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 who both write code. We work with a small group of trusted collaborators who care about craft and the people behind it. You'll work directly with us, with the full product, research, design, and technical context to do your best work.
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Design surface
Mobile and web product experience
TanStack Start web surfaces
Information architecture and product structure
User research, surveys, interviews, and usability sessions
Analytics and behavioral data
Design system ownership
Figma, prototyping, and implementation review
AI-assisted ideation, copy, assets, and prototyping
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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
- Build and maintain a coherent design system as the product grows
- 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
Required
- 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
- Someone who appreciates well-made things and the people who make them
- Experience designing social networks or community platforms
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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Apply
If this sounds like your kind of work, we'd love to hear from you. Send your resume, portfolio or case studies, and a short note about why you connect with what we're building to hill@patinaproject.com. Include "Product Designer" in the subject line.
Send your application
Resume plus portfolio or case studies, with two or three sentences on why this role resonates. We reply to every application, usually within a week.