company
Employee endorsements
Challenging work
"Capi is trying to solve a massive challenge in financial services by supporting African SMEs paying their suppliers, therefore the work is always..."
Company benefits
- Paid time off (20-25 days depending on market)
- 4 weeks of work from anywhere
- Hardware provided (MacBook)
- Pension Scheme — 3% employer contribution on entire salary (not just pensionable earnings)
- Commitment to offer private health insurance option once we pass 20 perm employees (Q1/2 '25)
- WeWork Office - near Old Street (includes pass, free coffee/beer, amenities and kitchen facilities)
Company HQ
Westminster, London, UK
Leadership
Mitch R.
(Co-Founder & CEO)Venture Partner at Pioneer Fund, former COO/CFO/GC at Taptap Send, and was Regional Director and Evaluation Lead at GiveDirectly.
Phil Efstathiou
(Founding Engineer)Also Founder at Osma, co-founded and was CTO at Alva and was a Software Engineer at Babylon Health and Thriva Health.
Scott Liddle
(Co-Founder)Previously Head of Markets (CRO & CMO) at Taptap Send, Founder at SpareHand and Director of Policy at Rory for London.
Tom Watson
(CTO (Founder))Co-founder and CTO at Capi Money (YC S23). On the side I am the Co-founder, MD and Developer at P4SD. A 2019 Forbes 30 under 30 for Europe in Technology. Previously co-founder and CTO of Hubble.
People progressing
Previously with ReD Associates, and then Central Growth Lead at Taptap Send; promoted from Commercial Lead to Head of Growth at Capi.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Capi
Emily Richie (Talent Lead)
- The Capi Money Group (“Capi”) is committed to the principle of equality of opportunity and diversity and recognises that employees, contractors or customers should not experience discrimination on any grounds. To promote equality and diversity in the organisation Capi commits to encourage equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are dedicated to an environment free of bullying, harassment, victimisation and unlawful discrimination, promoting dignity and respect for all, and where individual differences and the contributions of all staff are recognised and valued. We are working hard to create a diverse and inclusive working environment at Capi. Capi is dedicated to conducting its business with the utmost commitment to ethics and the highest standards of integrity. We currently have team members from 12 different nationalities, with a team that is currently 60% male and 40% female identifying, with a goal to be 50/50 in the next 12-18 months.
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