Product Design Expert - Vibecoding

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey .

Position: Design Expert
Type: Contract
Compensation: $70–$80/hour
Location: Remote
Role 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 ); and UX/UI design , design systems, and component libraries.

- Develop scenarios using tools such as AI coding assistants (Cursor, Claude Code, v0, Replit) and Figma , prototyping tools (Framer), and design systems tooling.

- Apply subdomain-specific methodologies like iterative prompt-driven development for Vibecoding and human-centered design principles for Design .

- Author rubrics that distinguish authentic senior-level product judgment from generic tutorial-level work.

Qualifications

Must-Have

- 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 understanding of user-centered design principles and rapid prototyping practices.

Preferred

- A portfolio of shipped work is strongly preferred.

- Prior rubric, training, or design critique authorship is a plus.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

- Upload resume

- AI interview based on your resume

- Submit form

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