Mid-level Product Designer

DEFCON AI is hiring a mid-level Product Designer to own end-to-end design for product areas, turning complex operational problems into clear, information-dense interfaces. The role includes discovery, design-system development, collaboration with engineering and subject-matter experts, and design quality and accessibility work through implementation. Responsibilities Own the design of features from discovery through shipped implementation — problem framing, flows, wireframes, high-fidelity UI, and design QADesign for complexity: data-dense tables, map and timeline views, simulation outputs, and multi-role workflows where information hierarchy is the whole jobContribute to and extend our design system (@defcon/ui) — build components in Figma, define tokens and variants, and partner with engineering on the React/TypeScript implementationRun lightweight discovery with SMEs and end users, working within the access constraints of government environments. Translate what you learn into shared