HealthEquity · 9 hours ago
Principal UI Interaction Designer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$127K/yr - $165K/yr
8+ years expHealthEquity is dedicated to empowering healthcare consumers and improving lives. The Principal UI / Interaction Designer will lead the UI strategy and design system for a next-generation mobile app, collaborating with various teams to enhance product design and user experience.
Financial ServicesHealth CarePayments
Responsibilities
Own the end-to-end UI design direction for our next-generation native mobile experience across iOS and Android
Define and document mobile UI principles, interaction guidelines, motion patterns, and design philosophies that anchor the product
Architect robust mobile design system-components, patterns, tokens, interaction models-and partner with engineering to ensure scalable implementation
Drive system governance, maintain visual coherence across journeys, and proactively evolve the system based on product needs
Ensure accessibility compliance, system-wide consistency, and performance considerations in component and pattern design
Create refined UI screens, flows, and prototypes with exceptional attention to detail, craftsmanship, and platform-specific conventions
Translate user and business needs into intuitive, polished mobile interfaces that simplify complex financial and healthcare journeys
Shape product strategy by advocating for clarity, usability, and interaction efficiency
Partner with product managers and engineering leaders to ensure UI decisions are grounded in feasibility, system architecture, and long-term scalability
Identify experience gaps and advocate for improvements that deliver measurable impact across key journeys (claims, contributions, spending, investments, card management, onboarding, etc.)
Mentor product designers and UI designers, raising the bar for craft, visual quality, motion design, and systems thinking
Facilitate workshops, design critiques, and experience reviews that align teams and drive execution excellence
Collaborate with research to validate UI patterns, interaction models, and micro-experiences through user testing
Qualification
Required
8+ years (or equivalent mastery) designing high-quality mobile applications with a strong portfolio demonstrating UI craft, interaction patterns, animations, and systems thinking
Mastery of native mobile patterns, platform HIG, Material guidelines, navigation structures, and mobile micro-interactions
Experience building or leading major contributions to a design system (components, tokens, usage guidelines, governance)
Ability to scale a system across product teams and ensure consistency across multiple surfaces and platforms
Strong command of user flows, interaction states, motion principles, progressive disclosure, error handling, and edge-case design
Deep understanding of how to reduce cognitive load, increase clarity, and craft meaningful, predictable interactions
Hands-on experience incorporating AI for ideation, prototyping, pattern generation, content, or QA
Understanding of where AI augments craft-and where human judgment defines excellence
Expert in Figma, prototyping tools, and dynamic interaction prototyping
Comfortable working at speed while maintaining visual rigor and quality
Ability to guide engineering teams through precise UI specifications, component behaviors, and QA standards
Familiarity with human-centered design practices, usability testing, behavioral insights, and iterative improvement
Demonstrated ability to use qualitative and quantitative insights to refine design decisions
Strong knowledge of WCAG accessibility principles and inclusive UI patterns
Preferred
Experience working in fintech, healthtech, payments, benefits, or other regulated domains
Experience shipping mobile products at scale (millions of users)
Background contributing to or running design system governance models
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision
HSA contribution and match
Dependent care FSA match
Uncapped paid time off
Paid parental leave
401(k) match
Personal and healthcare financial literacy programs
Ongoing education & tuition assistance
Gym and fitness reimbursement
Wellness program incentives
Company
HealthEquity
HealthEquity connects health and wealth by administering Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and other consumer-directed benefits.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$12.5M2014-07-31IPO
2011-09-09Private Equity· $12.5M
Leadership Team
Scott Cutler
President and CEO
James Lucania
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
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