Staff UI Designer

Who you are

• The ideal candidate brings strong visual design judgment, systems thinking, and a practical understanding of how design decisions translate into performant, accessible digital products
• 5–8 years of experience in UI, web, or digital product design, with experience leading major website or digital-platform initiatives
• A portfolio demonstrating strong visual design, interface design, responsive web design, and design-system thinking
• Advanced proficiency in Figma, including components, variants, auto layout, variables, prototyping, libraries, and developer handoff workflows
• Experience designing for WordPress, WP Engine, or other CMS-driven website environments
• Experience creating and maintaining scalable design systems, component libraries, templates, and reusable interface patterns
• Strong understanding of typography, layout, hierarchy, grids, interaction design, and responsive behavior across screen sizes
• Experience designing complex marketing, corporate, product, or editorial websites with multiple content types and stakeholder needs
• Practical knowledge of front-end implementation, including HTML, CSS, responsive frameworks, CMS constraints, and browser behavior
• Experience collaborating closely with developers and conducting design QA through implementation
• Familiarity with accessibility standards, including WCAG principles, semantic hierarchy, contrast, focus states, and inclusive interaction patterns
• Ability to simplify complex information into clear page structures, navigation systems, and user flows
• Strong communication, presentation, stakeholder-management, and project-management skills
• Ability to balance brand expression, user needs, technical constraints, and business priorities
• Experience designing digital experiences for enterprise SaaS, defense, aerospace, robotics, autonomy, or other complex technology sectors
• Familiarity with front-end frameworks and development workflows, including component-based architectures and design-to-code handoff
• Experience working with design tokens and systemized theming across design and engineering teams
• Experience developing motion and interaction concepts for the web using tools such as After Effects, Lottie, GSAP, Principle, ProtoPie, or Figma prototypes
• Experience with data visualization, technical diagrams, product interfaces, or interactive storytelling
• Experience designing localized or region-specific web experiences
• Familiarity with analytics, experimentation, conversion-oriented design, and iterative optimization
• Experience establishing design operations, governance models, or contribution workflows for shared design systems

What the job involves

• Shield AI is hiring a Senior UI Designer to lead the design evolution of the Shield AI website and establish the foundational systems that support it
• This role owns the digital experience from interface strategy through high-fidelity execution, creating clear, scalable, and cohesive experiences across corporate, product, campaign, and editorial content
• You will partner closely with brand, marketing, product, and development teams to translate complex autonomy and defense technology into intuitive web experiences
• Lead UI design for the Shield AI website across core pages, product experiences, landing pages, campaign content, and microsites
• Define the website’s visual and interaction standards, ensuring a cohesive experience across desktop, tablet, and mobile
• Create foundational design systems in Figma, including component libraries, design tokens, responsive patterns, templates, and documentation
• Establish reusable page frameworks and modular content patterns that enable teams to build new web experiences efficiently and consistently
• Design high-fidelity user interfaces, interaction states, prototypes, and responsive layouts for new and existing site experiences
• Partner with developers to ensure accurate implementation, provide design QA, and refine interfaces through launch
• Collaborate with brand and content teams to translate complex technical narratives into clear information hierarchies, visual storytelling, and user journeys
• Improve the usability, accessibility, navigation, and overall clarity of the Shield AI web experience
• Support the design of interactive content, data visualizations, motion concepts, and product storytelling in collaboration with creative and development partners
• Audit existing website experiences and identify opportunities to improve consistency, component reuse, accessibility, and visual quality
• Maintain and evolve design documentation, file organization, naming conventions, and workflows that support a scalable design practice
• Advise stakeholders on UI best practices, responsive design, accessibility, technical feasibility, and system-level design decisions

Benefits

• Excellent Medical Coverage
• Mental Health Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Parental Leave
• Pet Insurance
• Flexible Work Hours
• Gym Discount (San Diego)
• Onsite Gym (DC)
• Free Parking
• Competitive Compensation
• 401K Services and Match
• Stock Benefits