Senior UI​/UX Designer

Overview

About ANVIL ANVIL is a trusted partner in the defence industry, delivering cutting-edge solutions that enhance military capabilities and operational effectiveness. We extend our expertise to public safety, law enforcement, and national security organizations, accelerating mission-critical decision-making through analytical tools, automations, and game-changing machine learning capabilities. ANVIL helps organizations discover, manage, enrich, fuse, and exploit the information available to them in support of Information Dominance and Decision Advantage.

Job Type: Full Time Remote (Hybrid option available for those in the Ottawa area - 55 Murray Street Office)

Total Compensation: CAD $130,000 - $150,000 base salary - Placement within range based on experience and qualifications

Vacancy Status:
This posting is for an existing vacancy  are actively hiring for this role

We're looking for a Senior UI/UX Designer with strong UI and UX design skills and the drive to work closely with our engineering teams to create exceptional user experiences for our defence and public safety technology platform. You'll translate client requirements into intuitive, mission-critical interfaces that push our solutions to the next level—while helping to elevate our design practice and mentor growing talent.

You'll be deeply involved with project management and engineering teams to understand use cases, define workflows and storyboards, and translate them into concrete wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, and interactive prototypes.

You'll actively contribute to product brainstorming, interaction design, and visual design sessions, shaping how defence and public safety professionals interact with analytical tools, data fusion capabilities, and automation features. You'll serve as the design subject-matter expert, leading design critiques and guiding the team while working on complex problems at the intersection of sophisticated technical functionality and usability for users operating under pressure in high-stakes environments.

Our learning-oriented culture is transparent, fun, and strongly encourages work-life balance.

Eligible for Government of Canada Secret or Top Secret security clearance.

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional UI/UX design experience in primarily web platforms, with a strong portfolio demonstrating user-centered design process and polished end-to-end solutions
• Proven experience in applied research settings, integrating user research into product designs through observation, interviews, and usability testing
• Experience designing for complex, data-intensive, or enterprise applications - ideally involving analytical workflows, dashboards, or mission-critical systems
• Track record working in agile environments, collaborating closely with product managers and engineering teams throughout the development lifecycle
• Experience evolving and maintaining design systems, including creating, documenting, and maintaining component libraries and interaction patterns
• Demonstrated ability to design for technically sophisticated users who need to accomplish complex tasks efficiently

• Expertise in design and prototyping tools such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, or similar platforms
• Strong ability to articulate design strategies, rationales, and logic to both technical and non-technical audiences
• In-depth knowledge of interaction design theory, visual design principles, and best practices for data-heavy applications
• Deep understanding of brand identity with ability to apply and evolve brand styles and interaction patterns consistently
• Understanding of front-end development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) to facilitate better collaboration with engineering and ensure feasible, implementable designs
• Excellent communication skills with ability to present design solutions to stakeholders and incorporate feedback iteratively
• Experience mentoring designers and providing guidance on design rationale, tools, and processes
• Bachelor's degree in Design, HCI, Visual Communications, or related field (or equivalent practical experience)

• Experience designing for defence, public safety, intelligence, cybersecurity, or other mission-critical applications
• Experience with data visualization, geospatial interfaces, or analytical workflow tools
• Strong understanding of Design Thinking methodologies
• Background working with government customers or understanding compliance requirements
• Experience leading design critiques and facilitating collaborative design sessions

• Lead the end-to-end UX/UI design process for mission-critical features, working directly with engineering teams from discovery through implementation to ensure pixel-perfect execution
• Translate complex client requirements into intuitive user experiences and detailed design specifications that help push our solutions to the next level
• Work closely with product management and engineering to understand use cases,…