Senior UX Designer: Whole-Product Experience Lead

Alertus Technologies; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 95,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

401(k) Retirement Plan

Medical, Dental, and Vision Plans

Short-term Disability, Accident, and H

ospital Insurance

Live Near Your Work HomeBuying Incent­

Employee Referral Bonuses

Flex Scheduling

Job summary

Alertus is seeking a Senior UX Designer to act as a core architect of the Whole Product experience, shaping visual identity across web and mobile. You will work with the Product Development team to ensure scalable, cohesive UX as our technical capabilities grow.

You will drive a scalable design system, maintain design tokens and components, and ensure brand alignment across interfaces. The role requires collaboration with engineers and PMs, plus occasional travel.

Qualifications

• Portfolio showing interactive wireframes and brand implementation in real software.
• Ability to reason about ripple effects of changes across a product ecosystem and maintain brand integrity.
• Experience building/maintaining a design system used by an engineering team.
• Mastery of modern design tools (Figma, Adobe XD, Sketch) and building brand-centric component libraries.
• Experience using AI tools in design workflows with measurable outcomes.
• Experience designing for WCAG 2.1 AA compliance.
• Experience working closely with engineers and product managers and defending design decisions.
• Ability to explain the why behind decisions; occasional travel.

Responsibilities

• Map the Whole Product journey across teams to ensure seamless flow between backends and interfaces.
• Own and evolve a scalable design system, with tokens, naming, and documentation adopted by engineering.
• Maintain branding across digital solutions, ensuring typography, color, tone, and interactions align with the brand.
• Translate high-level requirements and technical constraints into wireframes and high-fidelity designs.
• Prototype rapidly and test ideas; use AI to widen options and justify selections.
• Conduct user research and usability testing to improve usability and accessibility.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Design systems ownership

Brand consistency

User research

Cross-functional collaboration

AI-assisted design

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in CS/Design/HCI

Tools

Figma

Adobe XD

Sketch

Design tokens

Job description

Alertus is seeking a Senior UX Designer to act as a core architect of the Whole Product experience, shaping visual identity across web and mobile. You will work with the Product Development team to ensure scalable, cohesive UX as our technical capabilities grow.

You will drive a scalable design system, maintain design tokens and components, and ensure brand alignment across interfaces. The role requires collaboration with engineers and PMs, plus occasional travel.