Staff UX Designer
Caseware Toronto, Ontario, Canada · CA$120K–CA$130K/yr
Software Development · 501-1,000 employees
About the role
The Staff UX Designer will lead the design of complex product areas, focusing on AI-native interaction patterns and human-in-the-loop workflows for audit and financial software. They will collaborate with product and engineering teams to set design standards, conduct strategic research, and mentor other designers.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates must have eight or more years of experience in UX design, specifically within complex or data-heavy domains. Proficiency in Figma and experience with AI-assisted design tools and processes are essential for this role.
Benefits
Full description
Caseware is one of Canada's original Fintech companies, having led the global audit and accounting software industry for over 30 years, with more than 500,000 users across 130 countries and available in 16 different languages. While you might not have heard of us (yet) over 36,000 accounting and audit professionals list Caseware as a skill on their LinkedIn profiles!
We are looking for a Staff UX Designer who is ready to take on our hardest design problems and work at the intersection of design craft and AI-assisted making. At Caseware, our UX Design Team is actively transforming how design work gets done, integrating tools like Figma Make, Claude Code, and Replit into everyday practice. In this role, you will help define what that evolution looks like while designing user experiences for our cloud-based audit, financial reporting, and data analytics solutions used by accounting professionals in over 130 countries.
You will work closely with the Product, Engineering, and Design Teams, and with Design leadership, to set the standards and shape the experiences that help accounting and audit professionals navigate complex, regulated work with confidence and clarity.
❗ This is a full-time permanent position
📍 Location: This is a hybrid role requiring the successful candidate to work 3 days a week in our Toronto office located at 351 King St E Suite 1100 Toronto ON.
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What you will be doing: •
• Own the design of Caseware’s most complex and ambiguous product areas across audit, financial reporting, and data analytics, taking work from problem framing through to implementation, and set the direction and documentation that other designers build on.
• Design AI-native interaction patterns, including agentic-driven and conversational UI, intelligent defaults, and predictive interfaces, deciding how much the system should infer and when it should ask.
• Design the human oversight moments inside agentic workflows so an auditor stays in control of work they are accountable for, setting the Caseware pattern by designing against over-trust rather than only for confirmation UX.
• Think in whole auditor journeys rather than individual features, shaping how AI and agentic capabilities change the way audit work gets planned, executed, and reviewed.
• Produce working prototypes that engineering can build directly from rather than static mockups, using AI to close the distance between designing and building, and to pressure-test assumptions before the team commits.
• Decide which research questions are worth answering, and lead the studies that resolve real strategic uncertainty, using AI to synthesize findings and surface patterns quickly.
• Shape what gets built before the scope is set, bringing design into roadmap and sequencing conversations with Product and Engineering, and turning high-level requirements into work the team can act on.
• Lead cross-team design initiatives that no single team owns, spotting the critical risks early and building agreement without formal authority.
• Contribute to Caseware’s design system and raise the quality bar for how AI-assisted work reaches users, making sure generated output meets our component and accessibility standards before it ships.
• Mentor designers at any level of experience through their hardest problems, and turn what you work out together into practices the whole team can reuse.
• Participate actively in design critiques, and stay curious about where UX practice, AI tooling, and the accounting software industry are heading.
What you will bring:
• Eight or more years of experience in user experience or related fields, with a portfolio built on depth: complex product problems, the design decisions you made under ambiguity, and the direction others built on.
• A track record of designing at the journey level in complex, regulated, or data-heavy domains, where the hard part is making expert work legible.
• A genuine enthusiasm for working at the intersection of design craft and AI-assisted making, and the judgment to keep speed and automation from compromising user-centred outcomes.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted design tools and processes, and the appetite to go further with them. We use Figma Make, Claude Code, and Replit, and we care more about how you evaluate and refine generated output than about which tools you have already used.
• Experience designing AI-native interaction patterns, such as conversational or predictive interfaces, or a clear point of view on designing for transparency, accountability, and user trust.
• Experience owning the research agenda for a product area and leading the studies that answer it.
• Proficiency with Figma, experience contributing to a component-based design system, and enough command of accessibility standards to judge whether AI-generated components meet them.
• Confidence setting design direction with Product and Engineering leadership early enough to shape scope, and a track record of mentoring experienced designers, not only those early in their careers.
• Knowledge of accounting, audit, or financial services industries is a bonus, as is prior experience designing for AI-powered or conversational product features.
The Tech Stack you will be working with:
• Figma, Replit and Claude Code for UI/UX design and prototyping
• Design systems implementation and management
• Angular UI framework and components (for implementation reference)
• User research and testing platforms
• Collaboration tools including Microsoft Teams, Jira, and Confluence
\nSalary Range:
The annual base salary for this position is between $120,000 CAD and $130,000 CAD per year.
This role is also eligible for discretionary bonus and/or commission, as well as other benefits. Actual pay within the listed range will be determined based on factors such as transferable skills, relevant experience, market conditions, and primary work location. The posted range is subject to change and may be updated periodically.
What's in it for you:
▪️Innovation is at our core. We work with cutting-edge technology in accounting and financial reporting, constantly pushing the boundaries to create impactful software solutions.
▪️We are committed to a collaborative culture, where your ideas are valued, and knowledge sharing is encouraged within a supportive, inclusive team.
▪️Work-life balance is important to us. We offer flexible work options, remote opportunities, and generous time-off policies to ensure a healthy work-life balance.
▪️We offer competitive compensation, including a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits such as health insurance and retirement plans.
▪️We are driven by impactful work. Your contributions directly affect how our clients manage financial processes and drive their success.
▪️Recognition and rewards matter to us. We celebrate hard work through recognition programs, performance bonuses, and opportunities for career growth.
▪️We embrace global opportunities. Work on international projects and collaborate with a diverse, global team.
About Caseware:
Caseware's cutting-edge software products are meticulously designed for accounting firms, corporations, and governments. Our teams are continually collaborating, innovating, and building upon our existing suite of products. With a customer-focused mindset, we are building technology that is shaping what the future of audits, financial reporting, and financial data analytics will look like.
With a recent strategic investment from Hg Capital in 2020, Caseware is now in its next major growth phase as we double down on the people and products that have made Caseware so successful to date.
One of Caseware's core values is Many Voices, One Team and with that in mind, we're dedicated to building teams as diverse as our customers in an equitable and inclusive way. We welcome and encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply. Should you require accommodations or have any questions at any point during the application or interview process, please e-mail our People Operations team at talent@caseware.com.
AI Usage:
The recruitment process may use AI assisted tools but not for candidate screening or assessment. All final hiring decisions are made by humans to ensure fairness, transparency, and oversight.
Background Check:
Any candidates successful in obtaining an offer for a position will need to successfully complete a background check through Certn.co which typically includes an Identity Verification and Criminal Record Check. Executives and Senior Managers will undergo a Soft Credit Check as well. Candidates residing in the Netherlands and Germany are excluded from undergoing background checks via Certn.co
Security and Fraud:
Caseware takes the security of candidates seriously. All legitimate communication from us will come from email addresses ending in @caseware.com and our open positions are always listed on reputable job boards and on our website https://jobs.lever.co/caseware. We will NEVER ask for payment or financial information from you. If you receive an unsolicited job offer, proceed with extreme caution.
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