Genesis10 is currently seeking a Product Designer / Design Engineer for a hybrid position with a Global Financial Institution located in Irving, TX, Charlotte, NC, or Minneapolis, MN. This is a 12+ month contract opportunity. This role will join the IAM Tools Engineering team to accelerate how user-centered experiences are designed, validated, and shipped with quality and speed. The ideal candidate will operate as a hybrid practitioner, strong in UX/product design, comfortable working code-adjacent, and passionate about scaling impact through reusable patterns, components, and AI-assisted workflows. This is a dual mandate role focused on shipping high-impact experiences and scaling reusable patterns for others. Responsibilities:
- Lead and execute User-Centered Design (UCD) processes from discovery to delivery
- Translate complex functional requirements and user insights into simple, elegant, and accessible user interfaces using Figma
- Align design decisions with business goals and user needs by strategically connecting or creating personas, experience journeys, and user flows
- Leverage AI-assisted workflows where appropriate to improve speed and quality
- Collaborate within Agile/Scrum teams, participating in sprints, stand-ups, planning sessions, and retrospectives
- Perform lightweight, early validation of designs and prototypes to catch issues before development
- Advocate for consistent design system components, UI controls and patterns, and accessibility best practices
- Iterate designs based on user feedback and usability data
- Maintain clear and concise design documentation to support development handoff
- Partner with engineering to design and ship reusable UI patterns/components and contribute improvements to shared design system assets
- Present and defend designs and key milestone deliverables to peers and senior stakeholders
Requirements:
- 5+ years of UX design experience, preferably designing complex solutions in diverse technology stacks
- Proficiency in Figma for wireframing, prototyping, and design collaboration
- Solid understanding of User-Centered Design (UCD) principles, methods, and tools
- Strong experience working in Agile environments and collaborating with cross-functional teams
- Experience partnering closely with engineering on implementation details, including component behavior, states, and accessibility requirements
- Demonstrated ability to create and maintain detailed user journey maps and user flows
- Familiarity with usability testing, accessibility (WCAG), and responsive design best practices
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and visual, to articulate design decisions and rationale
- Experience with building and/or contributing to design systems
- Ability to work with stakeholders to understand strategic vision and design complete user experiences
Desired skills:
- Ability to iterate designs and solutions efficiently and intelligently
- A clear understanding of design thinking, planning, and conducting user research, user testing, A/B testing, and rapid prototyping
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively across multiple work streams
- Experience shipping (or co-developing) coded UI components
- Familiarity with a variety of AI tools (e.g., design applications, IDEs, LLMs) and AI-assisted design workflows
Pay range: $59.53 - $67.53 per hour Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position. If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply! Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals. For contract roles, Genesis10 offers the benefits listed below. If this is a perm-placement opportunity, our recruiter can talk you through the unique benefits offered for that particular client. Benefits of Working with Genesis10:
- Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.
- The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
- Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
- Behavioral Health Platform
- Medical, Dental, Vision
- Health Savings Account
- Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
- Voluntary Term Life Insurance
- 401K
- Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
- Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF, and Illinois)
For multiple years running, Genesis10 has been recognized as a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S., as a Best Company for Work-Life Balance, as a Best Company for Career Growth, for Diversity, and for Leadership, amongst others. To learn more and to view all our available career opportunities, please visit us at our website. Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
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