How do you hire a UX designer for a technology company?

In short

Hire a UX designer who runs user research, turns the findings into design concepts, and changes those concepts when testing or customer feedback shows a problem. Web and Digital Interface Designers, the closest O*NET occupation, lists user research, new visual design concepts and correcting problems found in testing among its core tasks.

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What does a UX designer do day to day at a technology company?

A UX designer at a technology company decides how a product's screens and flows work for the people using them. O*NET has no UX designer occupation; the closest O*NET occupation is Web and Digital Interface Designers (O*NET 15-1255.00), and its core tasks include:

  • Conduct user research to determine design requirements and analyze user feedback to improve design quality.
  • Develop new visual design concepts and modify concepts based on stakeholder feedback.
  • Identify problems uncovered by testing or customer feedback, and correct problems or refer problems to appropriate personnel for correction.
  • Collaborate with web development professionals, such as front-end or back-end developers, to complete the full scope of Web development projects.
  • Perform Web site tests according to planned schedules, or after any Web site or product revision.

Which skills should a UX designer job description ask for?

A UX designer job description should ask for a portfolio case that shows the research, the design decision it led to, and what changed after testing. Finished screens alone show taste, not process.

O*NET's technology list for Web and Digital Interface Designers includes Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign and Adobe Creative Cloud software. Name the design and prototyping tools your team uses, and test research and decision-making first.

  • Ran user research and wrote design requirements from it
  • Changed a design concept after stakeholder or user feedback, and can say why
  • Found a problem in testing and saw the fix through with developers
  • Worked with front-end or back-end developers to ship a full project

Which titles do UX designer candidates use?

UX designer candidates apply under design and developer titles. The titles O*NET reports for Web and Digital Interface Designers include:

The list leans toward building web interfaces, so screen for research and design work when a candidate's title says developer.

  • UX Developer (User Experience Developer)
  • UX Engineer (User Experience Engineer)
  • UI Developer (User Interface Developer)
  • Web Designer
  • Web Design Specialist

How much of a UX designer's work do people bring to AI tools?

1.7% of sampled Claude.ai conversations in May 2026 were about the tasks of Web and Digital Interface Designers, the closest O*NET occupation, according to the Anthropic Economic Index. In those conversations, 51.34% asked Claude to complete the task directly (automation) and 48.66% worked with it iteratively (augmentation).

Web and Digital Interface Designers is one of the occupations where automation slightly outweighed augmentation in that sample. For hiring, ask how the candidate checks AI-generated layouts or copy against what users said in research. The figures describe how people used Claude, not how many design jobs exist.

Common questions

Should a UX designer write code?
Writing supporting code for web applications or websites is one of the core tasks of Web and Digital Interface Designers, the closest O*NET occupation. Decide whether your team needs that, and say so in the job description.
Is a UX designer the same as a frontend engineer?
A UX designer decides how the product should work for users through research and design concepts, while a frontend engineer builds the interface in code. O*NET's closest occupations are Web and Digital Interface Designers and Web Developers.

Where this data comes from

  • O*NET 31.0 DatabaseThis page includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. EmployLabs has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications.
  • Anthropic Economic Index, release_2026_06_26 (claude_ai, global, soc_occupation, May 2026)Anthropic Economic Index (Anthropic), data released under CC BY. Usage share is the share of sampled Claude.ai conversations classified to this occupation; the automation/augmentation split describes how those conversations used Claude. Neither measures the labour market.

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