Product Designer (AI)

Location: Remote, US; other location: McLean, Virginia, United States. Active Secret clearance and U.S. citizenship are required.

Company

hirify.global is an insights company using artificial intelligence, mathematical optimization, data analytics, and software engineering to improve the resilience and decision-making of complex systems.

What you will do

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

Requirements

• 4–5 years of product design experience shipping software, supported by a portfolio showing process and decision-making.
• Strong proficiency in Figma, 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 with 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 such as 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 recognizing when to seek 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.
• Code contributions to a design system or front-end codebase using React, TypeScript, or CSS.
• Familiarity with map-based 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 arrangement with an expected 40-hour work week.
• Small team with direct collaboration between design, engineering, product, subject-matter experts, and end users.
• Designers own product areas and contribute directly to shipped software.
• Compensation is determined by experience, qualifications, scope of work, and anticipated level of effort.

Hiring process

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