Principal Product Designer

About us:

BVNK provides modern payment infrastructure for businesses. We unify banks and blockchains in a single platform. With BVNK, businesses can send and receive stablecoin payments, convert between currencies, and add stablecoin payments to their checkout. Using our flexible platform, and robust global licensing and compliance expertise, innovators can launch new payment products quickly and compliantly.

We are a diverse team spread across the UK, Europe, South Africa, the US, and APAC, with a shared belief that all payment flows will interact with crypto in the coming decade, and BVNK will be at the forefront of this transformation of the financial system. We have raised $50M in Series B funding from top investors including Haun Ventures, Tiger Global, and Coinbase Ventures, and we're looking for smart, ambitious people to help us build the next generation of payments.

We're incredibly honored to have made Newsweek's list of The Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2 years running (2023 and 2024) and to have been recognised by LinkedIn as one of the Top 20 Startups in the UK in 2024.

Location: We offer a Hybrid/Remote working policy which allows us to hire across EMEA. 

About The Role:

We are looking for a talented Principal Product Designer to join our team. In this role, you will play a key part in shaping the future of the Layer1 product - helping drive an amazing user experience for our customers. 

The role reports directly to the Head of Design and collaborates closely with the Design Team (Product & Brand) across Europe and Africa.

Key Responsibilities:

• Designing from scratch, enhancing, and maintaining the Layer1 product flows;
• Creating shareable interactive prototypes of Layer1 implementations to aid the sales and marketing efforts;
• Contributing to improvements to the design system and UI kits.

What we need from you:

• 10+ years of professional experience in product design work, with a proven track of building amazing products;
• Solid understanding of blockchain and crypto payments;
• Expertise in Figma, including scalable design and advanced prototyping;
• Strong understanding of product creation and handoff processes for web development;
• Examples of applied accessibility design practices.

Nice to haves:

• Basic experience with front-end development is a plus, to facilitate more fruitful conversations with FE developers;

We Offer:

• A fair and competitive salary at every stage of your career.
• Meaningful ownership in the business through our employee option scheme.
• Flexible working hours, with remote working at its heart.
• A flexible approach to holidays. 
• Opportunities to travel to our offices around the world.
• A culture built on passionate growth-minded people.

At BVNK, we are focused on building a diverse and inclusive team. While you may not meet all of our requirements, we’d encourage you to apply if you meet the majority of our expectations. You may be a great fit for this role or another role in our team.