Spalding, a Saalex Company, is seeking a UI/UX Designer to translate customer feedback into intuitive, accessible interfaces within a Department of Defense environment. You will own the design iteration process, present concepts to stakeholders, and implement approved UI in code within a modern React front end.

What You'll Do

Communicate with customers and end users to gather feedback via interviews, walkthroughs, and surveys.
Synthesize insights and iterate on design concepts to improve usability and clarity.
Create low and high-fidelity wireframes and visual mockups.
Prepare and deliver demo-ready design walk-throughs to customers and internal stakeholders.
Convert approved designs into clean, maintainable CSS/SCSS within the application.
Partner with developers to align styling, components, and accessibility standards across HTML, JavaScript, and React.
Review and update Git/GitLab issues to ensure clarity, accurate status, labels, acceptance criteria, and links to design artifacts.
Attend project and team meetings and contribute to delivery commitments.
Participate in developer discussions on architecture, components, theming, and design tokens.

What We're Looking For

Professional UI/UX design experience building web application interfaces.
Experience demonstrating a user-centered design process from research to validation and shipped product work.
Proficiency in Figma and modern front-end implementation (CSS/SCSS, component-based UI in React).
Experience demoing design work, gathering feedback, and translating it into action.
Working knowledge of Git/GitLab workflows including issues, merge requests, code review, and CI basics.
Strong communication skills and comfort presenting to customers and cross-functional teams.
BS/BA degree and a minimum of 5 years related experience required (additional experience may be considered in lieu of degree).
Must be eligible to obtain a Secret clearance (US Citizenship required).

Nice to Have

Experience in regulated or mission-critical environments such as government, defense, healthcare, or finance.
Designing and implementing design systems (tokens, components, theming) in React.
Comfort with light JavaScript to wire up interactive prototypes and validate UI behavior.
Active Secret clearance desired.