UI/UX Designer

Sabanto is building software experiences for Vehicle Mission Control (vMC), with the goal of improving productivity and safety for vehicle automation in the agricultural industry. This UI/UX Designer role focuses on defining, prototyping, and implementing user experiences across a React web application and a React Native mobile application.

Working onsite in Ames, IA, you will own the end-to-end design process for vMC products while collaborating closely with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders to turn requirements into user-centered solutions. You will also strengthen quality through usability testing, heuristic evaluations, and ongoing design system governance.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end design process for Sabanto’s Vehicle Mission Control (vMC), delivering a seamless, intuitive experience for both the React web app and React Native mobile app.
• Create thoughtful custom icons, graphics, and illustrations that support Sabanto Steward™ users.
• Partner with product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to gather requirements, validate assumptions, and translate them into design solutions.
• Contribute to the overall product vision to ensure design aligns with business objectives and user needs.
• Build interactive prototypes in Figma to validate design concepts for web and mobile.
• Run usability testing to collect feedback and support iterative design improvements.
• Communicate design concepts and decisions clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Produce clear and concise design documentation.
• Collaborate with the broader design team to share knowledge and best practices.
• Perform regular heuristic evaluations and maintain friction logs for vMC to identify confusion points and reduce cognitive load.
• Own the design system to enforce Sabanto Design System standards and support product and engineering teams using Figma and Storybook (https://www.figma.com/ and https://storybook.js.org/).
• Conduct ongoing visual design quality assurance for the design system using Chromatic (https://www.chromatic.com/features/test) to ensure consistency and reliability.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field.
• Proven experience as a UI/UX Designer, with a focus on web and mobile applications.
• Familiarity with the agriculture industry or a strong interest in agricultural technologies (preferred).
• Experience working on projects related to precision agriculture or autonomous machinery (significant advantage).
• Strong prototyping tool skills, including Figma, Adobe XD, or Sketch.
• A portfolio demonstrating design work for both web and mobile.
• Proficiency in web technologies, including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, to create feasible designs aligned with development capabilities.
• Ability to understand and work within technical constraints of web development.
• Understanding of agile methodologies and iterative design processes.
• Comfort working collaboratively in sprints to meet timelines and objectives.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate and document design decisions clearly and concisely.
• Strong collaboration skills for cross-functional teams.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, with adaptability for evolving priorities.

Technologies

• React
• React Native
• Figma
• Storybook
• Chromatic
• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript
• Adobe XD
• Sketch

Benefits

• Work on a concept intended to disrupt the agriculture industry
• Opportunity to make an immediate impact and do your best work
• Vacation and flexible time
• 401k, medical, dental

Our Core Values

• Own It: be self-driven, entrepreneurial, and efficient
• Raise the Bar: challenge complacency and mediocrity, stay adaptable and agile, and care about details
• Be As One: trust, collaborate, and support; invest in co-workers and customers
• Embrace Curiosity: keep learning, stay curious, and share; be humbled but not embarrassed by mistakes
• Do the Right Thing: act with integrity, be transparent
• Empower Farmers: create solutions where customers win

Additional information: Sabanto is an equal opportunity workplace. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States, and Sabanto is not able to sponsor work visas at this time.