Senior Interaction Designer — Remote, High-Impact UX Systems

Version 1; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Quarterly Profit Share

Career Development programs

Flexible/Remote working

Private Healthcare

Life Assurance

Employee Discount

Gym Discounts

Mindfulness Workshops

Annual Excellence Awards

Job summary

Version 1 is seeking a Senior Interaction Designer to shape how users interact with digital services. You will define flows, behaviours and interface patterns that are intuitive, accessible and aligned with modern design standards.

You will bridge design and engineering, ensure feasibility and high‑quality implementation, collaborate with researchers and developers, apply the GOV.UK Design System and WCAG 2.2, and contribute to end‑to‑end service design.

Qualifications

• Experience designing interactions for complex digital products in Agile environments.
• High‑fidelity prototypes using Figma.
• Experience with GOV.UK Design System or similar.
• Strong accessibility knowledge (WCAG 2.2).

Responsibilities

• Design detailed interaction patterns, user flows, and interface behaviours for complex digital services
• Create high‑fidelity prototypes to communicate interaction logic, validate design decisions, and support delivery
• Define micro‑interactions, system states, validation patterns, and edge cases to ensure robust user experiences
• Collaborate closely with engineers to ensure designs are implemented accurately and meet accessibility and performance requirements
• Ensure all designs meet WCAG 2.2 accessibility standards and responsive design principles
• Work closely with user researchers and UX designers to iterate interactions based on evidence and feedback
• Contribute to end‑to‑end service design, ensuring interactions align across journeys and touchpoints
• Maintain consistency across products through contribution to shared component libraries and design standards
• Document interaction specifications clearly to support development and handover

Skills

Interaction design

Prototyping

Design systems

WCAG 2.2

Agile teamwork

Tools

Figma

GOV.UK Design System

JavaScript frameworks

Job description

Version 1 is seeking a Senior Interaction Designer to shape how users interact with digital services. You will define flows, behaviours and interface patterns that are intuitive, accessible and aligned with modern design standards.

You will bridge design and engineering, ensure feasibility and high‑quality implementation, collaborate with researchers and developers, apply the GOV.UK Design System and WCAG 2.2, and contribute to end‑to‑end service design.