Principal UI/UX Developer

BigBear.ai is seeking a hands-on Principal UI/UX Designer to lead product design for our next-generation SaaS applications, with a primary focus on digital twin, simulation, and operational dashboard solutions and qualified candidates will have resumes that call out this specific experience. This fully remote position offers the opportunity to design high-impact software in collaboration with some of AI’s brightest minds.

Join us to help solve real-world problems that matter. At BigBear.ai, your work will directly shape products used across critical industries—from national security to logistics and healthcare. Our collaborative, innovative environment supports your growth, offering competitive pay, generous benefits, and a shared sense of mission.

What you will do

• Lead and deliver hands-on UI/UX design across SaaS products, especially digital twin, simulation, and operational dashboards.
• Take designs end-to-end: from research and ideation through prototyping, testing, and final visual design.
• Contribute, maintain, scale, and mature the enterprise design system to ensure consistency and impact across BigBear.ai.
• Collaborate closely with product, engineering, and other stakeholders to align user experience with business strategy.
• Mentor designers, raise organizational standards, and help embed user-centered design throughout the company.
• Actively contribute to a range of cross-functional projects, supporting initiatives outside the core SaaS product line as needed.
• Promote AI-enhanced, data-driven approaches and encourage adoption of new tools and workflows.

What you need to have

• 14+ years of relevant experience. A related BA/BS degree is a plus but not required.
• Demonstrated experience in design leadership.
• Excellent Portfolio of product design projects for review.
• Experience working on an enterprise IaaS/SaaS/software product.
• Experience working in an agile environment.
• Knowledge of wireframe tools (e.g., Figma, Axure, Sketch)
• Experience designing products in the Simulation, analytics, machine learning, or data visualization space.
• Understanding front-end technologies (HTML/CSS/JS/React/Angular) to help inform design and interaction decisions.
• Strong visual design experience
• Demonstrated experience as a senior/principal-level, hands-on UI/UX designer.

What we'd like you to have

• Master’s degree.
• Expertise in designing digital twin applications, simulations, or operational SaaS dashboards.
• Strong preference for candidates who have utilized AI tools, such as OpenAI or comparable generative design technologies, to accelerate or enhance their design process.

About BigBear.ai

BigBear.ai is a leading provider of AI-powered decision intelligence solutions for national security, supply chain management, and digital identity. Customers and partners rely on Bigbear.ai’s predictive analytics capabilities in highly complex, distributed, mission-based operating environments. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, BigBear.ai is a public company traded on the NYSE under the symbol BBAI. For more information, visit https://bigbear.ai/ and follow BigBear.ai on LinkedIn: @BigBear.ai and X: @BigBearai.

BigBear.ai is an Equal opportunity employer all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.