Senior UX Designer

About PDQ

PDQ, founded in Salt Lake City, UT, USA, makes device management simple, secure, and Pretty Damn Quick. IT teams use our products to reduce complexity, improve efficiency, and enhance control in their unique environments. We are backed by TA Associates and Berkshire Partners, top-tier global private equity firms.

Our Core Values

• Honesty: You communicate transparently and build trust through your actions.
• Ownership: You take responsibility for outcomes and follow through on commitments.
• Collaboration: You value diverse perspectives and work effectively across teams.
• Improvement: You actively seek opportunities to learn, grow, and innovate.

Location

• Hybrid: This is a hybrid-role open to candidates in the Salt Lake City, UT area, with an expectation of one to two in-office working days at our South Salt Lake City headquarters.

About The Role

A portfolio (including at least one case study that showcases your UI and UX abilities) must be provided with your application for candidacy consideration.

The Senior UX Designer will shape the user experience for our SaaS web products as an individual contributor. You'll collaborate with Product Managers to gather requirements, conduct user research with customers, and design intuitive solutions. Working closely with engineering, you'll ensure successful design implementation throughout the product lifecycle.

Why This Role Matters

IT teams choose and stick with PDQ products because they’re fast, intuitive, and built for real workflows. As a Senior UX Designer, you’ll directly shape how thousands of IT professionals experience our tools every day, influencing product adoption and customer satisfaction.

How You Might Spend Your Day

• Collaborate with Product Managers to refine project requirements and ensure alignment with business and user needs.
• Create wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs that effectively communicate design solutions and user flows.
• Conduct user research and interviews with customers to validate product ideas, gather feedback, and refine user experiences.
• Iterate on designs based on user feedback and team input to ensure the product meets both user expectations and business goals.
• Work closely with engineering teams, answering questions about design implementation and ensuring the final product looks and feels great.
• Stay up to date with UX/UI design trends, tools, and best practices to continuously improve design output.
• Collaborate in an agile environment, participating in sprint planning, stand-ups, and other relevant activities to ensure successful project delivery.

Must Have

We're looking for people who have

• 5+ years of product design experience on customer-facing web SaaS products
• Experience working directly with product managers and engineering teams
• Experience conducting external customer interviews, including sourcing participants
• Proficiency with Figma
• Understanding of AI workflows and prototyping

Nice To Have

• Experience designing for IT or developer-focused SaaS products
• Familiarity with device management, endpoint security, or similar IT domains
• Experience with design systems and component libraries
• Background in accessibility standards (WCAG) and inclusive design practices

Who You Are

• Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
• Adaptability and comfort working in evolving environments.
• Attention to detail and a commitment to delivering quality work.
• Curiosity, initiative, and a continuous learning mindset.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to present and defend design decisions to cross-functional stakeholders.

Why You'll Love Working At PDQ

PDQ offers all of the great perks and benefits you'd expect from working at a very cool tech company, and even some you might not expect, including:

• 4-Day Work Week
• Equity Participation
• Managers who champion professional development
• 100% Premium Coverage for medical, dental and vision for you and your dependents
• 100% Premium Coverage for Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Life, and AD&D Insurance
• Company Match of the first 6% of your employee deferrals
• Flexible Paid Time Off Policy that treats you like the adult that you are
• Health Savings Account (HSA) and wellness incentives
• Quarterly Company Values Award (team member nominated)

Equal Opportunity Employer

PDQ is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and do not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial, state, or local law.

If you would like to request reasonable accommodation for a medical condition or disability during any part of the application process, please contact hr@pdq.com.

Work Authorization and Sponsorship

The majority of PDQ's full-time roles do not qualify for sponsorship of employment visas such as the H-1B visa. This applies to scenarios where a candidate might possess temporary work authorization during their schooling or after graduation (e.g., CPT, OPT), but would require H-1B visa sponsorship within a few years of employment to retain eligibility for employment.