Product Designer (React/TypeScript)

Location: Remote, United States; McLean, Virginia. U.S. citizenship and an active Secret clearance are required.

Company

hirify.global is an incubation firm building technology-led companies across healthcare, cyber, and national security, including Defcon AI.

What you will do

• Own feature design from discovery through shipped implementation, including problem framing, flows, wireframes, high-fidelity UI, and design QA.
• Design complex operational interfaces such as data-dense tables, map and timeline views, simulation outputs, and multi-role workflows.
• Extend the @defcon/ui design system by building Figma components, defining tokens and variants, and partnering with engineering on React/TypeScript implementation.
• Conduct lightweight discovery with subject-matter experts and end users within government access constraints.
• Design authentication, CAC/PIV, role-based access control, permissions, empty states, error states, and audit-friendly interactions.
• Apply WCAG 2.1 AA and Section 508 requirements, present design rationale, and collaborate with customers, engineers, and program stakeholders.

Requirements

• 4–5 years of product design experience shipping software, supported by a portfolio showing process and decision-making.
• Strong Figma proficiency, including components, variants, auto-layout, and variables.
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining design systems, including tokens, component APIs, documentation, version changes, deprecations, and alignment between design libraries and coded implementations.
• Experience designing complex, information-dense enterprise, analytics, logistics, or operational applications; portfolios focused exclusively on consumer products may be less aligned.
• Working knowledge of front-end concepts including component structure, state, responsive behavior, and design tokens, with the ability to identify implementation drift.
• Experience using discovery, user research, or competitive analysis to inform design decisions.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration, stakeholder management, storytelling, presentation, written, and asynchronous communication skills.
• Ability to work independently while seeking guidance on complex architectural or system-scaling decisions.
• Active Secret clearance and U.S. citizenship required.

Nice to have

• Top Secret or TS/SCI clearance.
• Experience with defense, government, regulated, or compliance-heavy products.
• Contributions to a design system or front-end codebase using React, TypeScript, or CSS.
• Experience with map interfaces, scheduling and timeline UI, or simulation and modeling tools.
• Experience with classified or air-gapped environments, FedRAMP, or IL5 constraints.

Culture & Benefits

• 1099 independent contractor opportunity with an expected commitment of 40 hours per week.
• Small team with close collaboration between design and shipped software and direct contact with product users.
• Designers own product areas and contribute informed opinions through critique and stakeholder collaboration.
• Compensation is determined by experience, qualifications, scope of work, and anticipated level of effort.
• Benefits listed for full-time roles may differ for this contract position and include healthcare, paid parental leave, PTO, professional development, retirement, FSA, equity, and mental health support.

Hiring process

• Submit application materials, including a résumé, cover letter, work samples, and responses to application questions.
• Application materials may be verified through third-party hiring platforms; applications containing indicators of fraud or material misrepresentation may be declined.