Senior/Staff Product Designer

Skylight Digital is hiring a Senior/Staff Product Designer for fully remote work across the United States. In this role, you’ll serve as a primary user advocate on cross-functional teams, helping shape product strategy for government modernization work. Expect meaningful design impact, human-centered collaboration, and a work environment built for “public good” outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end flows that include well-thought-out information architecture, systems thinking, design principles, and common design patterns
• Create simple, elegant user interfaces in Figma, and evolve existing visual systems with clear rationale
• Partner with product managers, engineers, researchers, and government partners to shape product strategy for net-new capabilities
• Identify creative ways to reach users where access is limited, and bring findings back to the team and client
• Plan and conduct generative and evaluative research to inform strategic product and design direction
• Champion human-centered design principles and support the client organization as it becomes more customer-centric through agile transformation

Requirements

• Ability to define scalable, end-to-end interaction flows with intentional information architecture, common design patterns, accessibility, and key design principles
• Strong visual design execution to create simple, elegant interfaces using elements such as branding, illustration, iconography, typography, and microinteractions
• Experience with design processes (for example, double diamond) and the ability to produce documentation for storytelling that builds empathy for users
• Capability to plan, synthesize, and share generative and evaluative user research to guide product and design direction
• Experience contributing to product strategy by aligning design processes with lean/agile methodologies, balancing user and business decisions, and crafting mental models for product opportunities
• Clear facilitation and communication skills, including explaining design rationale to users, teammates, and stakeholders
• Demonstrated product design leadership through driving excellence in team design execution
• Experience collaborating on cross-functional teams (product, design, engineering, ops) in iterative delivery
• Ability to coach and enable government partners on human-centered design principles
• A mindset and working approach aligned with core values

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience with legacy modernization and/or enterprise digital transformation efforts
• Hands-on experience designing in Figma
• Military or Department of Defense experience
• Experience delivering technology in government, regulated industries, or other public-benefit settings
• A track record of staying aligned and accountable on remote teams

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Life and AD&D insurance
• Dependent care FSA, healthcare FSA, and health savings account
• Dollar-for-dollar 401(k) match up to 10% of salary with no vesting period
• Flexible paid-time-off policy (generally around 25 days per year), plus 11 paid federal holidays
• Up to 12 weeks paid-time-off for eligible new birth, adoption, or foster parents
• Performance rewards including annual salary increase, annual performance bonus, spot bonuses, and stock options
• Business development / sales bonuses and referral bonuses
• Annual $2,000 allowance for professional development, plus annual $750 for tech-related purchases
• Annual swag budget of $100
• Flexible, remote-friendly work environment
• An environment that empowers you to unleash your superpowers for public good

Portfolio

Please include a portfolio of 1–2 work samples with your application. A website or slide deck are both acceptable. If your portfolio is not specified to be tied to a particular industry, you can select samples that best represent your expertise. Remove any access passwords on your portfolio or provide access details.

Additional Role Details

• Full-time, exempt
• Fully remote position
• Travel to Air Force bases across the U.S., quarterly at most
• Some roles on federal contracts require a degree or additional years of experience as a substitute
• All work must be conducted within the U.S., excluding U.S. territories
• U.S. citizenship is required for eligibility
• No security clearance required, but you must be able to obtain a Common Access Card (CAC), which includes a government background check
• Successful completion of a company background check is required

Salary (U.S.): USD 90,000–230,000 per year. Senior Product Designer: $150,000–$185,000. Staff Product Designer: $170,000–$203,000.

Interview process: preliminary screen, skills interview, behavioral interview, and a reverse interview where you meet your potential team. Usually four conversations across two to three weeks.

For reasonable accommodations during application or interviewing, contact [email protected]. Skylight participates in E-Verify. Skylight is an Equal Opportunity Employer.