Senior UI/UX Engineer (Designer + Front-End Developer)

About

Accelyst is an innovative AI consultancy that leverages a unique catalog of industry-specific AI agents and leading-edge platforms to deliver secure, scalable, and ROI-optimized solutions. We combine deep industry knowledge with advanced technical expertise to rapidly deploy AI-driven capabilities that augment and automate workflows for employees, customers, prospects, and investors.

Why Accelyst

Join Accelyst to be part of a dynamic team that leverages AI-driven technology to make a positive impact. Our leadership, with Big Four Consulting experience, fosters a nimble, client-focused environment, minimizing bureaucracy to enhance delivery and professional growth. You'll work on complex AI-powered products that challenge and inspire, while benefiting from our profit-sharing model that reflects our commitment to respect, ownership, and integrity.

Role Summary

We are seeking a Senior UI/UX Engineer who brings together strong UX/UI design expertise and hands-on front-end development skills. This role owns the end-to-end user experiencefrom research and design through implementationensuring that interfaces are intuitive, accessible, performant, and production-ready.

You will collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, AI specialists, and marketing teams to translate complex business and technical requirements into elegant, scalable digital experiences across Accelyst's internal platforms and client-facing AI solutions.

Key Responsibilities

UX & Product Design

Lead the end-to-end UX process including user research, journey mapping, wireframing, prototyping, and usability testing

Translate business goals, user needs, and technical constraints into intuitive user flows and interaction models

Design workflows and experiences for AI-driven, data-heavy, and dashboard-based applications

Validate design decisions through user feedback, usability reviews, and iterative improvements

UI & Visual Design

Create high-fidelity UI designs, mockups, and design specifications aligned with Accelyst's brand guidelines

Ensure consistency, clarity, and scalability across products through reusable patterns and components

Develop responsive designs optimized for desktop, tablet, and mobile devices

Define, maintain, and evolve design systems, component libraries, and UI standards

Front-End Development & Implementation

Implement UI designs using modern front-end technologies, ensuring accuracy to design intent

Develop responsive, accessible, and high-quality interfaces using HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and modern frameworks

Ensure cross-browser, cross-device compatibility and performance optimization

Integrate front-end components with backend services via RESTful APIs

Collaboration & Delivery

Partner closely with backend engineers, product owners, QA teams, and AI specialists in Agile/Scrum environments

Provide clear design documentation, developer handoffs, and implementation guidance

Review UI implementations, identify usability or visual issues, and recommend improvements

Mentor junior designers or developers when required and promote UI/UX best practices

Quality, Accessibility & Standards

Ensure compliance with accessibility standards (WCAG) and usability best practices

Balance aesthetics, usability, performance, and technical feasibility

Stay current with UI/UX trends, front-end technologies, and emerging AI design patterns

Required Skills & Competencies

Strong eye for visual design, typography, color, layout, and interaction design

Deep understanding of UX principles, usability heuristics, accessibility, and responsive design

Ability to think like both a designer and an engineer

Excellent communication and presentation skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders

Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset with a proactive, ownership-driven attitude

Technical Skills

610 years of experience designing and developing modern web applications

Strong hands-on experience with:

o HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript

o Responsive frameworks (e.g., Bootstrap or equivalent)

o Modern JS frameworks such as React, Angular, or Vue

Solid understanding of web standards, performance optimization, and front-end best practices

Experience integrating UIs with RESTful APIs

Comfortable working in Agile/Scrum development environments

Design Tools

Hands-on experience with tools such as Figma, Adobe XD, Photoshop, Illustrator, or similar

Strong prototyping skills using Figma, Framer, Webflow, InVision, or equivalent

Ability to create visual assets such as icons, images, and lightweight branding elements when required

Preferred / Nice-to-Have Skills

Experience designing AI-driven, data-intensive, or enterprise SaaS applications

Familiarity with design systems and component-based UI architectures

Experience with WordPress, PHP, or CMS-based UI customization

Understanding of service-oriented architectures (REST, JSON, XML)

Basic knowledge of SEO, digital marketing, or brand strategy

Prior experience in consulting or client-facing delivery environments

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in design, Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)

A strong portfolio demonstrating both UI/UX design thinking and front-end implementation is required

What We Look For

A true hybrid mindset: designer at heart, engineer in execution

Passion for creating intuitive, elegant, and impactful digital experiences

Ability to work independently while thriving in fast-paced, collaborative teams

Curiosity, adaptability, and a continuous learning mindset