Senior User Interface Design Engineer

Humana; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Humana seeks a Senior User Interface Design Engineer to craft high-trust digital experiences across clinical tools and care-facing platforms. You will balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution—from discovery to pixel-perfect delivery—while adopting an AI-fluent mindset as design tooling evolves.

You will join a lean, high-impact design team and collaborate with product, engineering, and clinical stakeholders to solve complex healthcare workflows that reduce cognitive load and enhance

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on product design experience (UI/UX) delivering digital products, web applications, or complex enterprise platforms from concept to launch.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end design for product verticals, from discovery through pixel-perfect delivery.
• Support and contribute to design systems, patterns, and scalable design standards.
• Present design recommendations and rationale to stakeholders, incorporating feedback and alignment.
• Build interactive, high-fidelity prototypes to demonstrate complex interactions and validate user flows, including AI-assisted tooling integration.
• Plan qualitative user research, usability testing, and feedback sessions to validate decisions and iterate quickly.
• Champion WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility standards and plain-language design principles for inclusive interfaces.
• Design with sensitivity to privacy, patient trust, and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Product design

Job description

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We are seeking a Senior User Interface Design Engineer to craft intuitive, high-trust digital experiences across our clinical tools and care-facing platforms. You'll balance strategic thinking with hands‑on execution within your product area - from discovery to pixel-perfect delivery - while bringing an AI-fluent mindset as design tooling evolves.

Become a part of our caring community
We are seeking a Senior User Interface Design Engineer to craft intuitive, high-trust digital experiences across our clinical tools and care-facing platforms. You'll balance strategic thinking with hands‑on execution within your product area - from discovery to pixel-perfect delivery - while bringing an AI-fluent mindset as design tooling evolves.
You'll join a lean, high-impact design team of two supporting design across all of CenterWell IT, reporting to the Director, Technology Solutions while aligning on design system and overall standards with the Lead UI Designer. You'll work closely with product, engineering, and clinical stakeholders to solve complex healthcare workflows that reduce cognitive load for care teams and provide clarity for patient care.

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end design for assigned product verticals - from discovery through pixel-perfect delivery - including workflow design, information architecture, and interface design for data‑dense, human-in-the-loop clinical workflows.
• Support and contribute to design systems, patterns, and scalable design standards.
• Present design recommendations and rationale to stakeholders, incorporating feedback and building alignment across teams.
• Build interactive, high‑fidelity prototypes to demonstrate complex interactions and validate user flows. Contribute to evolving how AI‑assisted tools are incorporated into the design process as internal tooling access expands.
• Plan and execute qualitative user research, usability testing, and feedback sessions with users and stakeholders to validate design decisions and iterate rapidly.
• Accessibility & Health Literacy: Champion WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility standards and plain-language design principles, ensuring interfaces are inclusive across varying levels of digital and health literacy.
• Healthcare & Compliance Focus: Design with deep sensitivity to privacy, patient trust, and regulatory requirements
  

Required Qualifications

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• 5+ years of hands‑on product design experience (UI/UX) delivering digital products, web applications, or complex enterprise platforms from concept to launch, with