Senior UX Designer
Linda Werner & Associates, Inc · United States · 6 days ago
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About the role
The Senior UX Designer will be responsible for defining and implementing the user experience across multiple internal tools powered by AI. This role involves owning the design process from research through to implementation, establishing a lightweight design system, and ensuring a consistent and intuitive experience.
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end design across 4-6 internal product surfaces, from research and interaction design to visual design and shipped UI
- Create and maintain a lightweight design system and shared component library to ensure consistency across tools
- Design interaction patterns for AI-native workflows, including agent supervision, automated triage, intelligent recommendations, and real-time reporting
- Collaborate directly with senior engineers in a pod-based model with rapid iteration and minimal process overhead
- Translate complex, multi-source data into streamlined, single-screen experiences that reduce context switching
- Conduct user research and usability testing with internal stakeholders
- Rapidly prototype new concepts and iterate based on feedback
- Ensure high adoption and usability of internal tools across a 100+ person organization
Qualifications
- 5+ years designing complex internal tools, enterprise SaaS platforms, or developer-facing systems
- Strong interaction design and information architecture skills, with a portfolio demonstrating simplification of complex workflows
- Proven ability to work independently as the sole designer on an engineering-heavy team
- Experience designing data-dense interfaces, dashboards, or multi-panel layouts
Performance Expectations
- Quality, clarity, and consistency of UX across all internal tools
- Speed of iteration from concept to testable prototype
- User adoption and satisfaction metrics for launched tools
- Establishment of a reusable design system and component library
- Able to operate independently with minimal direction
Team Structure
You will be the single design resource embedded across multiple engineering pods within a team of seven senior AI builders. The team ships quickly, collaborates closely, and relies on design leadership to ensure usability and coherence across all product surfaces.
What Makes This Role Unique
- Full creative ownership—no legacy constraints, no design bureaucracy
- High visibility and impact—your work directly shapes how 200+ people perform their daily workflows
- Cutting-edge AI UX—opportunity to design interaction patterns for agentic systems and AI-powered tools
- Startup-speed execution with enterprise-scale problems
- Portfolio-defining work in AI-native UX, internal tools, and complex system design
Location & Schedule
- Remote (Must be located in the United States)
- Position: Contract 6 Month
- Hours: 40 per week
Benefits
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Schedule
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday