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Sr. Principal UX Designer
🇺🇸 Irving, Texas, United States
Gartner 🇺🇸 Irving, Texas, United States
Define and drive the overarching user experience vision and scalable design systems across complex product ecosystems. Partner with senior stakeholders to align design strategy with business objectives while mentoring other designers to elevate the organization's craft.
Sr. Principal UX Designer
🇺🇸 Stamford, Connecticut, United States
Gartner 🇺🇸 Stamford, Connecticut, United States
You will define and drive the overarching user experience vision across complex product ecosystems while acting as a strategic partner to senior stakeholders. Additionally, you will mentor design staff and elevate the organization's craft through systems thinking and research-grounded innovation.
Associate Principal Engineer - Design Engineering
🇵🇭 Philippines
Dyson 🇵🇭 Philippines
The Associate Principal Engineer will collaborate with internal teams and JDM partners to ensure the successful delivery of mechanical designs and product integration. They are responsible for overseeing design solutions, managing project requirements, and driving efficient engineering processes from concept to market launch.
Principal Product Designer, Transit Operations
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Via 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Lead the design of complex, interconnected workflows for the Transit Operations platform to improve efficiency for dispatchers and operators. Partner with product and engineering teams to translate business requirements into intuitive, scalable, and high-quality user experiences.
Principal Design Manager
🇦🇺 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Jacobs 🇦🇺 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Lead the delivery of major transportation projects including bus rapid transit, roads, highways, and rail. Strengthen key client relationships and mentor multidisciplinary teams to ensure successful project outcomes and business growth.
Principal Product Designer, Yahoo Everywhere
🇫🇷 Uz, Occitania, France
Yahoo 🇫🇷 Uz, Occitania, France
Lead design strategy for Yahoo Everywhere by creating concepts for new surfaces and acting as the final design decision-maker for partner integrations. Collaborate with business leads to shape deals and ensure brand consistency across diverse platforms like OEMs, apps, and ambient screens.
Principal Product Designer, Yahoo Everywhere
🇺🇸 United States
Yahoo 🇺🇸 United States
Lead the design strategy for Yahoo Everywhere by creating conceptual visions and overseeing the implementation of Yahoo products on third-party surfaces. Act as the final design decision maker during partner deals and pitches to ensure brand integrity and user value.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Linktree 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Lead and develop a team of senior designers while remaining hands-on with high-leverage and ambiguous design problems. Set the design vision and craft standards while partnering with Product, Engineering, and Marketing leaders to align with business priorities.
Principal Product Designer Lead
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Linktree 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Lead and develop a team of senior designers while remaining hands-on with high-leverage design problems. Set the design vision and craft standards to ensure a coherent product experience across the platform.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States
Linktree 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States
Lead and develop a team of senior designers while remaining hands-on with high-leverage design problems. Set the design vision and craft standards to ensure quality and consistency across the product.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Linktree 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Lead and develop a team of senior designers while remaining hands-on with high-leverage and ambiguous design problems. Set the design vision and craft standards while partnering with Product, Engineering, and Marketing leaders to align with business priorities.
Principal Product Designer Lead
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Linktree 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Lead and develop a team of senior designers while remaining hands-on with high-leverage and ambiguous design problems. Set the design vision and craft standards while partnering with Product, Engineering, and Marketing leaders to align with business priorities.
Principal Product Designer Lead
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States
Linktree 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States
Lead and develop a team of senior designers while remaining hands-on with high-leverage design problems. Set the design vision and craft standards to ensure a coherent product experience across the platform.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States
Linktree 🇺🇸 United States
Lead and develop a team of senior designers while remaining hands-on with high-leverage design problems. Set the design vision and craft standards to ensure quality and consistency across the product.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States
Linktree 🇺🇸 United States
Lead and develop a team of senior designers while remaining hands-on with high-leverage design problems. Set the design vision and craft standards to ensure quality and consistency across the product.
About UX Research careers
In an era dominated by synthetic data and AI simulations, UX Researchers provide the essential human pulse.
While AI can simulate user testing at scale, the most valued researchers focus on deep ethnographic insights and ethical AI alignment to ensure products stay grounded in real behavior. This role is critical for identifying unmet needs that data alone misses.
Companies like Netflix, Spotify, and Anthropic rely on researchers to validate product-market fit and navigate the complex social implications of generative technologies.
We feature roles ranging from junior UX researchers to senior research leads and Directors of Research. Positions span AI companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Perplexity where research is critical for human-AI interaction, as well as product design roles with research focus at companies like Figma, Notion, and Stripe.
Definitely. Many companies have embraced remote research practices, especially AI companies like Midjourney and Anthropic. Browse remote UX research opportunities or explore positions in research hubs like Seattle, Austin, and Toronto.
Companies like Meta, Google, Netflix, Amazon, and AI leaders like OpenAI value expertise in usability testing, interviews, surveys, card sorting, A/B testing, and analytics. For AI products, understanding human-AI interaction and prompt testing is increasingly important. Check top UX research portfolios for examples of how to present research impact.
Entry-level UX researchers typically earn $70k–$95k, while senior researchers command $130k–$190k+. AI companies like Anthropic, OpenAI, and Scale AI often offer premium packages. Principal and director-level positions at top tech companies can exceed $250k with equity. Consult our salary guide for detailed breakdowns.
Synthetic data is great for rapid, quantitative testing, but it has made Human-Led Research even more valuable. Companies are hiring researchers who can provide deep ethnographic insights and navigate the ethics of AI interaction. If you specialize in identifying the "unmet needs" that LLMs can't predict, you'll find high-demand roles at companies like Anthropic and Meta.
Beyond traditional tools like Dovetail or UserTesting, researchers are now using AI-powered synthesis tools to analyze hundreds of hours of video in minutes. The focus has moved from "data collection" to "insight storytelling," where researchers act as the strategic bridge between user behavior and product roadmaps.