Intermediate Product Designer

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 $75,000.00 - $ base salary - Placement within range based on experience and qualifications

Vacancy Status:
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Role (Description)

We're looking for a Product Designer with solid UI and UX design skills who is eager to contribute to our defence and public safety technology platform. You'll work closely with engineering teams and a senior designer to translate client requirements into intuitive, mission‑critical interfaces — designing features that support intelligence production workflows including search, geospatial visualization, entity analysis, and data‑rich operational tools.

You'll collaborate with product management and engineering teams to understand use cases, participate in defining workflows and storyboards, and produce wireframes, high‑fidelity mockups, and interactive prototypes. You'll actively contribute to product brainstorming, interaction design, and visual design sessions, helping shape how defence and public safety professionals interact with analytical tools, data fusion capabilities, and automation features.

You'll be designing for technically sophisticated users operating under pressure in high‑stakes environments, with guidance and mentorship from a senior designer.

Our learning‑oriented culture is transparent, fun, and strongly encourages work‑life balance.

• 3–5 years of professional product design experience in primarily web platforms, with a portfolio demonstrating user‑centred design process and strong end‑to‑end solutions
• Experience participating in user research activities such as observation, interviews, and usability testing, and incorporating findings into design work
• Experience designing for complex, data‑intensive, or enterprise applications — ideally involving dashboards, analytical workflows, or information‑rich interfaces
• Experience working in agile environments, collaborating with product managers and engineering teams throughout the development lifecycle
• Experience contributing to design systems, including using and helping maintain component libraries and interaction patterns
• Demonstrated ability to design for users who need to accomplish complex tasks efficiently
• Proficiency in design and prototyping tools such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, or similar platforms
• Ability to articulate design rationale and logic to both technical and non‑technical audiences
• Solid knowledge of visual design principles and best practices for data‑heavy applications
• Understanding of brand identity with ability to apply brand styles and interaction patterns consistently
• Good communication skills with the ability to present design solutions and incorporate feedback iteratively
• Bachelor's degree in Design, HCI, Visual Communications, or related field (or equivalent practical experience)

• Experience designing for defence, public safety, intelligence, cybersecurity, or other mission‑critical applications
• Experience with data visualization, geospatial interfaces, or analytical workflow tools
• Familiarity with Design Thinking methodologies
• Background working with government customers or understanding compliance requirements
• Experience participating in design critiques and collaborative design sessions

• Contribute to the end‑to‑end UX/UI design process for mission‑critical features, working with engineering teams from discovery through implementation
• Translate client requirements into intuitive user…