UX Software Engineer I (Contractor)

Location: Redwood City, California, USA; hybrid work with attendance at the Redwood City office two days per week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Local candidates only; no relocation is offered.

Salary: $40.00 per hour; full-time contract with potential contract-to-hire.

Company

hirify.global provides AI-powered data intelligence technology for self-service analytics, cloud transformation, data governance, and enterprise AI innovation.

What you will do

• Contribute clean, reviewable frontend code to the production codebase using the established development workflow.
• Apply design judgment to interaction consistency, color, component reuse, information hierarchy, and progressive disclosure.
• Work with product management and engineering to clarify ambiguous product problems, user use cases, and mental models.
• Build experiences for a workspace combining copilot interactions, data visualization, and generative workflows.
• Iterate on designs and implementations using feedback from the team and real users.

Requirements

• Recently completed a degree in computer science, HCI, interaction design, product design, or a related field.
• Frontend development experience with React, TypeScript, HTML, and CSS in a real codebase with version control and code review.
• Portfolio demonstrating ownership of both interaction design and implementation.
• Strong design judgment, including the ability to identify and resolve inconsistent patterns, unclear hierarchy, and ineffective interactions.
• Experience using AI tools in the workflow while evaluating and directing their output.
• Must be a local candidate able to work from the Redwood City office two days per week; relocation is not offered.

Nice to have

• Experience designing AI-powered interfaces, including copilots, chat-based workflows, or generative UX patterns.
• Familiarity with data-dense interfaces such as dashboards, tables, and multi-panel layouts.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-paced, curious, and low-ego working style focused on shipping and learning.
• Close collaboration across product management and engineering.
• Full-time contract arrangement with an opportunity for contract-to-hire.
• Hybrid office collaboration and team connection in Redwood City.