[Remote] User Experience Designer Principal

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Sagent is a leader in financial technology, delivering innovative SaaS-based mortgage servicing solutions. As a Principal User Experience Designer, you will play a critical role in shaping intuitive, scalable, and efficient experiences across complex, data-driven products, partnering closely with product and engineering teams to drive alignment and deliver high-quality design outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead by example through high-quality design execution while acting as a senior design voice across product teams
• Mentor and guide designers, influencing team output, consistency, and decision-making
• Contribute to the Figma design system to support a growing enterprise ecosystem
• Standardize workflows for contribution, governance, and adoption of new design patterns, driving alignment across product and engineering teams
• Identify opportunities for AI-driven automation and decision support while designing data-driven, rules-based systems with clear, predictable behavior and interactions
• Balance usability, business constraints, and technical feasibility to deliver effective system-level solutions
• Partner with product and engineering to refine requirements, shape solutions, and ensure design decisions are feasible, scalable, and effectively implemented
• Translate technical and AI capabilities into practical, user-centered experiences within existing product ecosystems
• Communicate effectively across teams, influencing decisions and navigating differing perspectives to drive aligned outcomes
• Use AI-assisted tools to accelerate design exploration, iteration, and delivery
• Produce the appropriate level of artifacts (flows, wireframes, mockups) with a focus on clarity, usability, and speed over exhaustive documentation
• Operate effectively in fast-paced, resource-constrained environments, navigating ambiguity and incomplete inputs
• Apply sound judgment to prioritize work, balance innovation with feasibility, and drive meaningful outcomes
• Strong proficiency in Figma, including creating reusable components, variants, and scalable design patterns
• Use Figma effectively for user flows, interaction design, and efficient cross-functional collaboration
• Work pragmatically with low-to-medium fidelity artifacts based on product needs, timelines, and complexity
• Experience with Git is a plus

Skills

• Strong proficiency in Figma, including creating reusable components, variants, and scalable design patterns
• Use Figma effectively for user flows, interaction design, and efficient cross-functional collaboration
• Work pragmatically with low-to-medium fidelity artifacts based on product needs, timelines, and complexity
• Lead by example through high-quality design execution while acting as a senior design voice across product teams
• Mentor and guide designers, influencing team output, consistency, and decision-making
• Contribute to the Figma design system to support a growing enterprise ecosystem
• Standardize workflows for contribution, governance, and adoption of new design patterns, driving alignment across product and engineering teams
• Identify opportunities for AI-driven automation and decision support while designing data-driven, rules-based systems with clear, predictable behavior and interactions
• Balance usability, business constraints, and technical feasibility to deliver effective system-level solutions
• Partner with product and engineering to refine requirements, shape solutions, and ensure design decisions are feasible, scalable, and effectively implemented
• Translate technical and AI capabilities into practical, user-centered experiences within existing product ecosystems
• Communicate effectively across teams, influencing decisions and navigating differing perspectives to drive aligned outcomes
• Use AI-assisted tools to accelerate design exploration, iteration, and delivery
• Produce the appropriate level of artifacts (flows, wireframes, mockups) with a focus on clarity, usability, and speed over exhaustive documentation
• Operate effectively in fast-paced, resource-constrained environments, navigating ambiguity and incomplete inputs
• Apply sound judgment to prioritize work, balance innovation with feasibility, and drive meaningful outcomes
• Experience with Git is a plus

Benefits

• Remote/Hybrid workplace options
• Health Benefits
• Unlimited Flexible Time Off
• Family Planning Services
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Family Leave
• 401(k) Matching
• Pet Insurance
• In-person and Virtual Social Experiences
• Career Pathing
• Focus Time Fridays

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