Principal UX Designer — Enterprise Modernization

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Banyan Software

California, USA; Canada

On-site

Posted April 7, 2026

Job Description

Banyan Software provides the best permanent home for successful enterprise software companies, their employees, and customers. We are on a mission to acquire, build and grow great enterprise software businesses all over the world that have dominant positions in niche vertical markets. In recent years, Banyan was named the #1 fastest-growing private software company in the US on the Inc. 5000 and amongst the top 10 fastest-growing companies by the Deloitte Technology Fast 500. Founded in 2016 with a permanent capital base setup to preserve the legacy of founders, Banyan focuses on a buy and hold for life strategy for growing software companies that serve specialized vertical markets.

About the Role

We are seeking a Principal UX Designer — Enterprise Modernization to serve as the design authority within our AI-powered Application Modernization Factory.

This is not a heads-down design execution role.You will define UX patterns, standards, and modernization approaches that scale across 100+ enterprise software applications.

You will influence product owners, embedded engineering teams, and external design agencies — not just produce Figma files. Your role is to bring systems thinking, pragmatism, and speed to complex, constraint-heavy modernization efforts.

You will lead the transformation of legacy enterprise applications into intuitive, scalable, and modern experiences — leveraging AI-assisted design workflows to accelerate delivery.

You will partner closely with our elite engineering teams, including Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) and the Principal Engineer & Technical Architect, to drive transitional UI/UX flows that accommodate incremental modernization while significantly improving usability and aesthetics.

Key Responsibilities

Design Authority & Standards: Define and enforce UX patterns, design systems, and modernization standards across multiple applications and teams.
Legacy System Redesign: Drive the user experience redesign of outdated legacy system interfaces, applying modern usability and accessibility principles while respecting architectural and technical constraints.
AI-Assisted Design Workflow: Utilize AI-assisted tools (e.g., Figma AI, DALL·E, Midjourney) for rapid prototyping, wireframing, visual exploration, and design acceleration, integrating with our AI-assisted SDLC practices.
Transitional UX Strategy: Design transitional UX flows and patterns that support an incremental modernization approach, focusing on delivering value quickly and iteratively rather than complete rebuilds.
Design System Development: Develop and maintain responsive, accessible, and scalable design systems to accelerate modernization initiatives across multiple applications.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate closely with engineering, product, and business teams to ensure visual consistency, technical feasibility, and alignment of modernization efforts with functional and business goals.

Required Qualifications & Experience

Experience: 10+ years in UX/UI design, with significant experience in enterprise B2B applications.
Enterprise UX Expertise: Designing dashboards, complex data tables, multi-step workflows, and role-based access systems.
Portfolio: Strong portfolio demonstrating before-and-after modernization projects or successful redesigns of complex legacy systems with an emphasis on data-heavy B2B applications..
Design Tool Fluency: Expert fluency in modern design and prototyping tools (Figma, Adobe XD, Sketch).
AI Design Experience: Demonstrated, daily AI-assisted design workflow — you must be able to describe step-by-step how you use AI tools (Figma AI, ChatGPT, Midjourney, v0, Lovable, or similar) to accelerate wireframing, prototyping, and design system creation. Casual users need not a