UI/UX Application Designer

Attain Talent

About The Position

A client of Attain Talent is seeking a UI/UX Designer to support a mission-critical Federal Government program within the EPA’s Office of Air. This role supports the EPA Unified Platform—a modern, open, data-centric application ecosystem used to collect, validate, calculate, analyze, and report complex environmental and regulatory air-quality data. This is not a website or marketing UX role. The UI/UX Designer will work on complex, data-intensive applications that incorporate scientific values, calculations, validations, and regulatory business rules. You will design user experiences that help technical, scientific, and regulatory users confidently interact with large datasets, analytical workflows, and system-driven logic while maintaining accuracy, traceability, and usability. You will collaborate closely with product owners, architects, engineers, and federal stakeholders to translate complex system behavior and data models into intuitive, accessible, and reliable user experiences. Success in this role requires comfort designing for enterprise applications, analytical tools, and workflow-driven systems where correctness and clarity are as important as visual design. This position offers an opportunity to apply human-centered design principles to systems that directly support environmental protection, public transparency, and evidence-based regulatory decision-making. Your Impact You will join a collaborative, agile team with strong technical foundations already in place. Your focus will include: Human-Centered Design Leadership: Translate user needs, regulatory workflows, and technical constraints into clear, usable, and accessible designs. Accessibility & Compliance Excellence: Ensure all designs align with Section 508 and WCAG standards, supporting equitable access to federal systems. Product Collaboration: Partner with product managers, architects, and developers to define and implement design solutions that align with platform direction and user needs. Complexity Reduction: Conceptualize and deliver designs that simplify complex environmental and regulatory data workflows. Design Artifacts & Communication: Create and present wireframes, mockups, prototypes, and visual assets to internal teams and government stakeholders.

Requirements

Proven experience designing UX for enterprise or analytical applications, not just marketing or content-driven websites
Strong ability to translate complex data models, calculations, and business rules into clear user flows and interface patterns
Comfort collaborating closely with architects, engineers, and product owners to align UX with system logic and technical constraints
Experience designing data-heavy interfaces such as dashboards, tables, forms, filters, comparisons, and workflow-driven tools
Strong understanding of user roles, permissions, and task-based workflows in multi-user systems
Ability to design for edge cases, validations, errors, and system feedback, not just happy-path scenarios
Experience incorporating accessibility (Section 508 / WCAG) requirements into complex application components
Strong communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain design rationale to technical teams and government stakeholders
Comfort working in agile, iterative environments where requirements evolve as system understanding deepens
8+ years of professional experience as a UI/UX Designer, Product Designer, or similar role focused on complex, data-driven applications
Demonstrated experience designing UX for enterprise systems, analytical tools, or workflow-based applications (not solely content or marketing websites)
Strong proficiency with modern design and prototyping tool Figma
Experience creating wireframes, user flows, interaction models, and high-fidelity prototypes that reflect real system behavior
Experience designing data-heavy interfaces, including tables, dashboards, forms, filters, and validation-driven workflows
Familiarity with accessibility standards (Section 508 and WCAG) and applying them to complex application components
Strong analytical skills with the ability to understand and design for business rules, calculations, validations, and edge cases
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to clearly explain design decisions to technical and non-technical stakeholders

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting federal, regulatory, scientific, or data-centric systems
Familiarity with environmental, scientific, or compliance-driven domains
Experience working alongside modern web application stacks (e.g., React, TypeScript)
Familiarity with designing UX that supports data traceability, auditability, and regulatory review

Responsibilities

Design user experiences for complex, data-driven applications, supporting scientific, regulatory, and analytical workflows
Translate complex environmental datasets, scientific values, calculations, and business rules into intuitive, usable interfaces that support accuracy, transparency, and decision-making
Collaborate closely with architects, engineers, and product owners to design UX solutions aligned with system architecture, data models, and application logic
Develop wireframes, user flows, and prototypes that reflect real system behaviors, including validations, calculations, edge cases, and error handling
Design interfaces for data-heavy views such as dashboards, forms, tables, filters, comparisons, and analytical tools
Ensure UX designs support data integrity, traceability, and auditability, especially for regulatory and compliance-driven systems
Incorporate accessibility (Section 508 / WCAG) requirements into complex application components, not just static pages
Participate in requirements analysis and discovery to understand scientific workflows, user roles, and operational constraints
Identify and resolve usability challenges that arise from complex system interactions, performance considerations, and evolving data requirements
Present design concepts and rationale to internal teams and government stakeholders, clearly explaining how UX decisions support complex system use cases