Founding Product Designer (UX/UI)

Mind Detect; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 420,000 - 650,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous equity

Hybrid work

Advanced equipment/technology

Job summary

Mind Detect in Cape Town is seeking a Product Designer (UX/UI) to join our early-stage team on a hybrid basis. You will shape the product experiences, from merchant dashboards to AI-powered shopping experiences, with significant ownership.

You’ll work with the founding team, engineers and customers to test ideas, prototype, and ship high-quality interfaces. The role offers equity and a chance to make a large impact in a fast-growing startup.

Qualifications

• 3-6 years of product design experience preferred.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating thoughtful UX and polished UI.
• Experience with Figma and interactive prototyping.
• Experience designing digital products from concept to launch.
• Startup or B2B SaaS experience is helpful but not required.
• Generous equity in the business.
• An opportunity to join an early-stage start-up.
• Great opportunity to make a large technological impact on the product and its systems.
• Complex challenges with fast feedback loops.
• Generous leave/solid work-life balance.
• Great remuneration package.
• An open, international and inclusive culture.
• Advanced equipment/technology.

Responsibilities

• Design user experiences from concept through to production
• Create wireframes, prototypes and high-fidelity UI in Figma
• Work closely with customers to understand problems and test solutions
• Collaborate daily with engineering to ship high-quality products
• Design demos that showcase new capabilities to customers
• Help create marketing assets, sales collateral and product visuals where needed
• Build and evolve our design system as the product grows
• Continuously improve existing experiences based on customer feedback

Skills

Product design

UX design

UI design

Prototyping

Collaboration

Tools

Figma

Job description

Our cutting-edge client, building the AI infrastructure layer for modern e-commerce, is searching for their first Product Designer (UX/UI) to join their team in Cape Town (hybrid) in order to create products that both merchants and shoppers love using. The team is looking for a thoughtful, curious designer who enjoys solving difficult product problems.

You’ll work directly with the founding team, engineers and customers to design everything from merchant dashboards to entirely new shopping experiences powered by AI. One week you might be designing a new feature for the platform, the next you could be prototyping a completely new way for customers to discover products.

This isn’t a role where you’ll simply receive tickets from Product. You’ll help shape what we build, test ideas with customers, and bring them to life. This is a high-impact, early-stage role where you’ll have significant ownership over the product experience.

Responsibilities

• Design user experiences from concept through to production
• Create wireframes, prototypes and high-fidelity UI in Figma
• Work closely with customers to understand problems and test solutions
• Collaborate daily with engineering to ship high-quality products
• Design demos that showcase new capabilities to customers
• Help create marketing assets, sales collateral and product visuals where needed
• Build and evolve our design system as the product grows
• Continuously improve existing experiences based on customer feedback

Qualifications

• 3-6 years of product design experience preferred
• Strong portfolio demonstrating thoughtful UX and polished UI
• Experience with Figma and interactive prototyping
• Experience designing digital products from concept to launch
• Startup or B2B SaaS experience is helpful but not required
• Generous equity in the business
• An opportunity to join an early-stage start-up
• Great opportunity to make a large technological impact on the product and its systems
• Complex challenges with fast feedback loops
• Generous leave/solid work-life balance
• Great remuneration package
• An open, international and inclusive culture
• Advanced equipment/technology

This position is open to people already eligible for work in South Africa