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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # UX Designer - **Company:** CivilGrid, Inc. - **Location:** Boston, MA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $157,247.0 - $184,997.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Computer-Aided Design, Spatial Data Infrastructures - **Published:** September 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/senior-ux-designer-civilgrid-9015408 ## About the Role * 6+ years of product design experience, ideally including complex, data-dense, or technical B2B products * A portfolio that shows strong end-to-end thinking - not just polished screens, but the reasoning behind key decisions * Comfort designing for dense, structured data (maps, tables, layered information) without overwhelming the user * You can work independently from an ambiguous problem to a shippable design, and know when to loop in others versus move forward * Strong collaboration instincts - you can defend a design decision with engineers and executives alike, and know when to hold your ground versus adapt * You default to shipping and you'd rather get a good version in front of users this month than a perfect one next quarter BONUS POINTS * Bonus: experience designing for maps, GIS, CAD, or other spatial/geospatial products * Bonus: prior industry experience in Utilities, Construction, or Civil Engineering * Bonus: experience building or maturing a design system at an early-stage company ## Description As Senior UX Designer at CivilGrid, you'll shape how civil engineers, GIS teams, and field crews interact with dense, high-stakes spatial data - utility lines, project boundaries, permits, and more - every day. Our platform lives at the intersection of maps, data, and workflow, and getting the design right means the difference between a tool people fight with and one that fades into the background of their work. You'll partner closely with PMs, engineers, and our UX researcher to take products from early concept through shipped, polished experiences, and help raise the design bar across the team. This role reports to the Head of Product. It is a hybrid role with expectations that you are working from our Boston, MA office at least 2 days per week if hired. We're only considering candidates based in the Greater Boston area at this time. WHAT YOU'LL DO * Own design end to end for your area, from early concept and flows through high-fidelity design, prototyping, and shipped product * Partner with PMs and engineers as a true thought partner: shape scope, work through trade-offs, and design within technical constraints rather than around them * Translate complex spatial and workflow data - maps, layers, permits, project stages - into interfaces that feel simple even when the underlying data isn't * Work closely with our UX researcher to ground design decisions in real customer workflows, and run your own lightweight testing when speed matters * Contribute to and help evolve our design system, raising the bar on consistency and craft as the product and team grow * Move fast and get designs in front of PMs, engineers, and customers early and often rather than polishing in isolation * Partner with other designers and raise the bar by reviewing their work, honing their craft, and helping them grow ## Related Videos - [Learn Enough Design to Be Dangerous](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/577-learn-enough-design-to-be-dangerous) - [Physical AI for the Next Wave of Industrial Digitalisation](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100039-physical-ai-for-the-next-wave-of-industrial-digitalisation) - [UX is a fullstack job!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1020-ux-is-a-fullstack-job) - [Tracking vehicles at scale](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1999-tracking-vehicles-at-scale) - [Design as an algorithm, not as a feature](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/471-design-as-an-algorithm-not-as-a-feature) - [Kubernetes and Microservices with Multi-Model Databases](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/382-kubernetes-and-microservices-with-multi-model-databases) ## Related Articles - [Declarative Design and a fresh take on collaboration with developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/595-declarative-design-and-a-fresh-take-on-collaboration-with-developers) - [How Developers Can Focus on Maintaining Satisfaction With Accessibility](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/109-how-developers-can-focus-on-maintaining-satisfaction-with-accessibility) - [Top 23 Web Developer Portfolio Examples to Inspire Your Own](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/161-top-23-web-developer-portfolio-examples-to-inspire-your-own) - [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) - [Top 7 CSS Frameworks in 2025](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/362-top-7-css-frameworks-in-2025) - [Web Developer Portfolio Inspiration and Examples - March 2025](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/561-web-developer-portfolio-inspiration-and-examples-march-2025)