UI/UX Designer

This onsite role in Ashburn, VA supports the Customs and Border Protection BEAGLE ASF Team, applying Agile Scrum to design and develop software. You’ll join a team that values integrity, trust, and steady growth, with a clear focus on delivering user-centered UI/UX solutions.

Benefits

• Flexible time off
• Healthcare
• Wellness benefits
• Financial benefits
• Retirement benefits
• Family support
• Continuing education
• Time off benefits

What you can expect

A culture grounded in integrity and trust, with an emphasis on continuous growth. Collaboration across teams and a commitment to delivering thoughtful, user-focused experiences define daily work life.

Responsibilities

• Participate as a Scrum team member delivering UI/UX design and development for releasable software in short sprint cycles, collaborating with business analysts, engineers, stakeholders, and end users.
• Conceptualize and design custom software capabilities for a mix of legacy and modernized systems with limited oversight.
• Lead the creation of a cohesive look and feel and standardized user experience across multiple applications.
• Guide collaborations between creative strategy, UX, visual design, development, and client teams to craft effective design strategies.
• Develop compelling, user-focused experiences and viewpoints aligned with clients’ business objectives.
• Work with cross-disciplinary teams to define and implement experience style guides, interaction patterns, and information design standards.
• Produce wireframes, mockups, and prototypes to communicate ideas to stakeholders.
• Establish standard layout and style libraries across applications.
• Partner with the functional team to assess feasibility and iterate on design ideas and improvements.
• Ensure product quality and timely delivery, offer guidance, resolve issues, and provide periodic performance updates
• Mentor junior team members to support ongoing professional development.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship required with ability to pass a CBP background investigation, including checks for felony convictions (3 years), illegal drug use (1 year), and misconduct such as theft or fraud (1 year).
• Degree in a related field (e.g., Interactive Design, Architecture, Industrial Design, Graphic Design or Human Factors) with seven years of related experience.
• Experience collaborating to create accessible, responsive websites and web applications usable by real people across all devices.
• Seven or more years of professional experience as a visual designer, interaction designer, experience designer, or similar role.
• Proficiency with enterprise UI design tools such as Figma (preferred), Axure, or equivalent.
• Strong track record communicating designs with product owners, end users, development teams, and management.
• Ability to balance design considerations with technical feasibility and maintenance requirements.

Technologies

• Figma
• Axure
• Sketch
• InVision
• XD
• Angular
• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript

Pay range

The proposed salary range is $90,300 to $189,600 per year. Final compensation is influenced by factors such as geographic location, federal contract wage categories, prior relevant experience, specific skills and certifications, education, and other competencies.