UI/UX Developer Full Time NEW

UI/UX Developer (Product Design & UI Systems

Location: Elmhurst, IL

Reports To: Director of Technology

Build solutions. Elevate performance. Thrive in Corporate at New Home Star!

New Home Star is the largest privately owned seller of new homes in America. As a member of our Technology team, you’ll support both our Corporate Support Office and our home builder partners—helping them sell more homes, more profitably.

We are looking for a UI/UX developer who can create clean, usable, consistent experiences for our complex internal platforms that power CRM, contests, forms, training, admin workflows, and wallet/finance dashboards. This role is hands-on and requires you to work closely with engineering to scale our design system consistently using high-quality design.

Our Corporate Support Office is located in the heart of downtown Elmhurst and is not your typical “corporate” setting. We embrace collaboration with an open office concept, and sincerely enjoy team outings, celebrations, and company-wide events. Our team is fun, ambitious, and highly motivated to succeed. These elements create a supportive environment where you can develop professionally and find a long-term place to pursue your career aspirations.

🌟Why New Home Star?

Industry Leader: The largest privately owned new home sales company in the U.S., partnering with market-leading home builders.

Real Growth: Hands-on training, a professional development budget, and clear opportunities for advancement—all within a supportive, high-energy team led by leaders who are dedicated to your success.

Hybrid flexibility: work remotely 3 days/week, in-person 2 days/week at our downtown Elmhurst office.

Award-Winning Culture: Supportive, high-energy team with leadership dedicated to your success, recognized in 2025 as the Best Place to Work in Real Estate and Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work.

Compensation & Benefits: Base salary of $60,000-$80,000, biannual bonus opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with match, paid time off, and more.

Volunteer Opportunities: Encouraged time and financial resources to give back to your local community in meaningful ways.

💼 What You’ll Do

• Own UX and UI design for dashboard-style products (admin panels, role-based tools, complex forms, reporting views).
• Turn open-ended requests into clear user flows, wireframes, and polished UI.
• Create clickable prototypes for stakeholder alignment while considering accessibility and real-world usage.
• Collaborate with engineers on implementation details, edge cases, and QA.
• Build and maintain a simple design system (components, patterns, spacing, typography, states).
• Improve usability and consistency across multiple modules (CRM, contests, training, wallet, admin).

Our Technology Environment (these are the software platforms that the team uses to build on)

• Front-end: Next.js, React, TypeScript
• UI: Tailwind CSS, Radix UI, charts, forms, role-based views
• Product reality: fast iteration, lots of stakeholders, and workflows that actually impact operations

🎯 What We’re Looking For

• Availability: Must work in-person two days per week in the Elmhurst, IL corporate office.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree or higher preferred.
• Experience: 5+ years of UX/UI experience designing web products (SaaS or internal tools preferred).
• Strong product instincts for workflows, information architecture, and state-heavy screens.
• High proficiency with Figma (components, auto-layout, variants, design systems).
• Ability to produce clear deliverables (flows, wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, prototypes).
• Strong communication and collaboration. You can explain tradeoffs and align teams.
• Comfort designing for accessibility basics (keyboard navigation, contrast, layout clarity).
• Experience designing internal admin tools, CRMs, finance dashboards, or workflow-heavy products is preferred.
• Experience working with component libraries and design systems (Radix, Material, etc.) is a plus.
• Additional Preferred Experience: Basic front-end familiarity (HTML/CSS, Tailwind, React) so handoff is clean.
• Ability to occasionally contribute UI in code (React/Tailwind) or refine UI during implementation.
• Experience running lightweight user testing or feedback sessions.



What Success Looks Like (first 60 To 90 Days)

• Get fully ramped on core workflows and users (admin, contests, CRM, forms, wallet).
• Ship design improvements that reduce confusion and rework for Engineering.
• Establish a simple, reusable design system that keeps new features consistent.
• Create a repeatable process for discovery, design, and handoff that moves quickly.