Design Systems Specialist

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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), as well as UX/UI design, design systems and component libraries
• ▹Develop scenarios involving AI coding assistants (Cursor, Claude Code, v0, Replit), Figma, prototyping tools (Framer) and design systems tooling
• ▹Apply subdomain-specific methodologies: iterative prompt-driven development for vibecoding, human-centered design principles and heuristic evaluation for design
• ▹Author rubrics that distinguish authentic senior-level product judgment from generic, template-driven work

Requirements

• ▹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 an understanding of user-centered design principles and rapid prototyping practices

Nice to have

• ▹A portfolio of shipped work, strongly preferred in place of a formal credential
• ▹Prior rubric, training or design critique authorship

What we offer

• ▹Remote work
• ▹Pay of $70–$80 per hour

About the company

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. It is headquartered in San Francisco.