Product Designer, Active Secret Clearance Required

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take charge of feature design from initial discovery to final implementation, encompassing problem framing, user flows, wireframes, high-fidelity UI, and design quality assurance.

• Create intricate, data-rich tables, map and timeline visualizations, simulation outputs, and workflows for multiple roles.

• Contribute to and enhance the @defcon/ui design system by developing Figma components, tokens, and variants.

• Collaborate with engineering teams on the implementation using React and TypeScript.

• Engage in discovery sessions with subject matter experts and end users while adhering to government access limitations.

• Convert research findings into team-wide deliverables.

• Design authentication workflows utilizing CAC/PIV, role-based access control, permissions, error and empty states, along with audit-compliant interactions.

• Ensure compliance with WCAG 2.1 AA and Section 508 accessibility standards.

• Present designs and partake in critiques with designers, clients, and program stakeholders.

⛳️ Requirements

• 4 to 5 years of experience in product design with a track record of shipping software.

• A portfolio showcasing the design process and rationale behind decisions.

• High level of proficiency in Figma, including components, variants, auto-layout, and variables.

• Practical experience in creating and managing a design system, covering tokens, component APIs, documentation, version updates, deprecations, and alignment with coded implementations.

• Experience in designing complex, information-intensive applications such as enterprise, analytics, logistics, or operational tools.

• Familiarity with front-end concepts including component architecture, state management, responsive design, and design tokens.

• Background in utilizing discovery, user research, or competitive analysis to guide design choices.

• Excellent collaboration and stakeholder management abilities across different functions.

• Capability to work autonomously while knowing when to seek assistance on complex architectural or system-scaling issues.

• Strong skills in storytelling, presentation, writing, and asynchronous communication.

• Active Secret clearance is mandatory.

• U.S. citizenship is required.

• Preferred qualifications: clearance beyond Secret, experience in defense/government or regulated products, familiarity with React/TypeScript/CSS, map-based interfaces, scheduling/timeline UI, simulation/modeling tools, and experience in classified or air-gapped environments, as well as knowledge of FedRAMP and IL5 constraints.

🏝️ Benefits

• Opportunity to work as a 1099 independent contractor.

• Expected commitment of 40 hours per week.

• Compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, scope of work, and anticipated effort level.