Product Designer / Design Engineer

Job Description

#### Job Description

**STRATEGIC STAFFING SOLUTIONS (S3) HAS AN OPENING!**

**++Product Designer / Design Engineer++**
Location: Iselin, NJ (Onsite required)
12+ Months W2 contract role
Pay Rate: $70/HR

**Must have:**

* UI/UX experience
* Product Team experience
* Building New Product
* Figma experience
* PowerPoint Design skills

The IAM Product and Architecture team is seeking an AI-fluent Product Designer / Design Engineer to accelerate how we design, validate, and ship user-centered experiences with quality and speed.

You will operate as a hybrid practitioner: strong in UX/product design, comfortable working "code-adjacent" (and ideally shipping coded components), and passionate about scaling impact through reusable patterns/components, experience design validation, and AI-assisted workflows (design exploration, prototyping acceleration, design-to-code).

**Responsibilities:**

* Lead and execute User-Centered Design (UCD) processes from discovery to delivery
* Translate complex functional requirements and user insights into simple, elegant, and accessible user interfaces built upon user flows, low- to high-fidelity wireframes, mockups, and interactive prototypes using Figma
* Align design decisions with business goals and user needs by strategically connecting or creating personas, experience journeys, and user flows
* Leverage AI-assisted workflows where appropriate to improve speed and quality (e.g., prototyping acceleration and design-to-code collaboration)
* Collaborate within Agile/Scrum teams, participating in sprints, stand-ups, planning sessions, and retrospectives
* Perform lightweight, early validation of designs and prototypes (e.g., time-boxed UX reviews, quick usability checks and accessibility basics) to catch issues before development and reduce rework

**Required Qualifications**

* 5+ years of UX design experience. Preference will be given to candidates who have experience designing complex solutions in diverse technology stacks.
* Proficiency in Figma for wireframing, prototyping, and design collaboration
* Solid understanding of User-Centered Design (UCD) principles, methods, and tools
* Strong experience working in Agile environments, closely collaborating with cross-functional teams
* Experience partnering closely with engineering on implementation details, including component behavior, states, and accessibility requirements for production-ready handoff
* Demonstrated ability to create and maintain detailed user journey maps and user flows
* Familiarity with usability testing, accessibility (WCAG), and responsive design best practices
* Excellent communication skills, both verbal and visual -- able to clearly articulate design decisions and rationale
* Experience with building and/or contributing to design systems
* Extensive experience in using and implementing UX design best practices to design solutions in large organizations
* Ability to work with stakeholders to understand strategic vision and detailed requirements and design complete user experiences that meet business goals and user needs

*\*++Beware of scams. S3 never asks for money during its onboarding process++*