Senior UI/UX Designer Senior (5+ Years) Mumbai, India Full time, on-site Apply for this role Overview

Unico Connect is seeking a Senior UI/UX Designer to lead product design strategy across multiple client engagements spanning B2B SaaS, FinTech, healthcare, and mobile apps. The role owns design systems architecture, user research programs, and the design-engineering handoff that ensures production fidelity. The position is well suited to senior designers who have shipped systems at production scale and want to mentor a growing design practice.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead design end-to-end for 2-3 client products: discovery, information architecture, wireframes, high-fidelity design, handoff
- Architect and maintain scalable design systems with documented tokens, components, and interaction patterns
- Run user research programs including interviews, surveys, usability tests, and accessibility audits
- Mentor 2-3 Junior and Mid-Level designers; lead portfolio reviews and design critiques
- Partner with Product Managers on roadmap planning; influence what gets built, not just how it looks
- Drive weekly design rituals including critiques, design system reviews, and accessibility audits
- Represent design in client conversations, pitches, and architecture review sessions
- Define design quality metrics including handoff defect rate, post-launch usability scores, and accessibility coverage
- Author internal design guidelines covering accessibility, motion, internationalisation, and dark mode
- Coordinate with frontend engineers on design tokens, component APIs, and visual regression testing
- Lead design hiring loops; calibrate portfolios and case studies against the senior bar

Required Qualifications

- 5+ years of UI/UX design experience with at least 1 senior or lead role on a shipped product
- Portfolio demonstrating work on complex B2B SaaS, FinTech,



healthcare, or mobile app projects
- Demonstrated experience building or maintaining a design system from initial scaffold to multi-product adoption
- Deep Figma proficiency including variables, advanced prototyping, dev mode, and design-token workflows
- Strong user research background with experience selecting methods, synthesising findings, and presenting to stakeholders
- Excellent communication; able to defend design decisions with research, data, and clear documentation
- Experience mentoring junior and mid-level designers across portfolio reviews and design critiques
- Hands-on with accessibility standards (WCAG 2.2 AA) and inclusive design practices
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field
- Experience working directly with international clients across multiple time zones

Preferred Qualifications

- Frontend coding experience (React, Tailwind, CSS)
- Motion design and micro-interactions with Rive or Lottie
- Internationalisation and right-to-left design experience
- Exposure to AI-augmented research tools (Maze AI, Dovetail)
- Public design writing, conference talks, or open-source contributions

AI Tools Proficiency Production engineering at Unico Connect assumes AI tools form part of the daily workflow rather than an experimental augmentation. For this role specifically:

- Figma AI for design system maintenance and component search




- Midjourney or FLUX for moodboard creation and exploration
- Claude or ChatGPT for UX writing and design documentation
- Maze AI or Dovetail AI for user research synthesis
- Cursor for reading frontend code during component API discussions

Required Skills Design LeadershipDesign SystemsUser ResearchFigmaMentorshipAccessibilityInformation ArchitectureStrategy Benefits

- Hybrid working model — 1 day work-from-home per week
- MacBook Pro and external monitor for work
- Paid subscriptions to Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor
- Team events, offsites, and outings
- Referral bonus when you bring in a successful hire

What we look for at Unico Connect Every Unico role expects the same underlying traits — regardless of department or seniority. If these resonate, apply.

AI-augmented by default Fluent with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Figma AI, or whatever is relevant to your craft. We expect AI tools in the loop, not as a novelty.

Comfortable with startup pace Fast cycles, real ownership, low ceremony. You will not be a cog.

Driven by value creation Output and outcomes matter more than process. You ship work that moves a metric.

Ownership mindset You treat the codebase, the deliverable, and the client relationship as your own.

Builder energy You joined because you want to ship amazing tech products, not warm a seat.

Ready to build the future?

Join our team of engineers and help us shape the next generation of AI-native software for clients across the globe.

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📌 Senior UI/UX Designer (Mumbai)
🏢 Unico Connect
📍 Mumbai