About Payoneer
Founded in 2005, Payoneer is the global financial platform that removes friction from doing business across borders, with a mission to connect the world’s underserved businesses to a rising global economy. We’re a community with over 2,500 colleagues all over the world, working to serve customers, and partners in over 190 countries and territories.
By taking the complexity out of the financial workflows–including everything from global payments and compliance to multi-currency and workforce management, to providing working capital and business intelligence–we give businesses the tools they need to work efficiently worldwide and grow with confidence.
Team: Application Foundations (Frontend Platform)
Location: Israel / Hybrid
Full-time
Role summary
We are looking for a Design System Tech Lead to lead the evolution of Payoneer’s Design System into a modern, scalable, and AI‑ready frontend platform.
This role focuses on platform ownership, not feature development. You will be responsible for improving how designers, developers, and tooling (including AI tools) build consistent, high‑quality user interfaces across the company.
עיקרי התפקיד
Lead the modernization and technical direction of the Design System.
Own component architecture, design tokens, theming, accessibility, and performance.
Improve developer and designer adoption by reducing friction, improving documentation, and simplifying upgrades.
Make the Design System machine‑readable and tool‑friendly, enabling automation and AI‑assisted development.
Define quality standards, testing strategy, and governance for Design System changes.
Work closely with product design, frontend teams, platform, and DevOps partners.
Mentor engineers and contribute to frontend platform best practices.
דרישות
7+ years of frontend engineering experience.
Strong experience building or leading a Design System, UI platform, or shared frontend infrastructure.
Deep knowledge of React, component architecture, and scalable frontend patterns.
Experience working in large, multi‑team environments.
Strong communication and leadership skills.
What Could Set You Apart
Experience with design tokens, Figma integrations, or schema‑driven UI systems.
Exposure to DevEx, CI/CD, or automation tooling.
Interest or experience in AI‑assisted development.
Why Join
Own a core platform used across dozens of products.
Influence developer velocity, UX consistency, and future AI adoption.
Work on long‑term infrastructure, not short‑lived features.
Be part of a team committed to continuous improvement, learning, and building inclusive, scalable systems
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The Payoneer Ways of Working
Act as our customer’s partner on the inside
Learning what they need and creating what will help them go further.
Do it. Own it.
Being fearlessly accountable in everything we do.
Continuously improve
Always striving for a higher standard than our last.
Build each other up
Helping each other grow, as professionals and people.
If this sounds like a business, a community, and a mission you want to be part of, apply today.
We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace. Payoneer is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment no matter your race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you require reasonable accommodation at any stage of the hiring process, please speak to the recruiter managing the role for any adjustments. Decisions about requests for reasonable accommodation are made on a case-by-case basis.