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Kappa

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2 - 10 employees

Founded 2021

💳 Fintech

🤝 B2B

💰 $5M Seed Round - Kappa Pay on 2024-04

Fintech • B2B

Kappa is a payments and FX-focused company that helps African businesses (and individuals) send and receive money across the globe. It provides cross-border payment rails, treasury and foreign-exchange services, fast settlement guarantees, low fees and high transaction limits, and fraud/encryption protections. Kappa connects bank accounts or accepts cash deposits, supports transfers from Cameroon, Nigeria and the CEMAC region to many destinations (including USA, France, UK, China, UAE), and offers live English and French support. The company positions itself as a fintech platform for businesses to pay suppliers and receive customer payments internationally, with offices in Boston, Douala and Lagos.

📋 Description

• Take end-to-end ownership of the web and mobile apps, from customer conversations and problem framing through requirements, design, and production metrics • Drive the product roadmap, deciding what to build next and what not to build in collaboration with sales, operations, and leadership • Work closely with engineering to specify product requirements and rationale and stay involved through implementation • Spend time with African importers and exporters, from SMEs to multinationals, as well as sales and operations teams on the ground • Design reliable, robust, and scalable flows, including failure and stuck-transaction scenarios • Help scale Kappa’s cross-border payments platform across Africa and into new markets

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years in product management • Fintech product experience in payments, lending, or banking is required • Cross-border payments experience is a plus • Experience building products in emerging markets is a plus • Fluency in payments concepts including settlement, reconciliation, chargebacks, RFIs, treasury, and liquidity • Understanding of KYC, AML, and licensing constraints in product design • Ability to write unambiguous product specifications covering problems, customers, success criteria, and constraints • Product design judgment and ability to explain design choices based on customer goals • Ability to produce product flows using AI-driven tooling such as Pen.dev and Claude Design • Ability to read API schemas or contracts and follow architecture discussions • Ability to identify hidden technical complexity and distinguish difficult from easy implementation work • Ability to communicate appropriately with executives and engineers, including edge cases

🏖️ Benefits

• Highly competitive salary and equity — top of market • Health, dental and vision insurance (for you and your dependents) • Work fully remotely from any Africa-friendly timezone (GMT-2h to GMT+3h) • New MacBook Pro • Up to $2,000 for home office equipment (headphones, chair, standing desk, etc.) • Parental leave / family-friendly culture • Generous paid time off