UI-UX Designer

This role leads the end-to-end UX and UI design process for government-facing, mission-critical applications, encompassing user research, interaction design, prototyping, and design systems, with TS/SCI clearance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Plan and conduct user research activities, including interviews, usability tests, and feedback sessions with diverse user groups such as analysts, subject matter experts, managers, and data scientists.
• Analyze research findings and translate them into actionable insights, including personas, user journeys, and workflow maps.
• Document research outcomes and recommendations to support stakeholder understanding and buy-in, particularly in government contexts.
• Apply ethical, secure, and compliant research practices suitable for classified or sensitive environments.
• Lead UX and UI initiatives for complex, high-visibility applications.
• Define and evolve design systems and component libraries in collaboration with engineering teams.
• Establish consistent interaction patterns, workflows, and design standards across multiple applications.
• Create service blueprints and end-to-end experience maps to align cross-functional teams.
• Develop interactive prototypes using tools such as Figma or Adobe XD to explore concepts and validate user flows.
• Produce high-fidelity UI designs that are accessible, usable, and visually consistent.
• Ensure designs meet accessibility standards (eg, WCAG) and applicable government design guidelines.
• Document interaction behaviors, design rationale, and micro-copy to support implementation.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph.
• Export Control/ITAR: U.S. person status may be required under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).
• Willingness to work onsite full time in McLean, Virginia.
• Bachelors degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Psychology, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in UI/UX design.
• Demonstrated experience conducting UX research, analysis, and synthesis (not UI-only).
• Strong proficiency with design and prototyping tools such as Figma or Adobe XD.
• Experience collaborating closely with product managers and engineering teams.
• Ability to clearly articulate design decisions and research findings to stakeholders.

Technologies

• Figma
• Adobe XD

Benefits

• 401(k) with company match
• Mental health resources
• Student loan repayment assistance
• Adoption reimbursement
• Pet insurance

Pay Transparency

The base pay for this position within the Washington, DC metropolitan area is: $113,000.00 - $188,000.00 annually.