Top UX Designer Jobs in Santa Cruz, CA

Design end-to-end web and mobile experiences for an entertainment and marketplace platform. Create user flows, wireframes, high-fidelity designs and prototypes in Figma, contribute to a design system, collaborate with product and engineering, and use research and analytics to iterate on accessible, user-centered interfaces.

Conduct qualitative and quantitative UX research with finance users, synthesize insights, and translate findings into user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and design-system-based solutions. Partner with Product, Engineering, Customer Success, and Support to improve complex SaaS workflows, validate designs, measure outcomes, maintain research repositories, and influence roadmap priorities. Contribute to pattern libraries and communicate research findings and design rationale to varied stakeholders.

Lead end-to-end UX and product design for consumer apps, merchant and logistics workflows, and internal tools managing autonomous drone delivery operations. Design complex physical-software experiences, operational dashboards, and scalable partner integrations. Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Research, Hardware, and Aviation Operations; contribute to design systems, mentor designers, conduct user research, and drive design strategy from discovery through shipped products.

Design player interactions for Destiny 2, translating complex goals into actionable UX solutions. Responsibilities include user research, flow diagrams, playtesting, high-fidelity mockups, prototyping, and documenting design strategies, guidelines, and patterns. The role collaborates with cross-functional teams and applies user-centered, visual, systematic, and iterative design practices from concept through completion.

Lead UX design strategy for complex, high-volume B2B insurance workflows. Responsibilities include user research, information architecture, interaction and visual design, design systems, facilitation, storytelling, implementation planning, stakeholder alignment, and mentoring. The role shapes product vision across multiple teams and ensures scalable, accessible, consistent user experiences with measurable business and user impact.

Design user interfaces for web and mobile applications, create social media content, marketing creatives, presentations, and brand assets, and develop wireframes, user journeys, prototypes, and UI designs. Collaborate with marketing, product, and content teams across multiple brands while maintaining design consistency. Contribute creative concepts for campaigns and branding, stay current with design trends, and build a portfolio through real-world projects.

Leads end-to-end UX design for mortgage and financial services digital products. Responsibilities include managing design system components, conducting research and behavioral analysis, creating wireframes and prototypes, collaborating with engineering and cross-functional teams, and applying AI-assisted design workflows. The role emphasizes accessible, user-centered experiences, responsible presentation of AI recommendations, explainability, rapid iteration, and continuous improvement across digital channels.

Design and maintain Tuniform’s web and mobile design system, including colors, components, typography, and UI screens for onboarding, feed, wallet, and ads. Conduct UX testing across navigation and conversion flows, collaborate with frontend developers on pixel-perfect implementation, and ensure accessible, responsive, and performant experiences aligned with Gen-Z social app aesthetics.

Design usable, accessible, on-brand digital experiences for WorldStrides’ pre-trip products. Create user flows, wireframes, high-fidelity screens, clickable Figma prototypes, reusable components, and design-system foundations. Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and user research teams across multiple pods, incorporate user feedback, use AI tools to accelerate design exploration, and deliver organized files ready for engineering handoff.

Supports enterprise UX teams by conducting user research, mapping journeys and workflows, creating wireframes and prototypes, and testing solutions through user feedback. Collaborates with business, technology, and product stakeholders to simplify complex, data-intensive applications. The role includes a 24-month graduate program with training, mentorship, salary increases, and potential conversion to a permanent client position.

Conduct user research, map journeys and workflows, design wireframes and prototypes, and test intuitive solutions for complex enterprise products. Collaborate with business, technology, and product teams to simplify data-heavy applications and incorporate user feedback. The role includes graduate training, ongoing support, and a 24-month client placement with potential permanent conversion.

Design high-fidelity visual experiences for a data-heavy B2B SaaS platform across web, mobile, email, and integrations. Improve typography, color, layout, information density, data visualization, and overall product quality. Build and extend the design system, translate rough concepts into polished designs, and collaborate with product, engineering, data science, media strategy, brand, marketing, customers, and executives. This is a hands-on individual contributor role focused on AI interfaces, incrementality, actionable insights, and complex data platforms.

