Communication Skills, Customer Experience, Customer/Client Research, Data Analysis, Design Services, Engineering Management, Information Architecture, Interviewing Skills, Product Design, Product Engineering, Programming Tools, Prototyping, Research Skills, Team Player, Technical Leadership, Technical/Engineering Design, User Experience Design (UXD), User Interface/Experience (UI/UX), Wireframes
LOCATION
McLean, VA
POSTED
3 days ago
Job title: UX Designer
Duration: 4 months with possible extension
Location: Mclean, VA - Hybrid
Rate: $80- $100/hr on w2 - without benefits
Join our dynamic Card Data team as we build an end-to-end data lineage solution from the ground up. This is a greenfield product with real users across engineering, data, and analytics, with a clear delivery timeline. We are seeking a senior contractor designer who can own the full design process, from original user research to high-quality UI and interactive prototypes ready for engineering.
Required Skills & Qualifications
5 years of UX research and product design experience
Strong Figma skills including interactive, high-fidelity prototypes
Direct experience conducting user research independently: planning, interviewing, synthesizing, and designing from findings
Experience designing for technical users such as engineers, data practitioners, or platform teams
Comfortable working in ambiguity on a new product with evolving requirements
Strong communication skills across both design and engineering audiences
Must have previous client experience working for this customer in the past 5 years
Preferred Skills & Qualifications
Experience with data products, developer tooling, or enterprise platform design
Familiarity with data lineage, observability, or similar data infrastructure concepts
Prior work on approval workflows, notification systems, or graph-based visualizations
Day-to-Day Responsibilities
Plan and conduct user interviews across three distinct personas: engineers, data product managers, and data analysts and scientists
Translate research into user journeys, information architecture, wireframes, and high-fidelity Figma prototypes
Work day-to-day with the Product Manager and engineering tech lead
Company Benefits & Culture
Collaborative and innovative work environment
Opportunities for professional growth and development
Flexible work schedule
For immediate consideration please click APPLY to begin the screening process with Alex.