Remote Product Designer — Secret Clearance (1099)

Red Cell Partners, LLC.; United States; Remote; USD 76,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Professional development

Job summary

Red Cell Partners, LLC. is seeking a mid-level Product Designer for a 1099 contract role.

You will own end-to-end design across product areas and collaborate closely with engineers, product teams, and government users to turn complex problems into fast, legible interfaces. The role involves hands-on work in the design system, Figma, and code-review discussions, with ~40 hours/week and an active Secret clearance requirement.

Qualifications

• 4–5 years shipping software via product design.
• Strong proficiency in Figma with components and variants.
• Experience building and maintaining a design system.
• Experience designing complex, information-dense applications.
• Knowledge of front-end concepts and collaboration with engineers.
• Strong storytelling and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Own the design of features from discovery through shipped implementation — problem framing, flows, wireframes, high-fidelity UI, and design QA.
• Design for complexity: data-dense tables, map and timeline views, simulation outputs, and multi-role workflows.
• Contribute to and extend our design system — build components in Figma, define tokens and variants, and partner with engineering on React/TypeScript implementation.
• Run lightweight discovery with SMEs and end users, translating learnings into shareable artifacts.
• Design authentication flows (CAC/PIV), RBAC, permissions, and audit-friendly interactions.
• Meet WCAG 2.1 AA and Section 508 compliance as baseline.

Skills

Product design

Figma

Design system

Accessibility

User research

Collaboration

Tools

React

TypeScript

CSS

Job description

Red Cell Partners, LLC. is seeking a mid-level Product Designer for a 1099 contract role.

You will own end-to-end design across product areas and collaborate closely with engineers, product teams, and government users to turn complex problems into fast, legible interfaces. The role involves hands-on work in the design system, Figma, and code-review discussions, with ~40 hours/week and an active Secret clearance requirement.