Product Designer Apprentice

About

Swan is Europes embedded banking specialist. We empower software companies to embed banking features like accounts cards and payments directly into their products under their own processes over 1.5 billion in monthly transactions for more than 150 companieslike Pennylane Indy Agicap Libeo and Lucca. Founded in 2019 the company has received growth capital from leading investors such as Lakestar Accel Creandum Bpifrance and Eight Roads. Swan is a principal member of Mastercard and a licensed financial institution regulated by the French banking authority (ACPR).

Our mission

Banking belongs in business software

Many software companies already serve small businesses incredibly well: helping them send invoices run payroll manage inventory and more. Theyre on a mission to become the central hub for managing every aspect of business life.

But when it comes to financial workflows theres still a gap. Too many critical tasks like managing cash flow tracking payments or reconciling accounts happen outside the software across spreadsheets email threads banking portals.

Its a missed opportunity. Business software shouldnt just record financial activity it should run it.

To learn more about us: About Swan ; Our story.

Job description

Swan is seeking a Product Designer Apprentice to join its Product team and contribute to building the simplest and most elegant BaaS (Banking-as-a-Service) on the market.

The Design teams mission is to make it easy for our partners often new to the banking sector to integrate complex payment services into their products. As an apprentice youll do real product design work: collaborating with cross-functional squads shaping features and improving experiences across our API and interfaces.

Your mission

• Design banking features end-to-end work with Product Managers and Engineers across multiple squads to build or improve BaaS features from discovery to delivery.

• Improve user experiences contribute to making Swans API dashboards and partner-facing interfaces more intuitive and reliable.

• Collaborate across squads engage with different product squads and adapt to various problem spaces within payments and banking.

• Support cross-functional needs help Marketing Brand and Product Integration teams with prototypes visual assets and design contributions.

• Contribute to our design system help maintain and evolve Lake Swans Product Design system ensuring consistency across the product.

• Grow as a designer progressively take on more ownership and complexity supported by the team and the Lead Product Designer.

Your team

Youll join the Product Design team working closely with our Lead Product Designer and the team and collaborating daily with Product Managers Engineers and other cross-functional teams.

Youll be embedded in product squads while also contributing to transversal design initiatives. The role is based in Paris.

Preferred experience

Youre a great match if:

• You are looking for a 1 or 2-year apprenticeship in a fast-paced work environment.

• You are a student in your 2nd or 3rd year in a Bachelors Masters or similar design-related program.

• You have strong product design skills you can think through user flows interactions and interfaces with clarity.

• You have solid UI skills and an eye for detail.

• Proficiency in Figma is essential.

• Youre curious about fintech payments or API products prior knowledge is a plus not a requirement.

• Familiarity with prototyping tools (Lovable v0 Figma Make etc.) or basic front-end (HTML CSS) is a plus.

• Proactive learner who stays up to date with product design and AI trends.

• Excellent team player comfortable collaborating with multiple teams in an international environment.

• Excellent working abilities in English. French is a plus.

Our ideal teammate: Empathetic. Skilled. Frank. We love to challenge each other and we leave our egos at the door.

Its okay if you dont tick all the boxes dont let imposter syndrome prevent you from applying!

About Swan

Perks of being a Swanee:

• Meal Vouchers: We provide a meal voucher card to cover your meals on work days.

• Transport: Monthly mobility package for accordance with the company agreement for sustainable mobilities you can now use your mobility package to pay for alternative commuting modes.

• Holidays: 2 days of paid leave per month.

• Sports: Thanks to our partnership with Classpass and Gymlib you can enjoy advantageous discounts on subscriptions. They offer a wide range of sports activities as well as wellness activities. The offers are valid in several European cities as well as online.

• Well-being support: access to Moka Care for mental health and wellness.

• Offsite: Once a year we gather to reconnect deep-dive into big topics and relax.

• This isnt a perk it should be the rule but diversity and inclusion are important at Swan. Were working hard to get better every day.

Our values:

Swans core values guide our actions daily. Individually they may seem obvious but together they form a unique culture.

Simplicity: Leonardo Da Vinci said: simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. If somethings convoluted or confusing we work extra hard to break it down. - Making complex things simple is what we do.

Long Term: We always play the long game whether its to support our partners in their growth journey or make tangible commitments to climate action.

Excellence: We are a team of experts who consistently go all out to create pixel-perfect banking services and exceed our partners expectations whatever it takes.

Be Human: We believe in the power of kindness and the importance of acting with integrity. But embracing our humanity extends beyond interpersonal interactions it means caring about greater issues that affect our planet.

You can find out more about our culture.

Recruitment process

1. Design interview (w/ Valentin)

2. Case study