Product Design Expert - Vibecoding

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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.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

• Upload resume
• AI interview based on your resume
• Submit form

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