[Hiring] Senior User Interface Designer @Wealth Enhancement Group

Role Description

The Senior User Interface Designer – Platform Development is the primary owner and subject-matter expert for Wealth Enhancement's Design System. This senior individual contributor defines and maintains the system's standards, component architecture, design tokens, governance, and documentation so it remains consistent, scalable, accessible, developer usable, and understandable by approved AI-assisted tools.

The designer also creates polished interfaces for new screens, workflows, and features across enterprise products. The role partners with user experience, product, engineering, architecture, and business teams at defined points in the service delivery process, carries design intent through implementation validation, and enables teams to apply established patterns independently.

This is a fully remote position.

In the spirit of pay transparency, we are excited to share the base salary range for this position is $110,000.00 to $120,000.00, exclusive of bonuses and benefits. The role is also eligible to participate in the corporate bonus plan.

Primary Job Functions

• Design System Ownership and Governance
  • Own and evolve the enterprise Design System, including libraries, components, variables, patterns, and documentation.
  • Prioritize the design-system roadmap using product needs, adoption data, accessibility risks, and implementation gaps.
  • Define token architecture, naming, metadata, usage guidance, and front-end alignment.
  • Govern contributions, releases, deprecation, migration, and adoption; audit for duplication, inconsistency, accessibility, and reuse.
• UI Design and Prototyping
  • Design responsive screens, workflows, and complete interface states using approved patterns.
  • Translate user, business, and workflow needs into clear, efficient interfaces.
  • Create high-fidelity designs and prototypes aligned with approved Design Systems.
• Implementation Quality
  • Partner across cross-functional teams to translate Design System specifications into implemented experiences.
  • Review implementation for fidelity, responsive behavior, system use, and accessibility; document material defects in Jira and confirm resolution.
  • Serve as the design authority during validation and user acceptance activities, using recurring gaps to improve the system.
• Accessible and Inclusive Design
  • Apply current accessibility standards and inclusive design practices to components and interfaces.
  • Document and validate contrast, hierarchy, focus, keyboard interaction, responsive behavior, and content structure.
• AI Ready Design Standards
  • Structure components, tokens, metadata, and guidance for reliable use by people and approved AI tools.
  • Direct AI-assisted work toward approved patterns and reusable components through clear guardrails.
  • Evaluate AI-assisted outputs for quality, accessibility, brand alignment, and system compliance.
• Service Delivery and Collaboration
  • Collaborate across cross-functional teams to deliver consistent, high-quality experiences.
  • Engage at defined Service Delivery Framework checkpoints and provide specifications, assets, acceptance guidance, rationale, and tradeoffs suited to the work's complexity and risk.
  • Manage priorities and documentation in Jira and Confluence; use experience-quality measures to guide improvements and coach partners to apply standards independently.
• Improve Service Quality by Using AI and Digital Tools
  • Use approved AI and digital tools to simplify work, improve service quality, and increase efficiency, while validating outputs for accuracy, privacy, and business alignment.
  • Identify and escalate inaccurate information and knowledge gaps, or issues related to digital tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a design-related field or equivalent professional experience required.
• Five or more years of professional UI, UX, product, interaction, or visual design experience, including significant responsibility for building, governing, or evolving a Design System.
• Portfolio demonstrates strong visual craft, systems thinking, responsive design, accessible interface solutions, and reusable systems work.
• Advanced proficiency in Figma, including libraries, components, variants, properties, variables, modes, and prototyping.
• Strong understanding of design-token architecture, responsive behavior, complete interface states, and accessible interaction patterns.
• Working knowledge of front-end component architecture and the relationship between design standards and coded components - coding is not required.
• Clear written, verbal, and presentation skills, including the ability to explain complex design decisions, tradeoffs, and implementation guidance to technical and nontechnical partners.
• Ability to manage priorities independently and collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams.
• Proficient at using AI and digital tools, creating and maintaining knowledge content, and driving improvements based on data and feedback.
• Experience with enterprise software, financial services, or another regulated industry preferred.
• Experience designing for platforms such as Salesforce, Workday, Drupal, or comparable enterprise systems preferred.
• Familiarity with coded component libraries, design-to-code workflows, and design-system adoption or health metrics preferred.
• Experience using or governing AI-assisted design and development workflows preferred.
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Cloud or complementary visual design tools preferred.

Benefits

• Training and professional development.
• Medical, dental and vision coverage (Available to full-time employees and their families).
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) for medical, dependent, and transit expenses.
• Life and AD&D insurance – employer paid and voluntary options.
• Short-term and long-term disability, workers compensation – employer paid.
• 401k with match and profit sharing.
• Wellness programs and resources.
• Voluntary benefits, including pet insurance.
• 18 days of paid time off (PTO), accrued annually (25 PTO days after 4 years of service).
• 12 paid holidays each year (10 pre-determined and 2 floating days).
• Paid parental leave and paid caregiver leave (Caregiver leave available after 6 months of tenure).
• Reimbursement for tuition, licensing, and other credentials (Available after meeting service requirements).