UI/UX - UX Designer IV

Job#: 3034602

Job Description:
UI/UX - UX Designer IV

Location: Austin, Texas (Onsite)
Employment Type: Contract

Role Overview

A position is available for a Senior Product Designer to join a small, fast-moving team of AI builders shipping production-grade internal tools for a content organization. This role will be the sole designer across multiple product surfaces, including dashboards, workflow automation tools, CRM systems, and AI-powered reporting. The objective is to ensure a consistent, high-quality experience while building from the ground up.

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end design, from research to shipped UI, across 4-6 internal product surfaces.
• Establish and maintain a lightweight design system to ensure consistency across all team surfaces.
• Design interaction patterns for AI-native workflows such as agent supervision, automated triage, intelligent recommendations, and real-time reporting.
• Collaborate directly with senior engineers in a pod-based model, emphasizing fast iteration with minimal heavy process.
• Simplify complex, multi-source data views into single-screen experiences that eliminate context-switching.
• Conduct user research and usability testing with internal stakeholders.
• Engage in rapid prototyping and iteration on new tool concepts.

Required Qualifications

Experience: A portfolio demonstrating relevant work is required. Candidates should have 5+ years of experience designing complex internal tools, enterprise SaaS, or developer platforms. A proven ability to operate as the sole designer on an engineering-heavy team is necessary.

Technical Skills: The portfolio must demonstrate experience in simplifying complex workflows through strong interaction design and information architecture.

Preferred Qualifications

• Front-end development skills (React, TypeScript) with the ability to implement designs directly.
• Experience designing for AI/ML-powered features or agentic systems.
• Experience building and maintaining shared component libraries for design systems.

Compensation & Benefits

The pay rate for this position is between $73.00 and $83.00 per hour. The contract duration is from June 29, 2026, to December 31, 2026.

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Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.

Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.