UX/UI Design Specialist - Fully Remote | Upto $80/hr

NEPSE Trading; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 96,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking a UX/UI Design Specialist for a fully remote contract. The role focuses on rapid prototyping, design system development, and cross-functional product-design-engineering collaboration.

You will work on AI-assisted development workflows, vibecoding, and human-centered design principles, using tools like Figma, Cursor, Claude Code, and Framer to build scalable design systems and component libraries.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years as product designer, design lead, or AI-native engineer in a major product-focused company.
• Direct ownership of product design systems or AI-assisted development workflows shipped to production.
• Fluency in vibecoding or design tooling with solid user-centered design principles and rapid prototyping.

Responsibilities

• Construct scenarios spanning rapid prototyping, design system development, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Develop AI-assisted workflows for Vibecoding and NLP-to-code tasks using modern tools and design systems.
• Create rubrics that distinguish senior product judgment from generic tutorials.

Skills

AI-driven design

Figma

Rapid prototyping

Design systems

Vibecoding

User-centered design

Tools

Cursor

Claude Code

Replit

Framer

Figma

Job description

# UX/UI Design Specialist - Fully Remote | Upto $80/hrmercorCanadaContractRemoteApply by Jan 8, 2027## About the roleAbout 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### ResponsibilitiesConstruct 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. Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete) Upload resume AI interview based on your resume Submit form Resources & Support For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: For any help or support, reach out to: PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.