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Job Description
We are seeking a Senior UX/UI Designer for a full-time contract engagement supporting technically complex integration experiences for employers and ATS partners.
This is a hands-on individual contributor role for a senior product designer who can independently own design work from early exploration through prototyping, validation, and iteration. The role is not focused on people leadership or high-level design strategy.
The ideal candidate is comfortable designing for technical and partner-facing audiences, working within an established design system, and using AI-assisted tools to accelerate prototyping and design exploration.
Key Responsibilities
Enterprise experience strongly preferred.
Must-Have Skills
Required Tools & Platforms
We are seeking a Senior UX/UI Designer for a full-time contract engagement supporting technically complex integration experiences for employers and ATS partners.
This is a hands-on individual contributor role for a senior product designer who can independently own design work from early exploration through prototyping, validation, and iteration. The role is not focused on people leadership or high-level design strategy.
The ideal candidate is comfortable designing for technical and partner-facing audiences, working within an established design system, and using AI-assisted tools to accelerate prototyping and design exploration.
Key Responsibilities
Enterprise experience strongly preferred.
- Design clear, intuitive product experiences for employer and ATS partner integrations.
- Translate complex technical systems and partner workflows into usable product experiences.
- Create user flows, wireframes, interaction designs, visual designs, and interactive prototypes.
- Work hands-on in Figma throughout the design process.
- Use AI-assisted design and prototyping tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, or similar tools.
- Design within an established design system and follow existing component and interaction standards.
- Plan or support usability testing and apply findings to design iterations.
- Support A/B testing by creating design variants and incorporating experiment results.
- Take ownership of assigned design work with limited oversight.
- Communicate design decisions clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Must-Have Skills
- 5 years of professional Product UX Design experience.
- Senior-level individual contributor experience.
- Recent hands-on product design experience.
- Strong proficiency with Figma.
- Experience using AI-assisted design or prototyping tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, or similar tools.
- Experience designing within an established design system.
- Experience with usability testing.
- Experience with A/B testing.
- Ability to design complex, technical, or partner-facing product workflows.
- Portfolio demonstrating relevant product UX design work.
- Ability to work independently and take ownership from the beginning of the engagement.
- Experience with applicant tracking systems, recruiting technology, or HR technology.
- Experience designing developer-facing or API-facing products.
- Experience designing for two-sided marketplace platforms.
- Experience with job seeker and employer marketplace products.
- Experience applying WCAG 2.2 accessibility standards.
- Experience with inclusive design principles.
Required Tools & Platforms
- Figma
- AI-assisted design and prototyping tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, or similar tools
- Established product design systems
- Remote contract engagement.
- Candidates must be based in the United States.
- Strong working-hour overlap with U.S. Pacific and Central time zones is required.
- Some overlap with Eastern time-zone working hours is beneficial.
- Full-time allocation of approximately 40 hours per week.
- Expected engagement through March 31, 2027.
- A portfolio must be included with the application.