Job description for Product Designer at Patina Project LLC
We're building an online home for handmade footwear, clothing, and accessories. Looking for an engineer drawn to what we're building, not only how it's built.
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 technical and business context to do your best work.
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
What we're looking for
- 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
Nice to have
- Experience designing social networks or community platforms
- Experience with e-commerce
How we work
- Fully remote team with the core team located in Bangkok
- We work weekdays in Indochina Time
- Small technical founding team with direct collaboration
- High ownership and low bureaucracy
- Leverage AI where it makes sense to improve productivity
Equipment & Compensation
You'll need to provide your own laptop. Compensation is based on location and experience.
Contract structure
Two-month trial to start. If it's a fit, we move to a 12-month contract, renewable on mutual agreement.
Apply
If this sounds like your kind of work, we'd love to hear from you. Send your resume and a short note about why you connect with what we're building.
