Front-end fluency and code-based prototyping
9 of 61 roles · 8 employers
Use front-end concepts or code to prototype or work with engineers as designs move into implementation. Some listings name HTML/CSS, React, or AI coding tools.
Skills in remote design job listings
See what employers ask designers to do across design, front-end work, product decisions, research, and AI. Each signal comes from visible job descriptions and links to example roles.
Current directory baseline
Latest listing check in this sample: October 5, 2026. This page reflects current visible listings, not a completed calendar month.
- Visible roles
- 61
- Roles with substantive text
- 61
- Employers in that sample
- 50
What employers ask designers to do beyond design
Some design listings also ask for front-end prototyping, product direction, or using research and product data to make decisions. Use the examples below to see which adjacent skills matter for the roles you want. These are signals within our monitored directory, not requirements for every designer. The listings cannot show whether AI caused these expectations to change.
Product direction and prioritization
5 of 61 roles · 4 employers
Work close to product strategy and, in some roles, help prioritize initiatives or influence roadmap decisions.
Using product evidence
3 of 61 roles · 3 employers
Use analytics, product data, session replays, and research to identify friction and decide what to improve.
AI skills mentioned in these roles
These are specific ways employers describe using or building with AI. We count a capability only when the listing ties it to work or experience; an employer merely selling an AI product is not enough. A signal needs mentions from at least three roles and three employers before we treat it as a ranked skill.
AI-assisted design and prototyping
6 roles · 6 employersWhat the listings describe: Use or understand AI tools in the design process. Some listings specifically ask for AI-assisted code and interactive prototypes.
9.8% of roles with substantive text in this board.
Designing AI product experiences
3 roles · 3 employersWhat the listings describe: Design agentic workflows and AI-powered interactions, including experiences where outputs may be unpredictable.
4.9% of roles with substantive text in this board.
Other skills in job descriptions and qualifications
The sentences below summarize work described in matching listings; they do not apply to every role. A role counts once for a skill even if its text mentions it several times. Percentages use the 61 roles with substantive role descriptions or qualifications as the denominator. Mentions can describe responsibilities, required experience or preferred experience.
Figma
34.4% of sampled roles
21 roles · 18 employers
What the listings describe: Use Figma to take flows from early concepts to interactive prototypes and prepare designs for engineering handoff.
Prototyping
32.8% of sampled roles
20 roles · 15 employers
What the listings describe: Create quick prototypes, interaction studies, and specifications that clarify complex workflows before delivery.
Interaction design
18% of sampled roles
11 roles · 9 employers
What the listings describe: Shape end-to-end flows, information architecture, and interaction behavior for complex product experiences.
User research
13.1% of sampled roles
8 roles · 7 employers
What the listings describe: Run customer discovery and usability tests, then use those findings to scope and improve product designs.
Design systems
13.1% of sampled roles
8 roles · 6 employers
What the listings describe: Evolve shared components and reusable patterns across product areas, and work with teams to keep implementation consistent.
Accessibility
8.2% of sampled roles
5 roles · 3 employers
What the listings describe: Design accessible experiences and work with engineers to preserve accessibility in the implemented product.
Dated observations
We preserve dated captures so future readers can inspect the same skill definitions over time. Each capture describes visible inventory at its capture time, not all jobs posted during that month.
Earlier skill definitions and downloads
One comparable capture is available so far. We will show a side-by-side observation once two captures using the same definitions are at least four weeks apart.
How to read these descriptions
The summaries describe work named in the sampled listings. Open the linked roles for the employer’s full wording and to see whether a skill is a core responsibility, required experience, or a preference. The same skill can mean different work in different teams.
A mention is not proof that a skill is mandatory, that candidates without it are excluded, or that demand is rising across the wider labor market. The directory is a selected sample of employers. We do not yet label skills “rising” because the older skills history used a different classification method.