Senior UI Engineer Jobs in Virginia

Role: Senior Product Designer - UI Focus

Location: 100% Remote

Mode: Long Term Contract

Product Discovery and Design Strategy (30%)

Design Thinking. Apply design thinking within complex education ecosystems to deeply understand user needs, reframe complex problems, and drive the creation of intuitive, scalable, and human-centered product solutions.
Research. Constantly conduct and synthesize generative, formative, and evaluative research, using methods such as user interviews, usability testing, and surveys.
Design with Users. Facilitate workshops and co-creation sessions to align teams and uncover opportunities.
User Advocacy. Champion human-centered and inclusive design principles.
Storytelling. Use strategic storytelling to communicate vision, value, and direction.

Design Execution and Delivery

Product Design. Work closely with product and engineering teams to translate concepts into detailed, production-ready designs, creating artifacts such as user flows, sitemaps, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity UI design.
Design Systems. Apply and contribute to design systems, ensuring visual and functional consistency.
Plain Language. Write and test content using plain language for clarity and accessibility.
Testing. Conduct usability tests, user research, and A/B tests to validate design decisions.
Responsive Design. Design for responsive, mobile-first experiences, and mobile apps; experience with iOS and Android Native systems is a plus.
Artificial Intelligence. Leverage AI tools proficiently to accelerate wireframing, rapid prototyping, and design exploration, and use AI as an active thought partner throughout the design process.
Tools. Use tools like Figma, Miro, Zeplin, Lyssna, Dscout to design and document work.

About You

You have:
- A portfolio of your work included in your application.
- A Bachelor’s degree in a related field (interaction design, HCI, industrial design, information science, social sciences, computer science, graphic design, etc.) and/or equivalent years of work experience.
- 5–7 years of experience in product or service design.
- Experience designing complex, data-heavy dashboards—ideally in fintech, edtech, health tech, or enterprise SaaS—focused on usability and clarity.
- Skilled in leading focus groups, interviews, and usability testing, with a track record of turning insights into actionable product decisions.
- Takes initiative in driving design projects, actively seeks feedback, and communicates clearly across teams to align vision and execution.
- A product design mindset and experience designing for complex, content-rich websites and applications, including strong skills in creating and communicating design artifacts, such as user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity UI designs.
- Proficiency in design thinking and human-centered methodologies, with the ability to reframe challenges and translate insights into actionable design direction.
- Strong skills in information design, user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity UI design, with fluency in tools like Figma, Zeplin, Dscout, Lyssna.
- A strong understanding of design systems, responsive design, and accessibility standards, including designing for web and native mobile platforms.
- Comfortable discussing technical constraints and collaborating with engineers to ensure design feasibility (experience with front-end technologies is a plus).
- A commitment to inclusive, ethical, and user-centered design, with the ability to write and test content using plain language principles.
- Curiosity and adaptability—you're self-motivated, continuously learning, and excited by emerging tools and trends; you are proficient with AI tools and actively use them to accelerate wireframing, prototyping, and design thinking.
- The ability to travel at a minimum of 3-5 times a year to Client offices or on behalf of Client business (including but not limited to traveling to client/user sites to engage with stakeholders).