Senior UX/UI Designer

There are NO limits to your career: come shape the future and be part of a truly unique global culture at OutSystems!

Are you a passionate and experienced UXUI designer eager to shape the future of how software is built? Do you thrive in collaborative environments, working on complex challenges and empowering others through intuitive and consistent design? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join OutSystems as a Senior UXUI Designer.

As a Senior UXUI Designer working in the design System team, you will play a crucial role in evolving and maintaining the design language and component library that powers the OutSystems platform. You'll collaborate closely with product designers, UX Researchers, engineers, and product managers to ensure our design system is not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, accessible, and scalable. Your contributions will directly impact the experience of developers worldwide, enabling them to build innovative applications with speed and efficiency.

• Contribute to the evolution of the Design System: Help define and expand our core design principles, patterns, and components based on user needs, technical constraints, and platform strategy.

• Design and document UI components and patterns: Create high-fidelity designs, prototypes, and detailed specifications for new and existing components, ensuring clarity and ease of implementation for engineering teams.

• Maintain and govern design consistency: Conduct design reviews and provide constructive feedback to product teams to ensure adherence to the Design System and promote a unified user experience across the OutSystems platform.

• Collaborate cross-functionally: Work closely with product designers, front-end engineers, product managers, and accessibility experts throughout the product development lifecycle.

• Advocate for the user: Bring user-centered design principles to the forefront, ensuring that the design system empowers developers to create intuitive and effective user interfaces.

• Contribute to design system documentation and education: Help create and maintain comprehensive documentation, guidelines, and educational resources to facilitate the adoption and understanding of the Design System.

• Stay current with industry trends: Continuously research and explore emerging UXUI trends, technologies, and best practices to inform the evolution of the design system.

• Mentor and support junior designers: Share your knowledge and experience to help grow the design capabilities within the broader OutSystems design team.

• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience).

• Proven experience as a UXUI designer, with a strong portfolio showcasing your work on complex use cases.

• Solid understanding of user-centered design principles, interaction design, information architecture, and visual design.

• High proficiency in Figma and other industry-standard design tools.

• Experience working with or contributing to design systems.

• Deep understanding of component-based design, system thinking, user testing and documentation.

• Excellent communication, collaboration, and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate design decisions clearly and persuasively.

• Understanding of web development technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and others) and their impact on design feasibility is a plus.

• Experience with accessibility guidelines (WCAG) and inclusive design principles.

• A proactive and self-motivated approach with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines effectively.

The Longer Story:

Working at OutSystems

Our goal is to ensure that OutSystems is a place for bright, happy, and motivated people who share a common purpose and take pride in doing excellent work to pursue our vision of providing the AI-powered low-code development platform enterprise leaders trust to build, secure, and evolve their business applications, agents, and core systems. Our culture is focused on our core values of trust, customer success, innovation, and alignment. Our team members operate with transparency, integrity, and accountability, define success through the lens of the outcomes we deliver for our customers, push the boundaries with excellence, and work together toward our shared vision to deliver on what matters most.

What do we have to offer you?

• A company that is always growing, changing, and innovating. We challenge each other to innovate in our products, in our team, and how we use our own technology. And we give our teams space to be proactive and creative.

• Real career opportunities. We care about growth and development. Yes, vertical career progression is a possibility, but it's not the only one. From lateral moves and joining different teams to mastering specialized skills, we support your growth no matter what your goals are.

• Work colleagues that are as smart, hard-working, and driven as you. We act as one global OutSystems team, taking ownership and working together toward a shared vision.

• Disrupting the status quo is in our DNA. In fact, it’s why our company exists.

• We ask “why” a lot. It helps us connect our individual work to the bigger picture and sometimes even uncover a better way.

Are you ready for the next step in your career? Then we’d love to hear from you!

OutSystems nurtures an inclusive culture of diversity, where everyone feels empowered to be their authentic self and perform at their best. A company that embraces the creativity and innovation that comes through diverse perspectives. We are committed to creating a team that reflects society through inclusive programs and initiatives and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive equal consideration regardless of race, place of origin, color, age, marital status, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, protected veteran status, disability status or any other status protected by law.