Product Designer – Active Secret Clearance Required

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

📋 Description

• Take ownership 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, mapping and timeline views, simulation outputs, and workflows that accommodate multiple roles.

• Contribute to and enhance the @defcon/ui design system by developing Figma components, defining design tokens and variants, and collaborating with engineering on React/TypeScript implementation.

• Conduct light discovery sessions with subject-matter experts and end users while adhering to government access constraints.

• Transform research findings into shared artifacts utilized by the team.

• Design authentication workflows, including CAC/PIV, role-based access control, permissions, empty/error states, and interactions that are audit-friendly.

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

• Provide and receive constructive critique, presenting work to non-designers, clients, and program stakeholders.

⛳️ Requirements

• 4–5 years of product design experience in shipping software, supported by a portfolio that illustrates your design process and decision-making skills.

• Advanced proficiency in Figma, encompassing components, variants, auto-layout, and variables.

• Practical experience in building and sustaining a design system, including managing tokens, component APIs, documentation, version updates, deprecations, and alignment with coded libraries.

• Experience in designing complex and information-dense applications, such as enterprise software, analytics tools, logistics systems, or operational applications.

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

• Proven experience in employing discovery methods, user research, or competitive analysis to guide design choices.

• Excellent skills in cross-functional collaboration, stakeholder management, storytelling, presentation, written communication, and asynchronous communication.

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

• Active Secret clearance and U.S. citizenship are mandatory.

• Preferred qualifications include a clearance level above Secret, experience in defense/government or regulated products, contributions in React/TypeScript/CSS code, expertise in map-based or scheduling/timeline UIs, experience in classified or air-gapped environments, and familiarity with FedRAMP/IL5.

🏝️ Benefits

• A career track opportunity with the possibility of rapid advancement based on strong performance as the firm expands.

• Comprehensive health care coverage, including medical, dental, and vision, fully paid by the employer for you and your family.

• Paid maternity and paternity leave for 14 weeks at employees' regular pay.

• Unlimited paid time off (PTO), subject to management approval.

• Opportunities for professional development and ongoing learning.

• Optional benefits such as 401K, FSA, and equity incentives are available.

• Mental health benefits provided through Tara Mind.

• Affordable GLP-1 solutions available through Crux.