Lead UX Designer

EPAM Systems; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

EPAM Systems in India’s Maharashtra is seeking a Lead UX Designer to drive product discovery, establish design direction, and integrate AI-assisted workflows in an agile/Scrum setting.

You will own end-to-end UX deliverables, mentor teams, ensure design system fidelity, and collaborate with product and engineering to deliver high-quality experiences.

Qualifications

• 9–15 years of professional UX design experience.
• Proficient in Figma with component-based design and prototyping.
• Experience in design discovery, framing problems and early design direction.
• Strong understanding of design systems and scalable design foundations.
• Exposure to AI tools (Figma AI, Midjourney, ChatGPT/Claude) for ideation.
• Experience working in Scrum with sprint ceremonies and backlog alignment.

Responsibilities

• Own UX deliverables across discovery to hand-off within sprints.
• Lead research, frame problems, and set early-stage design direction.
• Maintain and extend design system consistency and scalability.
• Incorporate AI tools to accelerate design output quality.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Scrum Masters and developers.
• Provide assets and specs on time for sprint hand-offs.

Skills

Figma

AI-assisted design

Design discovery

Design systems

Scrum / Agile

Jira / Confluence

Tools

Figma AI

Midjourney

ChatGPT/Claude

Job description

We're seeking a Lead UX Designer to join our team, contributing to product discovery, design systems, and end-to-end UX delivery by combining strong design fundamentals with modern AI-assisted workflows in an agile/Scrum environment.

Responsibilities

• Own UX deliverables within assigned sprints, spanning discovery through hand-off
• Lead research efforts, frame problems, and establish early-stage design direction
• Maintain and enhance consistency with the design system while proposing improvements
• Incorporate AI tools into daily workflows to boost speed and quality of design output
• Attend all Scrum ceremonies consistently and punctually, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives
• Break work into sprint-sized increments and estimate design tasks accordingly
• Work closely with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and developers to align design work with the sprint backlog
• Provide design assets and specs on time for development hand-off within sprint deadlines
• Flag blockers, risks, or scope changes to the Product Owner/Scrum Master proactively
• Partner cross-functionally with developers, PMs, and other designers, exchanging constructive feedback during design reviews
• Record design decisions and rationale clearly for team and stakeholder visibility

Requirements

• 9-15 years of overall professional experience
• Strong command of Figma, including component-based design, prototyping, and collaborative workflows
• Expertise in design discovery, encompassing research, problem framing, and early-stage design direction
• Solid grasp of design system foundations, with the capability to contribute to scalable design systems
• Exposure to AI tools within the design process, such as Figma AI, Midjourney, and ChatGPT/Claude for design ideation
• Background in working within a Scrum framework, covering sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives
• Ability to estimate design tasks and divide work into sprint-sized increments
• Working knowledge of Jira, Confluence, or similar tools for tracking sprint work