Samuel A. Ola
Updated Aug 30, 2026
Product designer & Design Engineer living in Toronto, Canada.
I currently work at Toptal as a UX Designer, designing an AI-powered experience that helps over 20 million customers across the US, Canada, and Europe troubleshoot devices and track orders in real time.
Previously, I was a Lead Product Designer at SunFi, a B2B2C financing platform, where I built the design function from a one-person operation into a scalable, multi-product design organization. Before that, I worked at Pesa, where I led the end-to-end redesign of a cross-border remittance mobile app for consumers now used across Canada, the US, and 28 other countries where I contributed to achieving $256M in transaction volume. And before that, at Anchor, a Y Combinator-backed fintech that went on to handle $400B in transaction volume.
I have a background in Computer Science, which shapes how I think about design, I care about systems as much as screens, and I build with AI tools as part of my regular practice.
Connect with me on X(Twitter), LinkedIn, Email.
Projects
Ngano
Redesigned the end-to-end transfer flow, simplifying how users send and receive international payments. Introduced clear pricing, exchange rate visibility, and transaction feedback
Revley
WIP
AI-powered SaaS checkout builder that helps merchants create and optimize high-converting checkout experiences faster. It combines AI-assisted design, dynamic content, conditional experiences, personalized upsells, and contextual trust signals to tailor checkout to each shopper. Merchants can build, preview, validate, and continuously improve their checkout from one intelligent workspace.
Pesa
Redesigned the end-to-end transfer flow, simplifying how users send and receive international payments. Introduced clear pricing, exchange rate visibility, and transaction feedback
SunFlower
Redesigned the end-to-end transfer flow, simplifying how users send and receive international payments. Introduced clear pricing, exchange rate visibility, and transaction feedback
Samuel A. Ola
Updated Aug 30, 2026
Product designer & Design Engineer living in Toronto, Canada.
I currently work at Toptal as a UX Designer, designing an AI-powered experience that helps over 20 million customers across the US, Canada, and Europe troubleshoot devices and track orders in real time.
Previously, I was a Lead Product Designer at SunFi, a B2B2C financing platform, where I built the design function from a one-person operation into a scalable, multi-product design organization. Before that, I worked at Pesa, where I led the end-to-end redesign of a cross-border remittance mobile app for consumers now used across Canada, the US, and 28 other countries where I contributed to achieving $256M in transaction volume. And before that, at Anchor, a Y Combinator-backed fintech that went on to handle $400B in transaction volume.
I have a background in Computer Science, which shapes how I think about design, I care about systems as much as screens, and I build with AI tools as part of my regular practice.
Connect with me on X(Twitter), LinkedIn, Email.
Projects
Ngano
Redesigned the end-to-end transfer flow, simplifying how users send and receive international payments. Introduced clear pricing, exchange rate visibility, and transaction feedback
Revley
WIP
AI-powered SaaS checkout builder that helps merchants create and optimize high-converting checkout experiences faster. It combines AI-assisted design, dynamic content, conditional experiences, personalized upsells, and contextual trust signals to tailor checkout to each shopper. Merchants can build, preview, validate, and continuously improve their checkout from one intelligent workspace.
Pesa
Redesigned the end-to-end transfer flow, simplifying how users send and receive international payments. Introduced clear pricing, exchange rate visibility, and transaction feedback
SunFlower
Redesigned the end-to-end transfer flow, simplifying how users send and receive international payments. Introduced clear pricing, exchange rate visibility, and transaction feedback
Samuel A. Ola
Updated Aug 30, 2026
Product designer & Design Engineer living in Toronto, Canada.
I currently work at Toptal as a UX Designer, designing an AI-powered experience that helps over 20 million customers across the US, Canada, and Europe troubleshoot devices and track orders in real time.
Previously, I was a Lead Product Designer at SunFi, a B2B2C financing platform, where I built the design function from a one-person operation into a scalable, multi-product design organization. Before that, I worked at Pesa, where I led the end-to-end redesign of a cross-border remittance mobile app for consumers now used across Canada, the US, and 28 other countries where I contributed to achieving $256M in transaction volume. And before that, at Anchor, a Y Combinator-backed fintech that went on to handle $400B in transaction volume.
I have a background in Computer Science, which shapes how I think about design, I care about systems as much as screens, and I build with AI tools as part of my regular practice.
Connect with me on X(Twitter), LinkedIn, Email.
Projects
Ngano
an audio-first cultural companion designed to help travelers go beyond sightseeing and develop a deeper emotional and cultural connection with the places they visit.
Revley
WIP
AI-powered SaaS checkout builder that helps merchants create and optimize high-converting checkout experiences faster. It combines AI-assisted design, dynamic content, conditional experiences, personalized upsells, and contextual trust signals to tailor checkout to each shopper. Merchants can build, preview, validate, and continuously improve their checkout from one intelligent workspace.
Pesa
The redesign that helped surpass 100,000+ downloads across iOS and Android and contributed to a record $256M+ in transaction volume. It significantly improved the user experience, reducing user complaints by over 50%. Used in the US, UK, Canada and over 27 EU countries
SunFlower
2,421-component design system grounded in tokens, variables, and robust documentation. It transformed the design function into a scalable, multi-product system, enabling faster delivery and reducing iteration cycles. The system also improved design consistency and quality across all products.