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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior User Experience Designer - **Company:** Akamai Technologies - **Location:** Cambridge, MA, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Interaction Design, Akamai, User-Centered Design, Management of Software Versions, Enterprise Software Applications, Figma - **Published:** July 20, 2026 - **Apply:** https://arc.dev/remote-jobs/j/redirect/p61rort3vy ## About the Role * Demonstrate expertise designing enterprise software, understanding business users, admins, technical workflows, permissions, roles, dense data, and long-lived tasks. * Demonstrate exceptional visual design skills with a portfolio showcasing expertise in typography, layout, color, and current UI trends. * Maintain design systems and component libraries in Figma, including components, variants, tokens, documentation, versioning, adoption, with understanding of engineering constraints. * Demonstrate expertise in interaction design by crafting behaviors, including states, feedback, transitions, edge cases, and empty/error/loading conditions. * Demonstrate attention to detail and the ability to link content, terminology, and product alignment across technical domains. ## Description Are you a UX designer driven by curiosity and craft? Do you love designing next-gen enterprise product experiences? Join the Akamai STG UX team! Akamai's Security Technology Group (STG) builds the platforms that protect a meaningful share of the internet. We're looking for a Senior UX Designer to lead end-to-end design efforts from concept to launch. You'll take genuinely complex enterprise problems and turn them into interfaces that feel obvious, considered, and good to use. Partner with the best Design and optimize user experiences by creating intuitive, accessible, and engaging interfaces that align with business goals and user needs. As an User Experience Designer Senior, you will be responsible for: * Representing users by ensuring their needs and feedback guide and influence each design decision as a strategic partner. * Simplifying intricate systems to ensure clarity and ease of navigation. * Designing intuitive, visually refined interfaces that enhance the entire product, from typography, layout, and structure to states, motion, and micro-interactions. * Owning interaction models for designed flows: ensuring responses, transitions, error recovery, and behavior under load and scale function seamlessly. * Evolving the design system by auditing components, defining patterns, contributing new elements, and collaborating with engineering for synchronization. * Encouraging design system adoption across teams by reviewing designs, addressing pattern conflicts, and identifying shared component opportunities for one-offs. * Enhancing our team's collective understanding of design principles and system best practices through active participation and collaboration. ## Related Videos - [Fireside Chat with Kris Rasmussen, CTO at Figma](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/982-fireside-chat-with-kris-rasmussen-cto-at-figma) - [Boost Productivity with AI: Figma & Playwright MCP Workflows - Aris Markogiannakis](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1768-boost-productivity-with-ai-figma-playwright-mcp-workflows-aris-markogiannakis) - [Building Collaborative Open Source tools for Developers and Designers - Pablo Ruiz-Muzquiz from Penpot](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1345-building-collaborative-open-source-tools-for-developers-and-designers-pablo-ruiz-muzquiz-from-penpot) - [What the Heck is Edge Computing Anyway?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/593-what-the-heck-is-edge-computing-anyway) - [Preventing Accessibility Issues Instead Of Fixing Them](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/804-preventing-accessibility-issues-instead-of-fixing-them) - [Designing the Future of Human<>Agent Collaboration](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1447-designing-the-future-of-human-agent-collaboration) ## Related Articles - [How Developers Can Focus on Maintaining Satisfaction With Accessibility](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/109-how-developers-can-focus-on-maintaining-satisfaction-with-accessibility) - [10 Essential Figma Plugins for Frontend Developers in 2023](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/262-10-essential-figma-plugins-for-frontend-developers-in-2023) - [The future is here: How artificial intelligence is influencing UX design](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/65-the-future-is-here-how-artificial-intelligence-is-influencing-ux-design) - [Dev Digest 133 - Back to Front](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/474-dev-digest-133-back-to-front) - [Why developer experience matters](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/514-why-developer-experience-matters) - [Top 5 Web Design Trends for 2023](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/155-top-5-web-design-trends-for-2023)