UI/UX Software Designer

UI/UX Software Designer Mid-Level

You design intuitive, high-performance applications with the user always in focus - balancing usability, accessibility, and visual clarity while collaborating with engineering teams to ensure secure, well-structured systems behind the scenes. This is your opportunity to shape user-centered solutions that directly support national defense missions.

A Day in the Life - What you'll do

• Design and evolve user-centered application interfaces and interaction patterns for mission-critical web applications
• Translate operational workflows and user needs into clear UI/UX requirements, wireframes, prototypes, and design specifications
• Collaborate with back-end engineers to define and consume clean API contracts (GraphQL or REST) that enable responsive, efficient front-end experiences
• Guide front-end architectural implementation with emphasis on usability, accessibility, performance, and consistency
• Participate in Agile sprints to refine designs, validate usability, and ensure features meet both mission and user requirements from concept through deployment

Required Qualifications

• Active DoD Secret security clearance
• Bachelor's degree
• 3-5 years of professional software development or UI/UX design experience
• Proven experience designing and implementing user interfaces and interaction flows for modern web applications
• Strong understanding of UI/UX principles, including usability, accessibility, responsive design, and visual hierarchy
• Experience collaborating with engineers to define and consume APIs (GraphQL or REST) from a front-end perspective
• Familiarity with modern web application architecture, including client-side rendering, state management, and deployment pipelines
• Experience working with design systems, component libraries, or reusable UI frameworks
• Proficiency with Git for version control
• Experience working within Agile development environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with front-end frameworks such as React or Vue, emphasizing component-driven design
• Familiarity with accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG) and designing for diverse user needs
• Experience creating or maintaining design systems, style guides, or pattern libraries
• Understanding of secure application design principles and how UX decisions impact system security
• Experience validating designs through user feedback, usability testing, or iterative refinement

Caribou Thunder is a HUBZone-certified small business providing advanced technical and engineering services to the U.S. Department of War and its mission partners. 35+ states and 20+ countries. We've delivered trusted solutions for over two decades - strengthening national readiness across missions on land, undersea, in the air, and throughout LEO, MEO, GEO, and deep space.

TEAM THUNDER - Mission Focused. Delivery Proven. Ready to Serve. Employee Advocacy Mission Proven Global Reach Skilled Teams Modern Tools Empowering Culture Our engineers and innovators ensure capability from sea floor to space frontier - delivering on time, maintaining compliance, and performing with precision in high-consequence environments. We specialize in Engineering Services, Cybersecurity, Software Development, Modeling & Simulation, Digital Engineering, and Artificial Intelligence - disciplines powering the nation's most complex technical missions.

Employee Advocacy + Benefits Our people are the heart of Caribou Thunder. We invest in their growth, flexibility, and well-being - knowing their success drives ours. Benefits include: Premium Health, Dental & Vision Insurance 401(k) with 6% Company Match Flexible PTO & Work Schedule Education & Certification Reimbursement Support for Military Leave Work-Life Balance & Traditional Family Values Your future, your flexibility, your well-being - we invest in you.