A UI/UX designer to own end-to-end product design and design systems in an AI-driven development environment for a funded remote-first startup.

Lead end-to-end product design from concept through wireframes, high-fidelity screens, and developer-ready specs; shepherd the user journey from need to shipped product.
Build a scalable design system in Figma with reusable components and patterns; document guidelines so visuals stay on brand and engineers can deliver without constant review.
Prototype and ship with engineers in Cursor or similar AI-assisted environments; establish design tokens, patterns, and guardrails to keep AI output on brand and production-ready.
Identify UX gaps and propose improvements grounded in user needs and business goals; validate decisions using available data and feedback.
Apply AI as a core driver across workflows; leverage AI tools for exploration, prototyping, asset generation, and iteration, bringing strong opinions on tool fit.

Product experience audited with documented UX gaps, friction points, and quick wins prioritized.
Meaningful UI/UX improvements shipped; artifacts are used in the current sprint with prototyping happening alongside engineering in Cursor.
Reusable Figma components and patterns aligned to the brand, with design tokens and guardrails documented for AI-assisted workflows.
Established working rhythm with the Visual Design Director and engineering for review, handoff, and iteration.
Proactive UX trade-off discussions and recommendations without waiting for direction on every screen.

5+ years of product UI/UX design experience with a portfolio of shipped product work showing strong interaction design and visual execution (not limited to marketing sites or brand).
Systems thinking in Figma; clean, organized component libraries and reusable patterns rather than one-off artboards.
Hands-on experience delivering high-quality, developer-ready design artifacts; not just wireframes or strategy.
Comfort applying visual direction within an established brand system to product surfaces.
Experience collaborating directly with engineers; understanding responsive implementation and translating design intent to code; bonus for AI-assisted environments such as Cursor or Copilot.
AI-first mindset; regular use of AI tools across the design process with clear opinions on what works.
Startup or high-growth background; accustomed to speed, iteration, and incomplete information.

5+ years of product UI/UX design experience with shipped product work and strong interaction and visual execution.
Systems thinking in Figma with organized component libraries and reusable patterns.
Hands-on and able to ship; produce developer-ready design artifacts.
Comfort working within an established brand system, applying direction to product surfaces.
Experience collaborating directly with engineers and translating design intent to code; bonus for AI-assisted environments.
AI-first mindset with regular use of AI tools in the design workflow.
Startup or high-growth background where speed and iteration are routine.

Experience with design tokens and developer handoff workflows (Figma to code, Storybook).
Familiarity with frontend code (HTML, CSS, React) and willingness to prototype or refine directly in code when faster than handoff.
User research experience (usability testing, interviews, analytics-informed design).
Motion and micro-interaction design for transitions and interactive states.
Experience working fractional or project-based and documenting work for continuity.

Not the owner of brand or visual system; you inform the system through product needs but do not own it.
Not a learn AI on the job role; you should already be experimenting with AI in design.
Not a pure UX research role; you design and ship informed by research.
Not a marketing design role; focus is the product experience.
Not a slow, heavily spec driven process; we ship and iterate.

UI/UX Designer

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