Product Designer

remote work; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Wave Mobile Money is shaping cashless access in Africa, owning end-to-end design of mobile features for Android and iOS from concept through validation and iteration.

The role collaborates with product managers, researchers, engineers, and data analysts to create high-quality designs, strengthen the design system, and validate solutions with user research teams. English fluency is required.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of in-house product design experience for mobile apps.
• Strong visual and interaction design skills with attention to detail.
• Prototyping with low and high fidelity; includes use of LLMs on Android apps.
• Fluency in English; French is a plus.
• Ability to work across complex interactions and tradeoffs with others.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product managers, researchers, engineers, and data analysts from concept to delivery.
• Create high quality designs, interactions, and prototypes using Figma and related tools.
• Plan and run validation and testing of solutions with user researchers.
• Contribute to Wave’s design system and component library.
• Communicate design decisions and reasoning in reviews and with PMs.
• Prototype and iterate visual and UX concepts toward practical solutions.

Skills

Mobile product design

Cross-functional collaboration

Figma

Prototyping

Design systems

Tools

Figma

Prototype tools

LLMs for Android prototyping

Job description

About the role

Wave Mobile Money is building financial services to increase cashless access across Africa. This role owns the end to end design of mobile features for Android and iOS, from concept through validation and iteration.

What you'll do

• Collaborate with product managers, researchers, engineers, and data analysts from concept to delivery.
• Create high quality designs, interactions, and prototypes using Figma and related tools.
• Work with user researchers to plan and run validation and testing of solutions.
• Contribute to Wave’s design system and component library.
• Communicate design decisions and reasoning in reviews and with PMs.
• Prototype and iterate visual and UX concepts toward practical solutions.

What they're looking for

• At least 6 years of in house product design experience with mobile apps.
• Strong visual and interaction design skills with attention to detail.
• Experience prototyping with low and high fidelity, including use of LLMs on Android apps.
• Fluency in English; French is a plus.
• Ability to work across complex interactions and tradeoffs, with strong collaboration skills.
• Experience with design systems and delivering fast, polished designs.

For applicants in Nigeria

• Remote role with hiring hubs including US, UK, Spain, Kenya, Ghana, Canada and Africa markets; Nigeria is not specifically excluded, but the listing names multiple hubs and markets. The listing does not state Nigeria specifically as a hiring region, confirm before interviewing.
• Salary up to 187000 USD based on location, paid in local currency equivalent; specify Nigerian currency handling if applicable.
• Travel 2x per year for immersion trips, with costs covered by Wave.
• Fully remote role with occasional in person requirements in specified markets; timezone expectations are not stated. The listing does not specify a Nigeria-specific timezone requirement, confirm before interviewing.