Senior Product Designer (6 month contract)

📍 Job Overview

Job Title: Senior Product Designer (6-month contract)

Company: Zipdev

Location: Remote (Argentina)

Job Type: Full-time Contract

Category: Product Design / UX

Date Posted: June 22, 2026

Experience Level: Senior (5-10 years)

Remote Status: Fully Remote

🚀 Role Summary

• Provide short-term, high-quality execution support for well-defined UX problems during a period of elevated design demand.

• Translate defined product requirements into build-ready UX designs and user flows, ensuring clarity and completeness for engineering implementation.

• Collaborate closely with Engineering teams in an async environment to unblock implementation and minimize back-and-forth.

• Adhere to existing design systems and established patterns while proactively identifying and resolving design gaps or edge cases.

• Document designs and decisions thoroughly to facilitate smooth handoffs and ensure long-term continuity of the product.

📝 Enhancement Note: This role is a specialized contract position focused purely on execution and shipping, distinct from strategic or foundational design work. The emphasis is on rapid, high-quality delivery within a defined scope and timeline.

📈 Primary Responsibilities

• Independently execute on clearly defined product requirements with minimal direction, focusing on delivering build-ready UX.

• Design detailed user flows, states, and interaction details in Figma at the appropriate fidelity for the active Design Mode.

• Ensure all designs meet established quality bars for clarity, completeness, and usability, aligning with product goals.

• Work within and contribute to an existing or evolving design system, consistently following established patterns and guidelines.

• Proactively identify potential gaps, edge cases, and underlying assumptions in requirements and designs, and resolve or escalate them appropriately.

• Partner closely with Engineering to unblock implementation challenges while minimizing unnecessary back-and-forth, ensuring efficient development cycles.

• Communicate progress, potential risks, and key decisions clearly and proactively to relevant stakeholders.

• Document designs and technical decisions thoroughly to support smooth handoffs to engineering and ensure long-term continuity and maintainability.

📝 Enhancement Note: The core responsibility is to act as an execution-focused designer, taking well-defined problems and delivering polished, implementable UX solutions efficiently. This implies a strong understanding of design-to-development handoff and a proactive approach to problem-solving within project constraints.

🎓 Skills & Qualifications

Education: While no specific degree is listed, a Bachelor's degree in Design, HCI, Computer Science, or a related field is typically preferred for senior roles. Equivalent practical experience will also be considered.

Experience: Minimum of 5+ years of professional product design experience, with a strong emphasis on executing user experiences for well-defined problems. Prior experience as a product design contractor or an embedded designer within product teams is highly desirable.

Required Skills:

• Proven ability to execute independently in fast-moving product teams with minimal direction.

• Strong judgment and decision-making skills regarding design fidelity versus time constraints.

• Proficiency in Figma for detailed UI design, user flows, and prototyping.

• Experience designing and working within established design systems and following patterns.

• Demonstrated ability to identify and resolve design gaps, edge cases, and assumptions proactively.

• Comfort and confidence working within project constraints and evolving system requirements.

• Excellent communication skills, particularly in an asynchronous (async) environment, with the ability to surface issues early.

• Ability to partner effectively with Engineering teams to facilitate smooth implementation.

• Skill in documenting designs and decisions to ensure clarity and continuity. Preferred Skills:

• Experience with user research methodologies to inform design decisions.

• Familiarity with agile development methodologies and sprint cycles.

• Understanding of front-end development principles to inform design feasibility.

• Experience in a contract or consulting role, managing project scope and timelines.

📝 Enhancement Note: The emphasis on "build-ready UX" and "minimal direction" suggests a need for candidates who are self-starters, highly organized, and possess a strong understanding of the full design lifecycle from requirements to implementation handover.

📊 Process & Systems Portfolio Requirements

Portfolio Essentials:

• Showcase a minimum of 2-3 distinct projects demonstrating your ability to execute on well-defined problems, delivering high-quality, build-ready UX.

• Clearly articulate the problem statement, your role, the design process undertaken, and the final outcome for each project.

• Highlight your proficiency in Figma, including examples of detailed user flows, interaction states, and UI elements.

• Demonstrate experience working within or contributing to design systems, showcasing adherence to established patterns.

• Include examples where you identified and resolved design gaps or edge cases, explaining your approach.

• Provide evidence of effective collaboration with engineering teams throughout the design and implementation process. Process Documentation:

• For each portfolio project, briefly describe the process for documenting designs and decisions, emphasizing how this ensured clarity for engineering and continuity.

• Illustrate your approach to managing design scope and fidelity within time constraints, particularly in fast-paced environments.

• Detail your methods for identifying and escalating assumptions or ambiguities in product requirements.

📝 Enhancement Note: The portfolio should focus on execution and delivery, rather than pure ideation or strategic work. Candidates need to demonstrate their ability to take a defined problem and transform it into a polished, implementable design solution efficiently, with clear documentation supporting the process.

💵 Compensation & Benefits

Salary Range: Considering the Senior Product Designer role, 6-month contract, 20-40 hours/week, and remote work in Argentina, a competitive hourly rate would typically