Senior UI / UX Designer

Overview

About ANVIL ANVIL is a trusted partner in the defence industry, delivering cutting-edge solutions that enhance military capabilities and operational effectiveness. We extend our expertise to public safety, law enforcement, and national security organizations, accelerating mission-critical decision-making through analytical tools, automations, and game-changing machine learning capabilities. ANVIL helps organizations discover, manage, enrich, fuse, and exploit the information available to them in support of Information Dominance and Decision Advantage.

Job Type : Full Time Remote (Hybrid option available for those in the Ottawa area - 55 Murray Street Office)

Total Compensation : CAD $130,000 - $150,000 base salary - Placement within range based on experience and qualifications

Vacancy Status : This posting is for an existing vacancy at ANVIL. We are actively hiring for this role

Role (Description)

We're looking for a Senior UI / UX Designer with strong UI and UX design skills and the drive to work closely with our engineering teams to create exceptional user experiences for our defence and public safety technology platform. You'll translate client requirements into intuitive, mission-critical interfaces that push our solutions to the next level—while helping to elevate our design practice and mentor growing talent.

You'll be deeply involved with project management and engineering teams to understand use cases, define workflows and storyboards, and translate them into concrete wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, and interactive prototypes.

You'll actively contribute to product brainstorming, interaction design, and visual design sessions, shaping how defence and public safety professionals interact with analytical tools, data fusion capabilities, and automation features. You'll serve as the design subject-matter expert, leading design critiques and guiding the team while working on complex problems at the intersection of sophisticated technical functionality and usability for users operating under pressure in high-stakes environments. Our learning-oriented culture is transparent, fun, and strongly encourages work-life balance.

Prerequisites

Eligible for Government of Canada Secret or Top Secret security clearance.

Experience

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional UI / UX design experience in primarily web platforms, with a strong portfolio demonstrating user-centered design process and polished end-to-end solutions
• Proven experience in applied research settings, integrating user research into product designs through observation, interviews, and usability testing
• Experience designing for complex, data-intensive, or enterprise applications - ideally involving analytical workflows, dashboards, or mission-critical systems
• Track record working in agile environments, collaborating closely with product managers and engineering teams throughout the development lifecycle
• Experience evolving and maintaining design systems, including creating, documenting, and maintaining component libraries and interaction patterns
• Demonstrated ability to design for technically sophisticated users who need to accomplish complex tasks efficiently

Skills & Competencies

Preferred Qualifications

Key Responsibilities

Why Join Us?

Our Mission

This is more than just a job; you'll be part of a team of dedicated professionals who share a common goal : to increase the safety and security of western democracies through the effective use of data. Our workplace is not just a job, it's a community of like-minded people working together to make a positive impact on the world we live in.

Compensation & Benefits

Work Environment

What You'll Experience

Application Process

To apply for this role, please submit your CV and cover letter. The application process will likely include :

Use of AI in Recruitment : ANVIL does not use artificial intelligence to screen, assess, or select applicants for this position. All applications are reviewed by members of our recruitment team.

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