User Experience Designer Principal

Sagent

12h•Remote

About The Position

We are a leader in financial technology, delivering innovative SaaS-based mortgage servicing solutions. As a Principal User Experience Designer, you will play a critical role in shaping intuitive, scalable, and efficient experiences across complex, data-driven products. This is a hands-on principal role focused on translating business requirements into clear, system-driven user flows, patterns, and interactions. You will partner closely with product and engineering to drive alignment, simplify complexity, and deliver high-quality design outcomes in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

Requirements

Strong proficiency in Figma, including creating reusable components, variants, and scalable design patterns
Use Figma effectively for user flows, interaction design, and efficient cross-functional collaboration
Work pragmatically with low-to-medium fidelity artifacts based on product needs, timelines, and complexity

Nice To Haves

Experience with Git is a plus

Responsibilities

Lead by example through high-quality design execution while acting as a senior design voice across product teams
Mentor and guide designers, influencing team output, consistency, and decision-making
Contribute to the Figma design system to support a growing enterprise ecosystem
Standardize workflows for contribution, governance, and adoption of new design patterns, driving alignment across product and engineering teams
Identify opportunities for AI-driven automation and decision support while designing data-driven, rules-based systems with clear, predictable behavior and interactions
Balance usability, business constraints, and technical feasibility to deliver effective system-level solutions
Partner with product and engineering to refine requirements, shape solutions, and ensure design decisions are feasible, scalable, and effectively implemented
Translate technical and AI capabilities into practical, user-centered experiences within existing product ecosystems
Communicate effectively across teams, influencing decisions and navigating differing perspectives to drive aligned outcomes
Use AI-assisted tools to accelerate design exploration, iteration, and delivery
Produce the appropriate level of artifacts (flows, wireframes, mockups) with a focus on clarity, usability, and speed over exhaustive documentation
Operate effectively in fast-paced, resource-constrained environments, navigating ambiguity and incomplete inputs
Apply sound judgment to prioritize work, balance innovation with feasibility, and drive meaningful outcomes