User Interface/User Experience Designer – Design System

CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen)

. Own design strategy and delivery for an assigned product surface, partnering with PMs and engineering to set direction and define success .

Posted 5/20/2026full-timeMilwaukee • Florida, Iowa, North Carolina, Texas, Wisconsin • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own design strategy and delivery for an assigned product surface, partnering with PMs and engineering to set direction and define success
Connect design work to measurable business and user outcomes (e.g., efficiency, adoption, quality)
Lead discovery to identify high-value problems and translate insights into actionable direction
Use AI-enabled prototyping tools (Lovable, Figma Make, v0, Cursor, or equivalent) as a primary method to validate direction before engineering invests, surface trade-offs early, and align stakeholders around evidence
Move work from problem framing through validation, high-fidelity design, and engineering handoff
Generate and communicate trade-offs that inform product-level decisions
Design end-to-end workflows across roles, systems, and dependencies
Build and refine components, tokens, and patterns in the Seamless Design System so they scale across products
Identify reusable patterns from product work and contribute them back to the design system with clear rationale
Promote disciplined reuse and prevent unnecessary divergence from established patterns
Partner with the team to drive common componentry to ensure decisions hold up across the portfolio
Document and govern contributions so other designers can reuse them confidently
Partner with Product, Engineering, Research, and business stakeholders to shape direction
Communicate design rationale in business terms (outcomes, value, risk, trade-offs)
Influence and align stakeholders without formal authority, including non-designers who push back on design decisions
Navigate ambiguity and organizational complexity to drive progress
Deliver high-quality interaction and visual design across workflows and states
Apply accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1 AA) and behavioral design principles
Raise the bar on AI-enabled prototyping across the team, sharing patterns and methods other designers can adopt
Stay current on emerging AI-enabled design and prototyping tools, evaluating fit for CLA’s workflow
Mentor designers on product thinking, craft, and stakeholder engagement
Contribute to team practices, standards, and knowledge sharing across the UX organization

Requirements

What you’ll need

6+ years of experience in UX or product design within complex enterprise environments
Proven ownership of product domains or end-to-end workflows with measurable outcomes
Demonstrated experience designing within a mature design system at scale, including direct contribution back to shared components, participation in governance discussions, and partnership with engineering on cross-team adoption
Experience working in cross-functional product teams to shape direction and delivery
Strong portfolio demonstrating strategic thinking, decision-making, and impact
Experience leading discovery and translating ambiguous problems into clear direction
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
Working knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1 AA)
Bachelor's degree or a combination of relevant experience and training may be considered in lieu of a degree.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible PTO (designed to offer flexible time away for you!)
Up to 12 weeks paid parental leave
Paid Volunteer Time Off
Mental health coverage
Quarterly Wellness stipend
Fertility benefits

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Hard Skills & Tools

UX designproduct designinteraction designvisual designdesign systemsprototypingaccessibility standardsAI-enabled designhigh-fidelity designworkflow design

Soft Skills

strategic thinkingdecision-makingstakeholder managementcommunicationmentoringinfluenceproblem framingnavigating ambiguitycollaborationknowledge sharing