Product Designer

MDCalc

Product Designer at MDCalc creating user experiences for clinical decision tools. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful designs that improve clinician workflows.

Posted 5/29/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design features that improve how clinicians discover, use, and return to MDCalc
Contribute UX thinking early in the product process, from problem framing through interaction design and final specs
Support the design of commercial-facing surfaces including ad placements, campaign-adjacent UI, and client-facing tooling where UX intersects with revenue
Contribute to and maintain MDCalc's design system, ensuring components are consistent, accessible, and well-documented
Partner with Engineering to close the gap between design specs and implementation, and flag drift when it occurs
Participate in user research sessions - contributing to discussion guides, observing sessions, and synthesizing findings into design decisions
Use behavioral data and usability feedback to identify friction and drive iteration post-launch
Work across Product, Engineering, and Data as a full participant in sprint and discovery workflows
Communicate design rationale clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders
Handle multiple projects simultaneously across different product areas

Requirements

What you’ll need

3–5 years of UX design experience, with a portfolio demonstrating end-to-end product design work
Strong interaction design and visual design skills across both desktop and mobile contexts
Experience contributing to or working within a design system
Comfortable operating across multiple product areas and workstreams simultaneously
Solid written and verbal communication skills
Experience collaborating directly with Engineers and Product Managers in an agile environment
Healthcare, clinical tool, or professional SaaS experience a plus
Familiarity with Figma (and ideally component-level proficiency)
Exposure to user research methods - usability testing, interviews, synthesis
Experience designing for data-dense or information-heavy interfaces
Understanding of accessibility standards (WCAG)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, Dental, & Vision coverage, with option to extend to your dependents
Company-sponsored short-term insurance
Fully-paid 8 week parental leave, after 6 months of employment
Company-sponsored 401k, after 3 months of employment
Unlimited vacation for salaried roles - we trust you to take the time you need
Tri-annual company offsites to connect, reflect, and plan together
Work from home monthly stipend
Hybrid work environment with a great team office in Greenwich Village, NYC
A culture of fun and motivated team members who believe in a greater mission here at MDCalc

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Hard Skills & Tools

UX designinteraction designvisual designdesign systemusability testinguser researchdata-dense interface designaccessibility standardsagile methodology

Soft Skills

communication skillscollaborationproblem framingsynthesis of findingsproject management