Indochina time
We work weekdays in Indochina Time, with the core team in Bangkok
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About the work
Our goal: a community that cares about well-made, long-lasting things, and about the small makers who still make them. Owning fewer, better things. Giving makers the tools and audience to keep their craft alive.
This is a family business, founded and run by a husband and wife, both software engineers by trade. We work with a small group of trusted collaborators who care about the work and the people behind it. You'll work directly with us, and you'll have the full product, research, design, and technical context you need to do your best work.
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What you'll do
- Become a Patina Project user to experience your own work firsthand and identify what to improve
- Design features that help independent makers reach the right audience and tell their story
- Own the experience across mobile and web, including TanStack Start web surfaces
- Define the information architecture and product structure: how the whole experience is organized and navigated
- Plan and run user research: surveys, interviews, and usability sessions. Synthesize findings into clear product direction
- Work with analytics and behavioral data to inform decisions and identify where to invest
- Own the design system as the product grows: the component library, and the token system where it lives in the codebase
- Prototype and ship design changes in the real product, using coding agents
- Pair with engineers throughout: share work in progress, review implementations against intent, and adjust designs based on technical constraints
- Collaborate directly with the founders on product thinking and priorities
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What we're looking for
A product designer who appreciates heritage footwear or clothing products, and the people who make them.
Required
- Experience owning heritage footwear or clothing products
- A portfolio or case studies showing shipped production work, your process, and at least one example of research to decision to outcome
- Experience designing mobile and web applications
- Fluency in Figma
- Experience building or substantially extending a design system in production
- You use AI tools for ideation, copy, asset generation, or prototyping as part of your normal workflow
- A clear communicator who can explain decisions to a small team
Nice to have
- Experience with ecommerce
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Why you'll love working here
- Competitive pay for a contract engagement that respects your expertise
- Autonomy - work in whatever way helps you get things done
- Help guide where the product goes - your voice matters in shaping direction
- Small team, low bureaucracy - minimal process and fast decisions
- Consumer social app - fun features you'd actually want to use yourself
- Fully remote - work from wherever you do your best thinking
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How we work
Leverage AI
Use AI where it helps with ideation, copy, asset generation, prototyping, and productivity
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Equipment & Compensation
Equipment
You'll need to provide your own laptop.
Compensation
Competitive, based on location and experience.
Contract
A 12-month contract engagement, renewable on mutual agreement.
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Status
This role is no longer open. Thank you to everyone who applied – we're no longer accepting applications for the Product Designer position.
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