Nqobile Vundla
Senior Product Designer, Product Engineer & Product Builder (0-1)
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Professional Summary
Product engineer and senior product designer with 10+ years building 0-1 products, fintech and regulated workflows. I work across product strategy, UX and implementation — from founding and shipping my own software products to working directly inside client codebases and backend workflows. I use AI-assisted development to move from problem definition and interface design into working product, integration and production code.
Core Skills
- Product Engineering: React, Next.js, HTML/CSS, API integration, backend workflows, Git/GitHub, technical architecture
- AI Engineering: AI-assisted development, Cursor, document analysis/extraction, LLM workflows, structured data capture, rapid prototyping
- Product: 0-1 product development, MVPs, product strategy, experimentation, enterprise UX, design systems, user research
- Domains: Fintech, banking, KYC/KYB, AML, onboarding, document-heavy workflows, regulated systems
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nCino Smart Onboarding & Monitoring
Modernizing digital banking experiences for millions of users.
As a Senior Product Designer, I led the redesign of the nCino Smart Onboarding & Monitoring. Financial institutions face major challenges when onboarding commercial customers, driven by strict KYC and KYB regulations.
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SICC (Search and Import Client from Core)
Streamlining client onboarding for financial institutions.
SICC (Search and Import Client from Core) is a featurethat allows financial institutions to search and import clients from their core banking system.
View case studyLearning to Live with Bugs
There is no such thing as perfect software—or a perfect life. The goal is to keep shipping, learning, and improving 1% at a time.
Life LessonsFired before fame
History shows — some of the most transformative people in the world started with a door closing behind them. They got fired.
Leadership LessonsFate loves irony
Fate doesn’t block the path to hurt you. It blocks it to reshape you. The moment that feels like the end is often the only reason the real beginning is possible.
Referrals
Dean Benjamin
Senior Product Manager — Docfox
“Mr.Q delivers clear, thoughtful UX solutions that balance user needs and business goals. Brings structure and clarity to complex product problems.”
Greg Meyer
Product Manager — Docfox
“Mr.Q is easy to work with, highly collaborative, and always open to feedback. Communicates design decisions clearly and brings the team along. A calm, trusted design partner in fast-moving environments.”
Tim Akinnusi
CEO/Co-Founder — MortgageMarket
“I was impressed by his methodical approach, creativity and ability to understand our business requirements.”
Manenga Mungandi
Senior Software Engineer — 22Seven
“Mr.Q is a creative with fresh ideas and solid table tennis skills 🏓 he's a team player and highly skilled designer & photographer.”
Mathew Marsden
Growing Africa's Tech Ecosystem 🚀 — Startup Club ZA
“Working with Mr.Q exceeded expectations. Building upon our wireframes and design ideas, he offered insightful UI/UX support, skilled design capability and timeous delivery.”
Sagi Chaitas
UX Manager, UK — Flight Centre Travel Group
“Mr.Q's designs are modern and imaginative, yet they take into account usefulness, UX approach, and business needs.”
Tami Ruschin
Founder — Style ID Africa
“Mr.Q is extremely professional and was a great pleasure to work with when launch the Style ID Africa influencer platform. ”
Harley Furguson
Co-Founder/CEO — Origen
“Mr.Q is by far the most talented designer that I've ever had the pleasure of working with. Beyond that, he is an incredible start up founder who is super innovative and loves to think outside the box.”
David Lazarus
Product Manager — Basalt
“Mr.Q has a very strong work ethic and understands clients requirements. In terms of his work he has a great eye for detail and is very good at problem solving.”
Anand Nagrick
Lead Product Designer — Whereismytransport
“Mr.Q is a methodical product designer who has a flare for creating elegant ideas on complex data driven platforms. ”