Senior Design Systems & AI Prototyping Lead

Mercor; New York (NY); Remote; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking senior product design and AI-assisted development professionals to build evaluation tasks for AI systems operating in rapid prototyping, product design, and human-AI collaborative coding contexts.

The role spans two tracks: Vibecoding for AI-assisted, NL-to-code workflows and Design for product, UX/UI, and design systems. Experts in either or both tracks are encouraged to apply, contributing scenarios, rubrics, and reference outputs. Contribu...

Qualifications

• 5+ years as product designer, design lead, or AI-native engineer at a major product-focused company.
• Ownership of product design systems or AI-assisted development workflows shipped to production.
• Fluency in vibecoding or design tooling and strong user-centered design principles.
• A portfolio of shipped work is strongly preferred over formal credentials.

Responsibilities

• Construct scenarios spanning rapid prototyping and cross-functional collaboration.
• Build tasks across AI-assisted development and UX/UI design workflows.
• Develop scenarios involving AI coding assistants and design tools for Vibecoding and Design subdomains.
• Apply subdomain-specific methodologies and produce reference prototypes, design specs, and usability reports.
• Author rubrics distinguishing authentic senior-level product judgment from template-driven work.

Skills

Vibecoding experience

AI-assisted development

User-centered design

Rapid prototyping

Design systems leadership

Tools

Cursor

Claude Code

Replit

Figma

Framer

Job description

Mercor is seeking senior product design and AI-assisted development professionals to build evaluation tasks for AI systems operating in rapid prototyping, product design, and human-AI collaborative coding contexts.

The role spans two tracks: Vibecoding for AI-assisted, NL-to-code workflows and Design for product, UX/UI, and design systems. Experts in either or both tracks are encouraged to apply, contributing scenarios, rubrics, and reference outputs. Contribu...