Posted 2w ago
Remote (Latin America-based)
Compensation: $3,500–$5,000 USD/month
Full-time, contractor role. Core availability from 9:00 AM–2:00 PM PT, plus ~3 flexible hours
Tech Stack: Figma, AI design/coding tools
At Near, we connect top talent in Latin America with exciting remote opportunities at U.S.-based companies. Our mission is to create better lives by fostering a remote work culture that transcends borders.
Our client is an AI consulting and custom development company helping businesses build practical, AI-enabled software. They partner with clients across industries including finance, manufacturing, and entertainment to deliver custom internal tools and B2B SaaS products.
We’re looking for a Lead Product Designer to bring clarity, polish, and strong product thinking to AI-powered products across multiple industries.
You’ll be the company’s first dedicated designer, helping shape design practices while collaborating closely with founders, project managers, engineers, and clients across a variety of projects.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex product challenges, shaping thoughtful user experiences, and having a direct impact on product decisions. You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams while helping establish scalable design practices that support product growth.
Lead UI design and execution across a portfolio of B2B SaaS and internal software products, creating experiences that balance user needs, business goals, and technical constraints.
Transform evolving product concepts and requirements into clear, cohesive, and polished user experiences.
Define the right level of design detail and quality for each product based on user needs, business goals, and product context.
Create and refine high-quality interfaces using Figma.
Collaborate closely with founders, project managers, engineers, and clients throughout the product development process.
Participate in client conversations and clearly communicate design decisions, recommendations, and rationale.
Develop practical, reusable design patterns and contribute to lightweight design libraries that can be applied across projects.
Contribute to occasional creative initiatives such as presentations, landing pages, and website experiences when your product design expertise can add value.
Experiment with AI tools to accelerate exploration, prototyping, and design workflows.
About You
5+ years of product design experience.
Strong hands-on expertise in Figma.
Proven experience taking products with limited or no existing design foundations and turning them into clear, cohesive, and polished experiences.
Strong UI design and execution skills, with a focus on creating high-quality interfaces rather than extensive research or workflow mapping.
C1-level English and confidence communicating with clients and non-design stakeholders.
Comfortable collaborating across multiple products and adapting priorities as projects evolve.
Able to clearly explain design decisions and collaborate with founders, project managers, engineers, clients, and other non-designers.
Curious about AI and able to demonstrate experimentation with AI tools or workflows.
Proactive, resourceful, and comfortable taking ownership while collaborating closely with cross-functional teams in a fast-moving environment.
Experience working in an agency, consulting, or product studio environment.
Experience designing B2B SaaS products or internal tools.
Graphic design, brand design, or other creative asset design experience.
Experience creating reusable component libraries or lightweight design systems/patterns.
Familiarity with AI tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, or similar tools.
Experience working directly with clients during product delivery.
Compensation: $3,500–$5,000 USD/month.
12 days of paid time off.
U.S. company holidays, including Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s, and a company-wide week off around July 4.
Flexibility to swap applicable U.S. holidays for relevant national holidays.
AI learning stipend.