Design and optimize client websites through UX/UI design, wireframing, prototyping, A/B testing, and data-informed iteration. Consult with clients, translate business needs into user-centered experiences, present design concepts, incorporate feedback, and collaborate with project managers and front-end developers. Manage multiple projects while clearly documenting design decisions and meeting deadlines.

Lead client-facing UX strategy and delivery for complex digital experiences, from research and discovery through design handoff. Responsibilities include stakeholder interviews, journey mapping, information architecture, wireframing, prototyping, usability and accessibility considerations, CRO recommendations, A/B testing, and client presentations. Collaborate with strategy, content, SEO, development, analytics, visual design, and project management teams across global engagements while improving UX frameworks and documentation.

Lead UX design initiatives across a healthcare product suite, solving complex user and business problems through research, prototyping, interaction and visual design. Mentor designers, influence cross-functional teams, contribute to the design system, and establish scalable design standards. Collaborate with engineering, product, leadership, and data science teams to integrate ML features and deliver intuitive, consumer-quality healthcare experiences.

Lead UX design initiatives across a healthcare product suite, solving complex problems through prototyping, user research, and strategic design. Collaborate with engineering, product, leadership, and data science teams to create consumer-quality experiences, integrate ML features, and evolve scalable design systems. Mentor designers, resolve stakeholder feedback, establish design standards, and drive innovation across large-scale projects.

Design user-centered digital experiences, including user flows, wireframes, visual designs, prototypes, and design system patterns. Collaborate with research, product, engineering, and other stakeholders to translate user insights into accessible, effective solutions. Advocate for accessibility, articulate experience visions, develop cross-platform experiences, and support product goals through research-informed design.

Own end-to-end UX design for a consumer healthcare mobile app, from research and workflow mapping through prototyping, production delivery, and post-launch iteration. Design member-facing care, health data, AI-assisted experiences, clinical workflows, and care-team coordination. Partner with Product, Engineering, Clinical Operations, Growth, Quality, and Compliance while conducting user research, building reusable design systems, ensuring accessibility, and designing transparent, safe AI interactions.

Lead the content strategy and governance layer across enterprise legal technology products. Build voice and tone standards, terminology systems, content patterns, and design system content guidance. Shape AI-assisted product experiences, including explainability and human judgment. Partner with design and product teams on content architecture, audits, roadmaps, enablement, and quality assurance while influencing direction without formal authority.

Lead end-to-end UX design for complex enterprise product areas, partnering with Product and Engineering from problem definition through delivery. Develop interaction models for AI-assisted workflows, maintain and govern a multi-product design system, embed accessibility standards, prototype rapidly, conduct or support user research, and influence senior stakeholders through evidence and clear storytelling.

Own the end-to-end UI/UX design process for AI data infrastructure products, including research, prototyping, high-fidelity interfaces, design systems, dashboards, and client and contributor workflows. Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Data Operations teams to create accessible, polished, technically feasible experiences for complex data-rich platforms.

Lead the end-to-end UX and UI design of Riverside’s Reach assessment platform, a 0-to-1 product serving students, educators, and administrators. Responsibilities include user research, information architecture, workflows, prototypes, dashboards, design systems, accessible responsive interfaces, reports, developer handoff, and post-launch product evolution. The role partners with Product, Engineering, Psychometrics, and Content teams.

Design end-to-end web and mobile experiences for enterprise tools and a B2C marketplace. Conduct user research and usability testing, create UX flows and high-fidelity interfaces in Figma, collaborate with Product and Engineering, and develop scalable component libraries and design systems. Balance user needs, business goals, and technical constraints while clearly communicating design decisions.

Own the end-to-end UX/UI experience for an AI-native commerce analytics platform. Responsibilities include improving information architecture, onboarding, dashboards, data visualization, AI interactions, mobile experiences, and empty/error states. Build a design system, conduct user research, prototype and ship designs, measure activation and time-to-value, and lead the company’s marketing site and brand experience. This is the first design hire and requires balancing product depth with accessibility for less technical users.

Owns end-to-end UX and UI design for ecommerce and digital health platforms, including research, user flows, prototyping, high-fidelity interfaces, design systems, usability testing, UAT, and brand consistency. Collaborates with product, engineering, and cross-functional teams in Agile workflows to deliver accessible, data-informed experiences across CMS, MarTech, and operational platforms.