Clarity Innovations is a trusted national security partner, dedicated to safeguarding our nation’s interests and delivering innovative solutions that empower the Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of Defense (DoD) to transform data into actionable intelligence, ensuring mission success in an evolving world.
Our mission-first software and data engineering platform modernizes data operations, utilizing advanced workflows, CI/CD, and secure DevSecOps practices. We focus on challenges in Information Warfare, Cyber Operations, Operational Security, and Data Structuring, enabling end-to-end solutions that drive operational impact.
We are committed to delivering cutting-edge tools and capabilities that address the most complex national security challenges, empowering our partners to stay ahead of emerging threats and ensuring the success of their critical missions. At Clarity, we are people-focused and set on being a destination employer for top talent, offering an environment where innovation thrives, careers grow, and individuals are valued. Join us as we continue to lead innovation and tackle the most pressing challenges in national security.
Role
This role is for a talented UI/UX Designer to join a mission-critical team supporting U.S. Special Operations Command programs at MacDill AFB. In this role, you will play a key part in advancing the command’s ability to harness and operationalize data for smarter, faster decision-making.
As a subject matter expert in User Interface/User Experience, the individual assigned to this role will collaborate closely with data engineers, analysts, and other technical professionals to design, develop, and optimize user-facing interfaces that bring complex data to life. Your contributions will directly support efforts to modernize and enhance data-driven operations across the command.
Responsibilities
UI/UX Designers are responsible for graphics and user interactions ensuring that user centric design is practiced for all product teams. Create content, develop user interfaces, and produce technical documentation in support of core development efforts.
The UI/UX Designer will perform the following tasks:
- Create custom graphics icons, brand assets, and style guides to establish t visually cohesive application aesthetic.
- Conduct user research, interviews, and contextual inquiries to map out sitemaps, user flows, and information architecture.
- Build low-to-high fidelity wireframes and interactive prototypes to visualize software concepts and validate layout decisions with stakeholders.
- Write and refine responsive HTML5 and CSS3 code to implement user-facing components directly alongside front-end developers.
- Iterate rapidly on interface designs based on user feedback, usability testing, changing operational requirements, and accessibility guidelines.
- Translate non-technical user feedback and stakeholder requests into clear, actionable technical guidelines, user stories, and acceptance criteria for software engineering teams.
- Write comprehensive UI/UX design specifications, component behavioral guides, and style manuals to streamline design-to-development handoffs.
- Document reusable UI component libraries and design governance standards to maintain visual and functional consistency across all product teams.
Requirements
- Minimum of 3-years’ experience is required
- Strong interpersonal skills for frequent meetings and interviews with users and stakeholders
- Aesthetic sense and experience with graphic arts
- Proficient in HTML5, CSS3, Graphics, Wire Diagramming
- Extensive knowledge of modern design and user experience standards
- Ability to respond quickly and productively to user requirements and change requests
- Ability to translate user’s requirements into actionable technical guidelines
- A Secret Clearance is required.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience and familiarity with the Department of Defense (DoD)
- Top Secret Clearance with SCI Eligibility
Skills Required
- Minimum of 3 years of experience
- Strong interpersonal skills for frequent meetings and user and stakeholder interviews
- Aesthetic sense and experience with graphic arts
- Proficiency in HTML5, CSS3, graphics, and wire diagramming
- Extensive knowledge of modern design and user experience standards
- Ability to respond quickly and productively to user requirements and change requests
- Ability to translate user requirements into actionable technical guidelines
- Secret clearance
- Experience with and familiarity with the Department of Defense
- Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility
Clarity Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered strong, with multiple references to “good” or “excellent” compensation. Salary snapshots for engineering and platform roles depict robust pay across multiple seniority levels.
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Healthcare Strength — Benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage alongside mental‑health support and wellness programs. The breadth of core offerings indicates comprehensive health support for individuals and families.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time‑off provisions cover company holidays, PTO, and defined leaves such as parental, bereavement, and jury duty. This range of leave types supports common personal and family needs.
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What We Do
Clarity Innovations designs, develops, and deploys force-enhancing software that links human ingenuity to powerful computing and makes our country and our world a better, safer place. Our principles of servant leadership, mutual respect, and technological excellence enable us to thrive on the challenges of the digital frontline. Clarity is focused on helping the Government redefine its relationship with technology by encouraging the use of DevSecOps and Agile methodologies, small-teams constructs, and process automation. To create an atmosphere that embraces the challenges inherent in progress, we honor creativity and curiosity, supporting exploration and growth with modern tech stacks and methodologies. We are as much a family as we are a team, collectively engineering technology that improves the lives and work of the people who use it. We empower our people with the tools, training, and vision they need to outperform the competition.
