UI engineer / UI Designer / Product Engineer

Value Innovation Labs; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Value Innovation Labs in New York City is seeking a Senior Designer, UI (Product) with 10+ years of experience to lead high‑fidelity interfaces and build scalable design systems. You will translate brand expression into cohesive UI across platforms, collaborating with UX partners and developers to ensure pixel-perfect implementations.

This on-site role demands strong visual craft and leadership in design reviews.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of UI or product design with a strong visual craft.
• Mastery of typography, color, layout and motion in digital products.
• Fluent in UX fundamentals and design-to-dev handoffs.
• Experience building design systems at scale and tokens documentation.
• Strong communication and ability to defend design decisions.

Responsibilities

• Own the visual expression of digital product experiences, from design systems to high‑fidelity screens.
• Translate brand identity into scalable, accessible UI patterns across platforms.
• Drive design system contributions including tokens and guidelines in Figma.
• Collaborate with UX designers and developers to implement design intent with fidelity.
• Lead reviews and present work to stakeholders with clear rationale.
• Stay current on UI trends and tooling to raise the quality bar.

Skills

UI Design

Typography

Color & Layout

Motion Design

Design Systems

Cross-functional Collaboration

Tools

Figma

Prototyping

Components

Job description

Title: Senior Designer, UI (Product) with 10+years exp with MRM preferred

Location: New York city, NY

Visa: only US citizen

The Senior Designer, UI (Product) is a craft-forward role for a designer who leads through the quality of their work. You bring a sharp visual sensibility to digital product design and can translate brand expression into cohesive, high-fidelity UI systems. You work fluidly across Figma, align closely with UX partners and developers, and raise the visual bar on everything you touch.

Responsibilities:

• Own the visual expression of digital product experiences, from design systems and component libraries to high-fidelity screens and interactive prototypes.
• Translate brand identity into scalable, accessible UI patterns that work across platforms and breakpoints.
• Drive design system contributions including tokens, component documentation, and usage guidelines in Figma.
• Partner with UX designers to bring wireframes and flows to life with strong visual and interaction design.
• Collaborate with developers to ensure pixel-level fidelity and accurate implementation of design intent.
• Conduct design reviews, provide clear feedback, and uphold visual quality standards across the team.
• Present design work to stakeholders and clients with confidence, articulating visual decisions and their rationale.
• Stay current on design trends, emerging UI patterns, and tooling to continuously push the quality of the work.

Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience in UI or product design, with a portfolio that demonstrates exceptional visual craft.
• A strong body of work showing mastery of typography, color, layout, and motion applied to digital products.
• Deep proficiency in Figma, including components, variables, auto layout, and prototyping.
• Experience building and contributing to design systems at scale.
• Fluent in UX fundamentals and understands how UI sits within a larger product ecosystem, making design decisions that serve the full experience, not just the surface.
• Finds creative opportunities within the limits of technology, budget, legal requirements, and tight timelines, without using constraints as a reason to default to the obvious.
• Familiarity with front-end development principles; comfortable working in design-to-dev handoff workflows.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to present and defend design decisions clearly.