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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Lead UX Designer - **Company:** Guidewire Software - **Location:** San Mateo, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $140,000.0 - $210,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Software as a Service, Data Presentation, Machine Learning, User-Centered Design, Large Language Models, Generative AI - **Published:** July 17, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/7e381a05-4a48-4f76-8dfa-58430f77cdcd ## About the Role * 4-7 years of UX design experience, with a significant portion dedicated to complex SaaS platforms, big data products, or AI/ML-driven applications. * A proven track record in Risk Management environments (FinTech, InsureTech). * Fluency in AI/ML UX: Clear understanding of the nuances designing for probabilistic systems rather than deterministic ones (e.g., handling AI errors, feedback loops, prompt interfaces, and data confidence intervals). Deep systems thinking is a must. * Excellent Storytelling Skills: Able to balance emotional, user-centered, and data-driven storytelling to drive decisive action. * Workshop Facilitation & Leadership: Proven experience running design-thinking workshops that align cross-functional teams around a unified user problem. * Research Capability: Direct experience in planning, executing, and synthesizing both qualitative and quantitative research. * Comfort and fluency using AI tools: Adept at using AI tools in your daily work (e.g. NotebookLM, Gemini, Claude Code) * An Exceptional Portfolio: A body of work demonstrating a rigorous human-centered design process, mastery of complex technical domains, and measurable business impact. (Online or shareable PDF). ## Description Your Day-to-Day As a UX lead for our AI-Native Underwriting initiatives, you will: * Pioneer the AI-Native Vision: Establish a UX vision for underwriting solutions that leverage Generative AI, LLMs, and agentic workflows. Socialize and champion this vision with stakeholders across the organization. * Design for Trust & Explainability: Design "human-in-the-loop" experiences, including patterns that clearly explain AI-generated insights , confidence levels, and recommendations that are aligned to our AI user experience research and design principles. * Shift from Reactive to Proactive Workflows: Help evolve the underwriting process from manual data assembly to exception-based, automated workflows-ensuring high-value broker requests are triaged and processed with unprecedented speed. * Tame Multi-Modal Data: Create elegant interfaces that seamlessly synthesize structured and unstructured risk data into actionable narratives. * Architect Decision-Support Systems: Design interfaces that embed intelligent recommendations directly into the underwriter's natural workflow without causing cognitive overload. * Collaborate with Cross-Functional Teams: Partner closely with Product Management, Data Science, and Engineering to align technical feasibility with user desirability, ensuring our data models serve human needs. * Align vision with product roadmaps: Ability to create product designs along product roadmap and drive toward long-term vision through close collaboration with Product and Engineering. 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