UX Designer

Job Description
UX Designer
Summary/objective
isolved builds Human Capital Management software that millions of people use to get paid, manage time off, enroll in benefits, and run HR for their companies. The work touches essential parts of people's lives, so the experience needs to be clear, efficient, and trustworthy. You'll drive evidence-based product decisions for the isolved platform, working alongside engineers and product managers as the designer for the experiences you're assigned. You plan the research, shape the direction, and carry the work from problem framing through to what ships, using design thinking methods to ground decisions in how people actually behave rather than how we assume they do.The isolved platform is broad and interconnected. The designers who do well here can design a feature and also see how it ripples through the rest of the product: what it touches, what it changes, and what has to stay consistent.
Core Job Duties
End-to-end experience design: discovery, flows, wireframes, high-fidelity screens, prototypes, and handoff
Choose the right research method for the question at hand, run it, and turn raw findings into insights the team can act on. Synthesis and storytelling matter as much as the research itself
Bring product and engineering into the research as it happens so decisions are shared, not pitched after the fact
Design with the isolved design system and build on it, contributing new components and patterns when your work exposes a gap
Facilitate workshops and working sessions with stakeholders, with clear goals and tangible outcomes
Present work to the design team and stakeholders, give and take critique well, and iterate quickly
Use AI tools as part of your everyday workflow: research planning, synthesis, competitive analysis, exploration, and documentation
Design for accessibility and for the range of devices and contexts our users work in
Job Complexity
Having wide-ranging experience, uses professional concepts and company objectives to resolve complex data platform issues creatively and effectively. Serves as the hands-on, go-to expert for isolved's data platform infrastructure, administration, and pipeline operations. Some barriers to entry exist at this level (e.g., peer or architecture review).
Interaction
Works on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors. Exercises judgment in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results. Networks with key contacts outside their own area of expertise.
Supervision
Determines methods and procedures on new assignments and may coordinate activities of other personnel.
Experience
Typically requires a minimum of 6 years of related experience with a bachelor's degree; 6 years and a master's degree; or equivalent experience.
Minimum Qualifications
Two to five years designing software products, ideally complex, data-heavy business applications
A portfolio that shows how you think, not just what you shipped: the problem, the constraints, what you tried, and why the final answer won
A clear research-to-design methodology. You can explain why you picked qualitative over quantitative (or the reverse) on a real project, and how research showed up across the whole process, not only in discovery
Experience working within an established design system and contributing back to it, and the judgment to know when to extend it versus follow it
A habit of looking for the root problem. The request you receive is often a symptom
Comfort with the full UX toolkit: research, information architecture, interaction design, visual design, and prototyping
Fluency with AI as a working tool. You already use it across your design process: planning and synthesizing research, exploring directions, prototyping, writing, and pressure-testing your own thinking. You can explain where it made your work better and where you overrode it
Direct, concise communication with engineers, product managers, and stakeholders
Nice To Have
Experience using AI to build or maintain design system assets, or designing AI-driven product experiences
Enough working knowledge of front-end concepts to have a good conversation with an engineer about how something gets built
Experience in HCM, payroll, benefits, or another regulated, workflow-heavy domain
Experience modernizing a legacy product while it stays in production
Physical Demands
Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer. Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds.
Travel Required
Yes, up to 15% domestic travel may be required.
FLSA Classification
Exempt
Location
Office/Hybrid/Remote
Internal Job Title
UX Designer
About Isolved
isolved is an employee experience leader, providing intuitive, people-first HCM (Human Capital Management) technology. Our solutions are delivered directly or through our partner network to more than five million employees and 145,000 employers - who use them every day to boost performance, increase productivity, and accelerate results while reducing risk. Our HCM platform, isolved People Cloud, seamlessly connects and manages the employee journey across talent management, HR & payroll, workforce management and engagement management functions. No matter the industry, we help high-growth organizations employ, enable and empower their workforce by transforming employee experience for a better today and a better tomorrow. For more information, visit www.isolvedhcm.com.
isolved is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. isolved is a progressive and openminded meritocracy. If you are smart and good at what you do, come as you are. Visit www.isolvedhcm.com/careers for more information regarding our incredible culture and focus on our employee experience. Visit www.isolvedeebenefits.com for a comprehensive list of our employee total rewards offerings.

Work arrangement
Yes