Remote UX/UI Design Engineer — Secret Clearance

SMX; Salt Lake City (UT); Remote; USD 116,000 - 161,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid leave

Retirement

Job summary

SMX is seeking a creative and technically skilled UX/UI Design Engineer to join our Solutions team, building intuitive experiences for federal planning and analytics products on SAC and AWS. This remote role supports a Washington, DC client.

You will conduct user research, create wireframes and high-fidelity prototypes in Figma, build front-end components with JavaScript, HTML and CSS, and maintain a reusable design system while meeting accessibility standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in HCI, UX, CS or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5 years of experience designing and developing UI/UX for enterprise web apps.
• Expert proficiency in Figma with prototyping and design systems.
• Proficiency in JavaScript, HTML, and CSS for UI components.
• Portfolio showing design work and delivered front-end code.
• Strong written and verbal communication for cross-team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Conduct user research with customers and SMEs and translate findings into UI requirements.
• Create wireframes, mock-ups, and high-fidelity prototypes; maintain a reusable design system.
• Build front-end components, including SAC apps and widgets, using JavaScript, HTML, CSS.
• Design data-dense planning interfaces and dashboards with accessibility in mind.
• Support demos, usability testing, and defect resolution during implementation.

Skills

UI/UX design

JavaScript

HTML/CSS

Front-end development

Communication

Enterprise UI/UX

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Figma

Adobe Photoshop

Sketch

Trello

Job description

SMX is seeking a creative and technically skilled UX/UI Design Engineer to join our Solutions team, building intuitive experiences for federal planning and analytics products on SAC and AWS. This remote role supports a Washington, DC client.

You will conduct user research, create wireframes and high-fidelity prototypes in Figma, build front-end components with JavaScript, HTML and CSS, and maintain a reusable design system while meeting accessibility standards.