Senior UX Designer, AncestryDNA

About Ancestry:

When you join Ancestry, you join a human-centered company where every person’s story is important. Ancestry®, the global leader in family history, connects everyone with their past so they can discover, preserve, and share their unique family stories. With our unparalleled collection of more than 65 billion records, over 3.5 million subscribers, and over 27 million people in our growing DNA network, customers can discover their family story and gain a new level of understanding about their lives. Over the past 40 years, we’ve built trusted relationships with millions of people who have chosen us as the platform for discovering, preserving, and sharing the most important information about themselves and their families.
We are committed to our location flexible work approach, allowing you to choose to work in the nearest office, from your home, or a hybrid of both (subject to location restrictions and roles that are required to be in the office- see the full list of eligible US locations HERE). We will continue to hire and promote beyond the boundaries of our office locations, to enable broadened possibilities for employee diversity.
Together, we work every day to foster a work environment that's inclusive as well as diverse, and where our people can be themselves. Every idea and perspective is valued so that our products and services reflect the global and diverse clients we serve. 
Ancestry encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants. Passionate about dedicating your work to enriching people’s lives? Join the curious.

We’re looking for a Sr. UX Designer to help shape the future of Ancestry’s DNA experience. This is a rare opportunity to design for one of our most meaningful and data-rich product areas. You’ll focus on creating intuitive, cohesive, and emotionally resonant experiences that help customers understand their origins, explore their connections, and uncover new stories hidden in their DNA.

Ancestry serves millions of customers globally. Your work will influence not only the product experience but also how people see themselves, their identities, and the connections they share. It will help people discover something truly meaningful about themselves.

What you’ll do

• Actively partner with product, content, user research, engineering, and marketing to deliver thoughtful, high-impact design solutions.

• Translate insights from qualitative research and quantitative data into actionable design iterations, striking a balance between creativity and clarity.

• Deliver key design artifacts, including user flows, prototypes, wireframes, and visual systems.

• Contribute to a team culture of curiosity, inclusion, and craft.

• Design simple, intuitive mobile experiences that support and extend Ancestry’s core product journeys.

Who you are

• Experience in UX or product design, including a track record of delivering thoughtful and well-crafted design solutions in cross-functional, collaborative environments.

• A strong foundation in human-centered design, with the ability to bring clarity to complex or unfamiliar spaces.

• Understanding of WCAG 2.2 and a commitment to designing accessible, inclusive user interfaces—supporting screen readers, keyboard navigation, appropriate color contrast, and other accessibility standards.

• A collaborative mindset and strong communication skills.

• You get things done — balancing quality, speed, and impact.

• Bonus: Experience and/or passion in family history.

Helping people discover their story is at the heart of ours. Ancestry is the largest provider of family history and personal DNA testing, harnessing a powerful combination of information, science and technology to help people discover their family history and stories that were never possible before. Ancestry’s suite of products includes: AncestryDNA, AncestryProGenealogists, Fold3, Newspapers.com, Find a Grave, Archives.com, and Rootsweb. We offer excellent benefits and a competitive compensation package. For additional information regarding our benefits and career information, please visit our website at http://ancestry.com/careers

As a signatory of the ParityPledge in Support of Women and the ParityPledge in Support of People of Color, Ancestry values pay transparency and pay equity. We are pleased to share the base salary range for this position is $103,000 - $130,000 with eligibility for bonus, equity and comprehensive benefits including health, dental and vision. The actual salary will vary by geographic region and job experience. We will share detailed compensation data for a specific location during the recruiting process. Read more about our benefits HERE.

*Note: Disclosure as required by sb19-085(8-5-20) and sb1162(1-1-23)

Additional Information:

Ancestry is an Equal Opportunity Employer that makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition, military or veteran status, citizenship, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. In addition, Ancestry will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

All job offers are contingent on a background check screen that complies with applicable law. For candidates who live in San Francisco, CA, pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Ancestry will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Ancestry is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Ancestry via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Ancestry. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Ancestry as a result of the referral or through other means.