(Contract) Product Designer UI/UX

Engagement

• 1099 Independent Contractor
• Approximately 20 hours per week
• 2-month engagement
• Remote
• Ideal Start Date: Week of June 15, 2026

Compensation

• $2800/month
• Approximately 20 hours per week
• Potential for future project extensions based on performance and business needs

We're seeking a Product Designer (UI/UX) to refine and simplify an existing software platform as it moves toward production readiness. This is a highly execution-focused role. You'll work closely with product stakeholders and engineering teams to improve usability, reduce complexity, and create clear, implementation-ready designs.

This is not a greenfield design role. You'll step into an existing application, identify friction points, simplify workflows, and help transform the product into a cleaner, more intuitive experience. The ideal candidate understands that great design often comes from removing complexity rather than adding features.

You'll work directly with end users to understand how the platform is actually used, then simplify it around real workflows. The product sits in healthtech, so experience designing for regulated, high-stakes environments is required. This is a fast-moving engagement.

The goal is to make the product production-ready within two weeks while ensuring every design decision improves usability, supports business goals, and stays practical for implementation.

Key Responsibilities

Product and UX Design

• Translate product requirements into clear, buildable UI specifications
• Review and improve an existing application rather than designing from scratch
• Identify areas of friction, redundancy, and unnecessary complexity throughout the product
• Design intuitive workflows that help users accomplish tasks more efficiently
• Create wireframes, mockups, user flows, and implementation-ready designs
• Partner closely with engineering to ensure designs are practical, scalable, and easy to build
• Work directly with end users to ground design decisions in how the product is actually used
• Prioritize high-impact improvements that support rapid product readiness
• Move quickly enough to reach production readiness within two weeks

Product Improvement and Optimization

• Evaluate existing workflows and identify opportunities to simplify the user experience
• Translate product requirements and stakeholder feedback into actionable design improvements
• Identify redundant functionality, unnecessary steps, and workflow inefficiencies
• Continuously improve usability, clarity, and workflow efficiency across the platform
• Recommend practical design solutions that improve outcomes without adding unnecessary complexity

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Collaborate closely with product stakeholders, engineering teams, and end users
• Work directly with end users to validate that simplifications match real usage
• Balance user needs, business goals, and technical constraints
• Participate in product discussions and provide thoughtful recommendations on usability improvements
• Communicate design decisions clearly and provide rationale grounded in product outcomes
• Support engineering through implementation by providing organized, implementation-ready specifications

Required Experience

• Experience designing and improving existing software products
• Strong UI/UX design experience with a focus on usability and workflow optimization
• Ability to simplify complex user experiences and reduce friction
• Experience translating product requirements into production-ready designs
• Experience improving existing products through workflow analysis, product requirements, and stakeholder collaboration
• Strong understanding of MVP product development and iterative design
• Ability to work quickly and prioritize impact over perfection, including reaching production readiness within two weeks
• Experience working closely with product and engineering teams, and directly with end users
• Strong proficiency with Figma and modern design workflows
• Experience designing for healthtech or other regulated, high-stakes environments

Who You Are

• Simplicity First: You consistently seek opportunities to remove complexity and streamline user experiences
• Execution-Oriented: You're comfortable shipping improvements quickly and working within aggressive timelines, including a two-week path to production readiness
• Critical Thinker: You apply product judgment and business context to every design decision rather than relying on templates or automation
• Pragmatic: You know how to balance ideal design solutions with business and technical realities
• Collaborative: You work effectively across product and engineering teams to move work forward efficiently
• MVP Mindset: You focus on delivering the highest-impact improvements rather than expanding scope unnecessarily
• Detail-Oriented: You produce clean, organized, implementation-ready deliverables

Nice to Have

• Startup or early-stage product experience
• Experience redesigning or optimizing existing SaaS products
• Deep Figma expertise
• Experience supporting products moving from MVP to production readiness
• Experience working in fast-moving environments with short delivery timelines

What Success Looks Like

• The product reaches production readiness within two weeks
• Existing workflows become significantly simpler and easier to navigate
• Redundant functionality and unnecessary complexity are removed
• Designs are grounded in how end users actually work, not assumptions
• Product requirements are translated into clear, buildable designs
• Key workflows become more intuitive, efficient, and easier to maintain
• Engineering receives implementation-ready specifications with minimal ambiguity
• The product reaches production readiness within the engagement timeline
• Design decisions improve usability without introducing unnecessary features or complexity