Senior UX Designer — Identity & Access Platform

Appfolio; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 125,000 - 157,000; Full time

Job summary

AppFolio is seeking a Senior UX Designer to own the identity and access management experience across our platform. You will shape sign-in, authentication, SSO, MFA, and admin controls, while collaborating with product and engineering to ensure secure, scalable experiences.

You’ll work within our design system, mentor peers, and translate complex security constraints into intuitive user-facing flows that empower customers and internal teams alike.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in UX or product design.
• Experience designing for security-sensitive, trust-critical areas (identity, authentication, authorization, SSO/OAuth, account management).
• Strong collaboration with product and engineering partners.
• Portfolio or work samples showing rigor in complex problem spaces.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end design of authentication and account permissions experiences including login, passkeys, social sign-in, and MFA.
• Design internal tools and patterns for identity and permissions used by other product teams.
• Work with cross-functional teams to align work with business goals and user needs.
• Contribute identity and permissions patterns to the design system.
• Present work with polish to stakeholders and mentor teammates.

Skills

UX design

Identity & access management

Authentication

SSO/OAuth

Design systems

Security constraints

Collaboration with product/engineering

AI tooling

Tools

Claude Code

Job description

AppFolio is seeking a Senior UX Designer to own the identity and access management experience across our platform. You will shape sign-in, authentication, SSO, MFA, and admin controls, while collaborating with product and engineering to ensure secure, scalable experiences.

You’ll work within our design system, mentor peers, and translate complex security constraints into intuitive user-facing flows that empower customers and internal teams alike.