Lead UI / UX Designer

About Us

Canibuild automates the residential construction industry’s design, approval, and sales processes, allowing clients to answer 'Can I build this on this plot of land?' instantly. As a fast-growing SaaS platform backed by Australia’s largest hedge fund, we serve clients across Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the US.

Job Summary

We’re looking for a Lead UI / UX Designer who combines creative vision with technical discipline — someone who can make experiences look amazing while building scalable, professional systems that elevate canibuild’s product. At canibuild, design is more than making things look good — it’s about building slick, scalable, and innovative experiences that solve real problems for our users. In this role, you’ll be hands-on with design while also shaping our design culture and processes. You’ll create forward-thinking solutions, establish a design system that scales, and make sure design is seamlessly integrated into our product development lifecycle. You’ll be the bridge between product, engineering, and leadership, ensuring we’re not just building what was first imagined, but pushing towards something smarter and better.If you’ve led design for web products (not just websites), know how to keep design and engineering aligned, and have a passion for creating products that feel modern, usable, and polished, this role is for you. Experience with real estate or map-based design is a big plus.

Key Responsibilities

• Raise the design bar : Deliver innovative solutions that go beyond stakeholder ideas and set a higher standard for usability and polish.
• Own the source of truth : Keep designs up to date across what’s live, in development, and in scope, so there’s no confusion between teams.
• Build for scale : Create and maintain a design system in Figma with reusable components, ensuring consistency across products and screen sizes.
• Design end-to-end : Translate business and user needs into engaging, intuitive product experiences — not just screens, but complete flows.
• Prototype fast : Use Figma to explore ideas quickly, get early feedback, and avoid endless rework.
• Research & testing : Run user interviews and usability tests, and turn insights into clear, practical design improvements.
• Trends & micro-interactions : Stay sharp on design trends and use micro-interactions thoughtfully, always mindful of performance and load times.
• Stress-test & advocate : Push your designs beyond the happy path, account for edge cases, and champion the user’s perspective when tough trade-offs come up.
• DesignOps mindset : Bring process to design — align design work with the software development lifecycle so engineers know exactly what’s ready and what’s next.
• Mentor & lead : Guide junior and mid-level designers, share best practices, and create a design culture that’s both creative and disciplined.

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