User Experience Designer

UX Designer – Research-Driven HRTech Product Experience Lead Reports to: CEO Location: Remote Talent Traction, a decade-old family-owned business has a goal to foster unique talent and facilitate thriving relationships between exceptional individuals and companies. Our mission is to impact 10,000 lives by 2033 through hyper-niched talent solutions. We are looking for a UX Designer who lives and breathes user research, understands the complexity of HRTech user journeys, and can translate insights into high-quality low-fidelity and high-fidelity wireframes for our next-generation hiring platform. If you’ve designed SaaS products especially HRTech, ATS, CRM, or recruitment platforms this role is for you. You will love it here if you are: A strong advocate for users Research-driven and data-obsessed A collaborative team partner Detail-oriented, empathetic, and structured Passionate about building meaningful HRTech solutions You’ll love coming to work every day if you get, want, and have the capacity to: Plan and conduct user interviews, surveys, usability tests, and workflow analyses Translate research into user personas, journey maps, problem statements, and UX flows Create low-fidelity wireframes, high-fidelity prototypes, and design systems Work closely with product, engineering, and recruitment SMEs to align business and UX goals Understand ATS/HRTech domain challenges such as candidate drop-off, recruiter efficiency, hiring funnels, scorecards, and workflow automations Simplify complex recruitment processes into intuitive UX patterns Run usability tests and iterate based on feedback Present research findings and design rationale confidently to stakeholders You will have success here if you value structured processes and feel qualified to: Conduct end-to-end user research with recruiters, hiring managers, and candidates Create user flows for job posting, candidate evaluation, interview scheduling, scorecards, and pipeline management Build wireframes and prototypes that follow accessibility, UX heuristics, and HRTech best practices Partner with product managers and engineers to bring UX to life Maintain a scalable and consistent design system Deliver UX documentation that integrates smoothly with dev sprints Deliver measurable UX improvements across the hiring funnel You’ll be accountable to deliver the following key results: Complete a full user research report within the first 30 days Deliver low-fidelity wireframes for the ATS core modules within 45 days Deliver high-fidelity prototypes ready for development within 60 days Conduct at least 5 recruiter/candidate usability tests per month Improve usability scores and reduce workflow friction by at least 30% within the first 90 days Establish and document a Talent Traction Design System Required Experience & Skills: 3–6 years of UX design experience Mandatory: Experience designing HRTech / ATS / Recruiting SaaS platforms Proven experience in user research conducting interviews, usability tests, surveys, and field studies Strong portfolio showcasing UX case studies, research insights, and hi-fi designs Deep understanding of UX heuristics, information architecture, and complex workflow design Ability to turn ambiguous problems into structured design solutions Fluency with Figma, FigJam, Miro, Notion, and UX research tools Excellent communication and presentation skills Nice-to-Have Experience: Background in recruitment, HR operations, or talent acquisition Experience designing AI-powered workflows, matching engines, or dashboards Experience working in an EOS-run organization Familiarity with analytics tools (Mixpanel, Hotjar, FullStory) What You Can Expect From Us (EOS Culture): As a member of our team, you’ll have a leader who: Gives clear direction and removes blockers Ensures you have the resources to succeed Acts with integrity and the company’s greater good in mind Respects your expertise and autonomy Communicates openly and frequently Provides timely feedback Recognizes and rewards your results