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Designer 2026 ELH

IBM

Design

California, USA · Texas City, TX, USA

Posted on Feb 4, 2026

Introduction

A career in IBM Software means you’ll be part of a team that transforms

our customer’s challenges into solutions.

Seeking new possibilities and always staying curious, we are a team dedicated to

creating the world’s leading AI-powered, cloud-native software solutions for our

customers. Our renowned legacy creates endless global opportunities for our IBMers, so

the door is always open for those who want to grow their career.

We are seeking a skilled back-end developer to join our IBM Software team. As part of

our team, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining high-quality software

products, working with a variety of technologies and programming languages.

IBM’s product and technology landscape includes Research, Software, and

Infrastructure. Entering this domain positions you at the heart of IBM, where growth

and innovation thrive.

Your role and responsibilities

We are looking for Product Designers to join our global design organization and help

build intuitive, accessible, and visually engaging experiences for AI-enabled and

cloud-based products. In this role, you will collaborate with designers, researchers,

developers, and product managers to translate user insights into thoughtful interfaces

that empower users to work smarter. You will contribute across the full design lifecycle,

creating patterns, prototypes, and polished design assets that support innovative

enterprise solutions.

What You’ll Do:

• Transform research insights into wireframes, workflows, and development-ready

prototypes.

• Create high-fidelity mockups, visual assets, icons, and design patterns that bring

clarity and delight to user interfaces.

• Contribute to the evolution of design systems, patterns, and best practices.

• Work closely with developers to ensure feasibility and consistency across experiences.

• Design end-to-end scenarios, flows, and interactions for complex business processes.

• Participate in design critiques, provide constructive feedback, and iterate based on

input.

• Understand user and business context to ensure design decisions support product

goals.

• Collaborate with research, content design, engineering, and product teams.

• Plan and facilitate virtual or in-person Design Thinking workshops.

Required education

High School Diploma/GED

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Exposure to Human-Centered Design: Familiarity with design principles that prioritize user needs and emotions in the creation of products and services. • Experience with User Research Methods: Knowledge of research methods and facilitation techniques to explore user needs and uncover emotional connections with products and services. • Understanding of Emotional Design: Awareness of how to craft emotional design through the influence of visceral impact, behavioral influence, and reflective consequence. • Familiarity with Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration: Exposure to working with various stakeholders to ensure design solutions meet user needs and business goals. • Basic Understanding of Design Principles: Knowledge of design principles that balance practical and aesthetic considerations in the creation of products and services.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Ability to solve user experience challenges using mockups, prototypes, and interaction

patterns.

• Proficiency with design tools such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Cloud, or

similar.

• Strong visual design skills, including typography, layout, and color theory.

• Understanding of accessibility, responsive design, and modern design principles.

• Effective communication and collaboration skills in a dynamic team environment.

• A portfolio demonstrating UI/UX thinking and visual design work.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Software infuses core business operations with intelligence—from machine learning to generative AI—to help make organizations more responsive, productive, and resilient. IBM Software helps clients put AI into action now to create real value with trust, speed, and confidence across digital labor, IT automation, application modernization, security, and sustainability. Critical to this is the ability to make use of all data, because AI is only as good as the data that fuels it. In most organizations data is spread across multiple clouds, on premises, in private datacenters, and at the edge. IBM’s AI and data platform scales and accelerates the impact of AI with trusted data, and provides leading capabilities to train, tune and deploy AI across business. IBM’s hybrid cloud platform is one of the most comprehensive and consistent approach to development, security, and operations across hybrid environments—a flexible foundation for leveraging data, wherever it resides, to extend AI deep into a business.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:

- Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being

- Financial programs such as 401(k), cash balance pension plan, the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs

- Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law

- Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals

- Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.

IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.

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