Senior Product Designer (Hybrid), AI @ USAFacts
Bellevue, WA
USAFacts /
Full-Time /
Hybrid
The Organization
NOTE: The position is based in Bellevue, WA. You must live in the surrounding area or be willing to relocate. Relocation packages are available.
At USAFacts, facts deserve to be heard. USAFacts provides a comprehensive, unbiased view of our country—by the numbers. Founded and funded by former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, USAFacts is committed to making government data accessible, understandable, and actionable for the American people.
Finding answers to basic questions about government spending and outcomes isn’t easy, but it’s essential. USAFacts pulls together data from thousands of jurisdictions, normalizing and visualizing key metrics so that everyone—from policymakers to the general public—can engage with the facts in a meaningful way.
This is more than just data—it’s about strengthening democracy through informed debate. The USAFacts team is mission-driven, operating with no political agenda and no commercial incentive. Their work is purely a public service, fueled by curiosity, collaboration, and a passion for making complex data approachable.
And the impact hasn’t gone unnoticed—USAFacts was named to Fast Company’s List of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2024.
Learn more at usafacts.org and LinkedIn. Join USAFacts in making a difference.
The Opportunity
USAFacts is committed to providing unbiased, transparent data about the United States. As the go-to source for accessible government data, USAFacts empowers the public with facts to drive informed conversations.
We are seeking an impact-driven Senior Product Designer to join our mission-driven team. This role is ideal for a designer with experience in consumer-facing products who excels at owning the end-to-end UX process, with a strong focus on visual design. Joining a small but mighty design team of two, this designer will have the opportunity to make a direct and visible impact.
In this role, the designer will be instrumental in shaping AI-powered features that enhance engagement and retention, making USAFacts a more compelling and “stickier” platform. They will lead efforts to create video-centered product experiences, transforming government data into dynamic, relatable, and visually engaging stories. By designing products that spark curiosity and provide context, they will enable users to explore data in ways that foster a deeper understanding of the topics that matter most.
Additionally, this designer will contribute to the development of a scalable design system, ensuring consistency and quality across USAFacts’ suite of products.
This is a collaborative, individual contributor role without direct people management responsibilities.
Key Priorities & Responsibilities
- Collaborate across functions to deliver impactful solutions: Work closely with Product, Marketing, and Engineering teams throughout the product lifecycle—from inception to launch—to deliver polished, user-centered designs that align with both user needs and organization goals.
- Enhance and contribute to the design system: Help scale and refine our design system by introducing thoughtfully designed components, illustrations, and patterns that meet accessibility standards and align with the USAFacts brand.
- Advocate for user-centered design: Represent the voice of the user in strategic discussions and help the team prioritize and design features that address key user needs.
- Leverage a comprehensive UX toolkit: Utilize a full range of UX processes, including user flows, wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, prototypes, and usability research.
- Drive data-informed design: Conduct usability research studies, analyze feedback, and iterate on designs to improve user experiences.
- Create engaging video and AI-driven experiences: Play a leading role in developing features that integrate video and AI, making government data more accessible and relatable for users.
- Contribute to stickier user experiences: Design features and products that encourage deeper user engagement, increase subscriptions, and promote exploration of data about users’ communities, based on their location and affiliations.
Qualifications (Required Experience and Skills)
- Proven experience with consumer-facing design: 5-8 years as a product/UX designer with a focus on creating intuitive and visually appealing consumer-facing experiences.
- Expertise in interaction design: Demonstrated ability to craft complex user flows that are intuitive and grounded in best practices.
- Visual design excellence: Experience contributing to or expanding design systems, with a portfolio that showcases polished work with strong hierarchy, white space, and color usage.
- Mastery of UX processes: Adept at applying a variety of UX methodologies to anchor projects around user needs, clarify goals, and deliver seamless solutions.
- Collaborative mindset: Proven ability to work closely with engineers and product managers, building strong partnerships to balance user and business goals.
- Strategic thinking and influence: Experience shaping product strategy through competitive audits, user research, and advocating for best practices. Proficient in measuring success through both qualitative (usability studies) and quantitative (KPI tracking) data.
- Proactive leadership and bias for action: Experience taking initiative in moments of uncertainty to drive decision making and a background working with agile methodologies.
- Figma proficiency: Deep expertise in Figma, including features like auto layout, components, and variants, ensuring smooth design and development collaboration.
- Experience on a small team: Comfortable managing multiple priorities and projects in a lean environment.
Qualifications (Preferred Experience and Skills)
- Data visualization: Experience designing impactful visualizations that make complex data digestible and engaging.
- AI-driven design expertise: Experience designing for AI-powered user experiences, including crafting intuitive interaction patterns for AI-driven products and leveraging AI design tools to enhance workflows and user outcomes.
- Hands-on user research: Proven ability to conduct interviews, design surveys, and synthesize insights into actionable recommendations.
$147,000 - $184,000 a year
The starting cash compensation range for the Product Designer role in Bellevue includes a base salary range of $147,000 to $184,000, plus a 10% performance bonus target opportunity. The base salary maximum for the role is $220,000 per year. Individual pay increases are assessed annually based on multiple factors such as demonstrated skill in the role and context, progress and performance against goals, and increased experience.
Featured Benefits & Perks
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance with employee and dependent premiums entirely paid for by Ballmer Group
• 3 weeks of paid vacation annually 11 paid holidays, plus paid days off for the weekdays between Christmas and New Year
• 80 hours of paid sick leave annually
• 401(k) with 6% employer contribution
• 2:1 Ballmer Family Giving Match for charitable contributions, and $50 donation per volunteer hour
• Professional development reimbursement up to $2,000 per year
• Employer-paid life insurance of 3x salary up to $1,000,000
• Fertility and family building benefits, including back-up childcare reimbursement
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options Parking or transportation (Orca card)
up to $250 monthly
• Cash stipend of $300/month (for cell phone, wellness expenses, etc.)
• Identity theft protection
Location & Hybrid Work
The position is based in Bellevue, WA.
Our organization practices intentional hybrid work. All USAFacts employees are expected to work on-site Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays during overlapping core hours of 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. Mondays and Fridays remain flexible work-from-home or office workdays.
