About the role
Company Description We’re Checkout.com . You might not know our name, but companies like eBay, Spotify, Klarna, Uber, and Sony do, because we’re behind many of the digital experiences you use every day. We are where the world checks out, enabling over 10 billion transactions yearly for more than one billion global shoppers. Whether you want to book a holiday, order food, renew a subscription, or check out online, there’s a good chance our tech powers the payments behind the scenes. Our platform helps the most ambitious businesses deliver effortless digital experiences, at scale. If you want to do career-defining work, you’ve come to the right place. We move fast, think globally, and believe great teams are built by hiring exceptional people with conviction, curiosity, and the desire to make an impact. With 20 offices across six continents and London as our HQ, we’re shaping the future of fintech – and we’re just getting started.
About
the team You’ll join a Design organisation of 30+ specialists across Product Design, Research, Content, and Technical Writing. Embedded in Product Design, you’ll work across You’ll work Acquiring, our products and infrastructure that help merchants accept and process payments, and Checkout.com’s cross-pillar design system. You’ll report to the Director of Enterprise Product Design and work from our London office three days a week.
The role We’re looking for a Staff Product Designer to balance two connected
responsibilities: lead design for Acquiring and evolve Checkout.com’s design system. The design system accelerates and unifies product delivery, while Acquiring keeps its evolution grounded in practice. You’ll elevate the design system through code-first and AI-integrated workflows while taking full design ownership of Acquiring and bridging existing coverage gaps. While you won’t manage direct reports, your impact will be significant: shaping how the system evolves and how the Acquiring team ships. You’ll lead through exceptional craft, technical fluency, and influence. What you’ll own Lead end-to-end design for Acquiring, mentoring designers and raising craft quality through critique and guidance. Evolve Checkout.com’s cross-pillar design system across products and surfaces, including dashboard and mobile experiences Partner with Product and Engineering to apply the system to real product needs and implementation constraints. Improve how teams move from design intent to production. What success looks like Acquiring has consistent coverage and craft quality, with designers set up to execute independently. The design system scales to help teams deliver consistent, high-quality experiences across products, surfaces, and new initiatives. The design team is able to ship experiences end-to-end (shipping code), empowered by the design system and AI tooling you lead. Skills and experience You don’t need to match every detail exactly. We’re looking for candidates who meet most of the core