Senior UI/UX Designer (Canada Remote)

Riipen

Product, Design

Canada · Remote

Posted on Mar 20, 2026

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Riipen is looking for a Senior UX/UI Designer to join our Product team.

We’re seeking an experienced product designer who is passionate about creating intuitive, high-impact user experiences. The ideal candidate brings strong design execution skills combined with strategic thinking and the ability to elevate design quality across the team.

As a Senior UX/UI Designer, you will play a key role in shaping the Riipen platform experience across all sides of our marketplace. You will translate product requirements into thoughtful, scalable design solutions while simplifying workflows and improving usability for our users.

This role is both hands-on and influential - you will contribute directly to product design while also helping guide the quality and consistency of design work across the team. You will partner closely with Product Managers, developers, and other designers to ensure that Riipen delivers cohesive, user-centred experiences.

Ultimately, you will design both functional and engaging product features that address user needs, simplify complex workflows, and help grow Riipen’s global user base.

This role is currently an individual contributor position with design leadership responsibilities and has the potential to evolve into a formal design leadership role as the team grows.

Department: Product
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Canada - Remote
Workplace type: Fully remote
Compensation: $110,000 - $145,000 / year

Key Responsibilities

Product Design & Execution

Translate product requirements into clear, intuitive design solutions that enhance usability and user engagement
Drive the design of both functional and visually compelling product features that support growth across all sides of the Riipen platform
Develop wireframes, user flows, prototypes, and high-fidelity mockups that clearly communicate design concepts
Create scalable UI components and maintain design consistency across the platform
Identify opportunities to improve existing workflows and iterate on new design solutions

User Research & UX Strategy

Gather and evaluate user requirements in collaboration with Product Managers, developers, and internal stakeholders
Conduct user research and usability testing to validate design decisions
Research customers, competitors, and market trends to identify UX improvements

Collaboration & Agile Delivery

Work closely with Product Managers, developers, and other stakeholders in an Agile software development environment
Present design concepts, prototypes, and solutions to internal teams and stakeholders
Communicate design decisions, trade-offs, and constraints effectively
Collaborate with product and engineering teams to ensure design feasibility and product quality

Design Leadership & Quality

Help define and evolve the visual style and user experience across Riipen’s platform
Maintain and evolve the design system and component library
Review and provide feedback on the work of other designers
Take ownership of the overall quality and consistency of design outputs across the team
Sign off on component updates and ensure design standards are upheld

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

You may be a good fit if you have:

5–8+ years of experience designing UX/UI for web and mobile applications
A strong portfolio demonstrating user-centred design, product thinking, and high-quality design execution
Expertise with modern design tools such as Figma, Sketch, or similar platforms
Strong understanding of design systems and scalable component libraries
Experience conducting user research and usability testing
Ability to translate complex product requirements into intuitive user experiences
Experience working within Agile product development environments
Strong collaboration skills and ability to work cross-functionally with product managers and engineers
Excellent communication skills with the ability to present ideas and influence stakeholders
Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects in a fast-paced environment

Bonus points if you have:

Experience designing for marketplace or multi-sided platforms
Experience building or improving a native mobile application
Familiarity with HTML, CSS, or front-end implementation constraints
Experience helping define or evolve a design system at scale
Degree in UX/UI Design, Graphic Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field

Benefits

🌐 Remote/travel working opportunities (when appropriate)
🏖️ 4 weeks of annual vacation
🤕 Paid sick leave
🏥 Extended Health and Dental benefits from your first day
💻 We will ensure you have a great work-from-home setup
📚 Learning & Development Stipend after 6 months of employment

We appreciate your interest and application. Only those applicants under consideration will be contacted.

Riipen is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on merit and business needs, and not on race, colour, creed, age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions or any other classification protected by federal, state or provincial and local laws and ordinances.

Reasonable accommodation is available for qualified individuals with disabilities, upon request.

About Riipen

Conceptualized by Dana Stephenson and Dave Savory for their capstone entrepreneurship project at the University of Victoria, Riipen addressed an issue that they faced personally as learners — the challenge of gaining relevant work experience, building a network of possible employers, and then demonstrating their skills to that network in order to find work that would help them start their careers. They were facing the graduation conundrum — You can’t get a job without experience, but you can’t get experience without a job.

Since inception in 2013, Riipen has expanded its reach internationally and has developed a state of the art technology platform that caters and provides significant competitive advantages for organizations and academic institutions while staying true to their original goal of supporting student development. Riipen has enabled 193,000+ students at 590+ post-secondary institutions and training providers to partake in applied learning with 31,000+ companies. All of this leads us to our mission: Eliminate Underemployment.

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