Senior UI Designer

XperiencOps Incposted 18 days ago

$153,000 - $187,000/Yr

Full-time • Senior

Pleasanton, CA

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About the position

XOPS is a fast-growing startup building the future of observability and automation for IT operations. Our platform unifies complex system data to deliver visibility, control, and intelligent workflows across the enterprise, empowering IT teams to manage the entire employee technology lifecycle with precision. As industries embrace AI to automate cars, rockets, and even farming, IT operations remain stuck in the past, reliant on spreadsheets and manual processes. We believe it is time for a change. At XOPS, we are pioneering autonomous IT operations, freeing teams from tedious tasks and elevating them into strategic leadership roles. Our mission is to drive operational excellence, financial stewardship, and security across the enterprise, while transforming the employee experience. We are just getting started, and we are looking for exceptional teammates to help shape the future. XOPS is seeking a Senior UI Designer to join our team and work in our office in San Jose, CA or Pleasanton, CA. In this role, the Senior UI Designer will be instrumental in developing, maintaining, and evolving our design system while creating beautiful, functional, and accessible UI components. You'll establish the visual foundation that enables our product to scale efficiently across different markets and user needs, working closely with product designers, engineers, and other stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Lead the development and evolution of our comprehensive design system
Create and document UI components, patterns, and guidelines that balance aesthetics with functionality
Establish naming conventions, component hierarchy, and organization principles
Maintain and update the design system to reflect product evolution and new requirements
Collaborate with engineering to ensure design system implementation matches specifications
Design visually appealing, consistent interfaces that align with our brand identity
Create and maintain UI component libraries in Figma (or relevant design tool)
Produce high-quality visual assets and iconography for use across the product
Define typographic scales, color systems, and spacing frameworks
Ensure visual consistency across all product touchpoints
Champion accessibility best practices across all design work
Ensure all UI components meet WCAG 2.1 AA standards (minimum)
Design components that adapt gracefully to text expansion/contraction for different languages
Create interfaces that respect cultural differences in visual communication
Develop guidelines for RTL (right-to-left) languages and other international considerations
Work with localization teams to identify and solve UI challenges for global markets
Partner with product designers to understand component requirements and use cases
Work closely with frontend engineers to ensure accurate implementation
Collaborate with UX researchers to validate component usability
Educate team members on design system usage and contribution processes
Present design system updates and roadmap to stakeholders

Requirements

6+ years of UI design experience, with at least 2 years focused on design systems
Proven experience creating and maintaining component libraries and design systems
Strong portfolio showcasing systematic design thinking and visual design skills
Experience implementing accessibility standards (WCAG) in design systems
Demonstrated understanding of internationalization challenges in UI design
Proficiency with modern design tools (Figma)
Experience with design documentation and pattern libraries