Busha wants a senior product designer to shape the user experience of one of Nigeria's active crypto trading platforms. The role is Lagos-based, hybrid, and open now on a rolling deadline. If you have five or more years of shipped product work and a portfolio that shows end-to-end thinking, read carefully.
About Busha
Founded in 2018, Busha operates as a digital currency exchange for Nigerian users buying, selling, and trading Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies. The company's stated values, clear communication, positive energy, efficient execution, and continuous learning, appear directly in this job description. That is not decoration. The role expects a designer who dogfoods the product, runs their own customer research, and holds a PM mindset when needed.
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What the Role Involves
- Design end-to-end user experiences across multiple product areas from initial concept to shipped prototype
- Collaborate with product managers and engineers to define and refine problem spaces, not just execute briefs
- Conduct customer research and use analytics tools to generate hypotheses and validate assumptions
- Contribute to, maintain, and help evolve the Busha design system
- Regularly use the product yourself to identify gaps and improvement opportunities; this is explicitly required
- Present design decisions with clear rationale to internal stakeholders
The listing describes the role as requiring a PM mindset on certain projects. That means you will sometimes own a problem end-to-end without a product manager driving it. If you prefer well-defined briefs, this structure will feel uncomfortable.
What They Want
Must have
- 5 or more years of verifiable experience shipping products used by real users - not concept work, not internal tools
- A strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end thinking: research, structure, visual craft, and shipped outcomes
- Strong collaboration and communication skills across product, engineering, and leadership
- Ability to manage multiple priorities independently in a fast-moving, self-led environment
Nice to have
- Experience building or managing a productionised design system
- Hands-on use of AI tools in your design workflow - ideation, prototyping, analysis, or shipping code
- Motion design or interaction design capability
The listing uses the phrase "verifiable shipping experience." That signals they will cross-check your portfolio against live or previously live products. Concept-only portfolios are unlikely to pass the bar here.
Salary and Benefits
Busha does not disclose a salary figure in this listing.
For context: senior product designers at Lagos-based fintech and crypto companies with five or more years of experience typically earn between ₦5 million and ₦20 million annually. Companies with international investors or dollar-denominated revenue sometimes pay above that band or offer USD-equivalent compensation. Whether Busha pays in naira or offers any equity component is not stated.
The listing references "competitive compensation and benefits" and "career growth and learning opportunities" without specifics. Ask for numbers before you invest time in a multi-stage process.
Is This Open to Nigerians?
Yes, explicitly. This is a Lagos-founded company hiring for a Lagos-based role. The hybrid format means some in-office days are required. The listing does not specify how many days per week.
There is no indication that the role is open to applicants outside Nigeria. If you are a Nigerian designer based abroad and considering returning, confirm remote eligibility with the recruiter before applying.
How to Apply
Step 1. Go directly to the official application page on Busha's Breezy HR portal:
Step 2. Prepare your portfolio before clicking “apply.” Structure your case studies to show the problem, your process, your decisions, and the shipped outcome, not just final screens. If your portfolio is password-protected, confirm the link and credentials are correct before submitting.
Step 3. Address the dogfooding requirement directly in any cover note or application field. Tell them you have used Busha (if you have), or describe how you build product knowledge in the tools you currently design for. It signals the self-led mindset they are hiring for.
Step 4. Highlight any AI tool usage in your workflow. The listing names it explicitly as a nice-to-have. If you use tools like Cursor, Galileo, or Framer AI in your process, say so and explain the outcome, not just the tool name.
Step 5. Apply early. There is no posted deadline. Rolling listings close when a strong candidate accepts an offer.
GizPulse Verdict
Busha is a real company with a real product and real users. This is not a vague early-stage crypto startup posting. They have been operating since 2018 and survived a difficult regulatory period for Nigerian crypto, which matters for job security in a sector known for abrupt shutdowns.
The role suits a designer who has outgrown execution-only work and wants to own problems, not just screens. The combination of design system ownership, customer research, and PM-adjacent scope makes this a genuinely senior position.
Who should skip this: designers with fewer than four years of shipped work, designers who need heavy PM support to operate, and anyone whose portfolio is primarily concept or spec work.
One tip to stand out: Busha's product serves users navigating crypto in a market where trust is low and complexity is high. In your portfolio or interview, show a case where you simplified a genuinely complex financial or transactional flow and explain the specific decisions that made it simpler. That is the exact problem they are solving every day.