User Experience Designer

UI / UX Designer (Full-Time, Remote)

Location :

Remote (must be available during EST working hours) Compensation :

12,000 – $24,000 / year (based on experience and ownership scope) Skills : Figma, Wireframing, Framer, Webflow Minimum requirements : 4+ years of experience designing websites, interfaces and apps. Knowledge of the PhD research process since our app is focused on research papers. Clear communication skills and ability to move fast.

About AnswerThis

AnswerThis is an AI-powered research platform built to eliminate the most time-consuming part of academic research : the literature review.

We serve researchers globally, from PhD students to academic professionals, helping them go from query to a comprehensive, cited review in minutes. Our system understands how papers connect, ranks relevance, summarizes insights, and maps citations — removing weeks of manual work. But that’s just the beginning. We’re building a vertically integrated AI research suite that streamlines every stage of academic discovery. This is a high-velocity, high-impact product environment.

If you’ve ever wanted to ship fast, take real ownership, and contribute to technology used by researchers making breakthroughs in medicine, AI, climate, and more — this is it.

The Role

We’re hiring our first

UI / UX designer

a full-time role for someone who deeply understands user-centered design, ships fast, and isn’t afraid to talk to users.

You’ll : Wireframe and prototype new ideas

based on direct user feedback and behavioral data. Conduct user interviews

regularly to validate hypotheses and refine UX flows. Turn rough workflows into clean, intuitive interfaces

that solve real researcher pain. Design in Figma and bring those designs to life

first in Framer for marketing, then as

functional React components

in production. Own the full experience from idea to implementation

with full autonomy and high standards. Talk to at least one user per day

to stay grounded in actual needs. Have taste — and defend it.

This role is for someone who blends strategy, aesthetics, and execution. You’ll need to think like a product manager, design like an artist, and code like a front-end engineer.

Requirements

Wireframing & UX :

Able to move from low-fidelity sketches to high-fidelity prototypes grounded in user research. User Research :

Comfortable leading user interviews, extracting insights, and iterating quickly. Design :

Advanced skill with Figma for prototyping and layout; confident handling responsive and component-based systems. Framer :

Able to build polished landing / product pages that convert well and feel on-brand. Styling :

Fluent in Tailwind or other utility-first CSS frameworks. SEO :

Understands how design and structure impact page rankings and visibility. Mindset :

Fast, thoughtful, opinionated, and relentlessly user-focused.

Compensation

12,000–$24,000 / year depending on experience, skill, and scope of ownership. This is a full-time role with significant creative control and long-term upside.

How to Apply

Send the following to

careers@answerthis.io

Subject : UI / UX application

Include : Your

3 best web designs

live links or screenshots). A

Figma file

showing how you’d redesign any AnswerThis component or screen you believe could be improved. A short note on

why you want to own product experience

at AnswerThis. All applications without the above requirements will be rejected by default.

Let’s build something great.