Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the worlds money.
Min fees. Max ease. Full speed.

Whether people and businesses are sending money to another country, spending abroad, or making and receiving international payments, Wise is on a mission to make their lives easier and save them money.

As part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world's money.
For everyone, everywhere.

More about our mission and what we offer.

Were looking for an exceptional Principal Product Designer to join our award-winning design team. Based in Sao Paulo, youll be joining our rapidly growing LATAM squad - helping grow our market-share by shipping new region specific features and journeys. Youll understand the needs of our customers and deliver work that feels familiar, scalable and unmistakably Wise.

Your mission: 

This is a unique opportunity to be our first designer in LATAM. Reporting to the Design Director for Regional, youll play a key role in shaping a product used by millions to substantially improve the experience for our US customers. This role requires craft, curiosity, and collaboration.

As a Principal-level individual contributor, youll be establishing and raising the bar for the design of the Wise product in this region. Our product is global by scale and design, yet were aware that locally relevant and familiar experiences are key to building a product that users love and use everyday. Youll be able to balance systems thinking with market specific insight to deliver upon this mission.

Day to day youll be working with an Sao Paolo-based full-stack team of product, marketing, analytics, engineering, banking and compliance. We move fast, ship constantly, and obsessively chase market fit. What makes our team unique is that we have the financial, technical and design firepower of the Wise global business behind us.

What youll be doing:

• Building connections. Partner with product teams to discover customer needs and use those insights to create bold, scalable experiences that engage, convert and/or retain.

• Championing craft. Youll work on initiatives that span the Wise customer journey. Whatever the surface or context, youll deliver work that sets the bar and delights our customers

• Building influence. Champion a design-driven approach by effectively communicating your rationale through clear and compelling storytelling

• Leading by making. Identify opportunities, prioritise what matters, and drive the outcome forward through what you create.
   

This role will give you the opportunity to: 

• Ship work youre proud of. Craft experiences that are innovative, easy to use and clear.

• Flex your skillset. Youll enjoy a variety of problems that need to be solved in different ways.

• Own your impact. Youll decide what opportunities to work on, and define their success metrics.

• Elevate product quality. You define what good looks like to your team. And you help them deliver it.

• Be part of a positive change in the world. Were fixing a broken, greedy system, and putting people and businesses in control of their money.

• Exceptional craft skills. Youre a seasoned multidisciplinary designer with a deep understanding of design fundamentals and a strong track record of delivering high-quality work across a variety of different touch-points. Youve got a portfolio of well-crafted, impactful work that solves real problems for real people backed up by 10+ years of experience.

• Expert in Figma and AI-curious. From detailed design in Figma, to prototyping with Claude and Make - were interested in a mix of tooling experience and an openness to trying new things and a bias to making.

• Systems thinker. You connect global patterns, behaviours, and identify opportunities to innovate at a local level - flexing where necessary without fragmentation.

• Strategic partner. You balance polish with purpose, ensuring design decisions ladder up to real user and business outcomes.

• Collaborative by default. Youre a natural collaborator, designing in the open, leveraging other functions expertise and taking them on the journey with you.

• Confident communication skills. You provide clear rationale to advocate for a design-led approach, sharing this approach with your team and stakeholders alike.

•  RSUs in a rapidly growing company
•  Flexible working model During the first six months, youll be in office most days of the week to become fully immersed in Wises culture and ways of working. After the initial period, youll be in office at least 3 days per week. 
•  An annual self-development budget
•  Health and dental allowance for you and your dependents
•  Company-paid: Life Insurance, and an EAP program
•  Paid time off: 30 days vacation + 3 Me days + 1 volunteer day, annually
•  A paid 6-week sabbatical leave after four years
•  18-weeks of paid parental leave, after a year with us and child care assistance
• Transportation vouchers
• Food (708 BRL per month) and Meal (1,166 BRL per month) vouchers
•  TotalPass access to 3,500 gyms and studios throughout Brazil

Were people without borders without judgement or prejudice, too. We want to work with the best people, no matter their background. So if youre passionate about learning new things and keen to join our mission, youll fit right in.

Also, educational qualifications arent that important to us. If youve got great experience, and youre great at articulating your thinking, wed like to hear from you.

And because we believe that diverse teams build better products, wed especially love to hear from you if youre from an under-represented demographic.

For everyone, everywhere. We're people building money without borders  without judgement or prejudice, too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse, equitable and inclusive.

We're proud to have a truly international team, and we celebrate our differences.
Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected, empowered to contribute towards our mission and able to progress in their careers.

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