Ux/Ui Design Specialist - Fully Remote | Upto $80/Hr

Mercor; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; GBP 72,000 - 82,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking a Design Expert to lead AI‑driven product design across rapid prototyping and design systems. You will collaborate with cross‑functional teams to ship vibecoding workflows and design tooling in a remote setting.

The role emphasizes seniority in product design, AI‑native engineering, and user‑centered design principles, with an emphasis on prototyping and design systems. This is a contract position offering hourly compensation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years working as a product designer, design lead, or AI‑native engineer/vibecoder at a major product‑or design‑forward company.
• Direct ownership of product design systems or AI‑assisted development workflows shipped to production.
• Fluency in vibecoding or design tooling, plus understanding of user‑centered design principles and rapid prototyping practices.

Responsibilities

• Construct scenarios spanning rapid prototyping, design system development, and cross‑functional product‑design‑engineering collaboration.
• Build tasks across AI‑assisted application development, natural‑language‑to‑code workflows, and rapid prototyping (Vibecoding); and UX/UI design, design systems, and component libraries.
• Develop scenarios using tools such as AI coding assistants (Cursor, Claude Code, v0, Replit) and Figma, prototyping tools (Framer), and design systems tooling.
• Apply subdomain‑specific methodologies like iterative prompt‑driven development for Vibecoding and human‑centered design principles for Design.
• Author rubrics that distinguish authentic senior‑level product judgment from generic tutorial‑level work.

Skills

5+ years of product design

AI‑native engineering

Vibecoding

User‑centered design

Tools

Figma

Cursor

Claude Code

Replit

Framer

Job description

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.

Position: Design Expert
Type: Contract
Compensation: $70–$80/hour
Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Construct scenarios spanning rapid prototyping, design system development, and cross-functional product-design-engineering collaboration.
• Build tasks across AI-assisted application development, natural-language-to-code workflows, and rapid prototyping (Vibecoding); and UX/UI design, design systems, and component libraries.
• Develop scenarios using tools such as AI coding assistants (Cursor, Claude Code, v0, Replit) and Figma, prototyping tools (Framer), and design systems tooling.
• Apply subdomain‑specific methodologies like iterative prompt‑driven development for Vibecoding and human‑centered design principles for Design.
• Author rubrics that distinguish authentic senior‑level product judgment from generic tutorial‑level work.

Qualifications

Must‑Have

• 5+ years working as a product designer, design lead, or AI‑native engineer/vibecoder at a major product‑or design‑forward company.
• Direct ownership of product design systems or AI‑assisted development workflows shipped to production.
• Fluency in vibecoding or design tooling, plus understanding of user‑centered design principles and rapid prototyping practices.

Preferred

• A portfolio of shipped work is strongly preferred.
• Prior rubric, training, or design critique authorship is a plus.

Resources & Support

• For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
• For any help or support, reach out to: [e-mail]