Senior User Experience Designer

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Responsibilities

• ▹Represent user needs and feedback as a strategic partner in every design decision
• ▹Simplify intricate systems for clarity and ease of navigation
• ▹Design intuitive, visually refined interfaces (typography, layout, motion, micro-interactions)
• ▹Own interaction models for flows: transitions, error recovery, behavior under load
• ▹Evolve the design system: auditing components, defining patterns, syncing with engineering
• ▹Encourage design system adoption across teams
• ▹Enhance the team's collective understanding of design principles through active collaboration

Requirements

• ▹Experience designing enterprise software (business users, admins, technical workflows, permissions, dense data, long-lived tasks)
• ▹Exceptional visual design skills with a portfolio showing typography, layout, color and current UI trends
• ▹Maintaining design systems and component libraries in Figma (components, variants, tokens, documentation, versioning)
• ▹Interaction design expertise: states, feedback, transitions, edge/empty/error/loading conditions
• ▹Attention to detail and ability to align content, terminology and product across technical domains

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Development programs (GROW, Mentoring)
• ▹Internal events (e.g. APEX Expo)
• ▹LinkedIn Learning access

About the company

Akamai's Security Technology Group (STG) builds platforms that protect a meaningful share of the internet globally.