Senior Freelance Product Designer (Fractional)

ABOUT THE ROLE As a fractional Product Designer, you will work closely with the founding and engineering teams at an early-stage AI recruiting marketplace. You will shape candidate and hiring manager experiences, turning ambiguous product problems into intuitive, trustworthy flows and helping the team ship quickly. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Own design across product interfaces, candidate experiences, company dashboards, and AI interactions. - Translate complex, multi-stakeholder needs into clear end-to-end user flows and interaction models. - Build and evolve the product design system from an early stage. - Conduct lightweight user research through interviews, session observation, and identifying points of friction. - Collaborate directly with founders and engineers to shape product direction and deliver shipped work. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - At least 5 years of digital product design experience, including time as a primary or sole designer at a startup. - Deep fluency in Figma for product design and design system work, with a portfolio showing thoughtful, clear design and shipped products. - Experience designing end-to-end flows for products serving multiple user groups. - Experience building or evolving design systems from scratch or at an early stage. - Comfort working autonomously, communicating asynchronously, and conducting lightweight user research with distributed teams. - Recruiting, HR tech, talent marketplace, AI product, conversational interface, or multi-sided platform experience is valuable. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS Compensation range: $100,000 to $120,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is not available. LOCATION Remote worldwide. This is a flexible fractional freelance engagement.