Design Architect

Join our global team for a career filled with opportunities to solve challenges both small and large, local and global, simple and complex.

We are looking for a Design Architect for Chennai location, to join our company.

In Wilhelmsen Port Services, we provide our customers with peace of mind while we handle their cargo, their vessels and their crew. We handle 75,000 port calls per year, which means that every 7 minutes, anywhere around the world, we send a ship safely out to sea again to fulfil its purpose. We match local expertise with strict global standards, making sure we consistently make our customers’ port calls as efficient and safe as possible.

Who you are:

You are a visionary design leader with extensive experience architecting user experiences for complex enterprise applications. You bring both creative excellence and technical depth, driving design systems, governing implementation quality, and working closely with architects and engineers to deliver outstanding digital products.

What you will be doing:

Own the end-to-end design architecture for complex, custom-built enterprise applications across web, mobile, and tablet platforms

Lead experience and interaction design for custom Salesforce implementations as well as non-Salesforce applications

Work closely with Enterprise Architect, development, testing, and support teams to ensure designs are scalable, usable, and technically feasible

Translate business and functional requirements into user journeys, interaction flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity designs

Define, maintain, and govern the design system in Figma, including reusable components, patterns, and libraries

Ensure alignment with Salesforce Lightning Design System (SLDS) while supporting custom UI requirements

Ensure designs support custom development, performance, accessibility, and cross-device consistency

Review and guide UI implementation in collaboration with developers (LWC and custom UI frameworks)

Mentor and guide UI Developers and Visual Designers, providing architectural and design governance

Independently own design for large modules or applications end-to-end, from concept through delivery

Participate in design reviews, usability validation, and stakeholder walkthroughs

Support workshops, design reviews, and on-site engagements; travel as required

Required experience and skills:

15+ years of experience in UX/UI, experience design, or application design roles

Extensive experience designing custom enterprise applications

Strong, hands-on experience with Salesforce platforms, including Lightning Experience and custom UI constraints

Proven expertise using Figma, including design system creation and ongoing maintenance

Experience designing for web, mobile, and tablet form factors

Deep understanding of user-centred design principles, accessibility, and enterprise UX standards

Ability to work independently and drive design decisions with minimal supervision

Strong collaboration experience with architects, developers, and QA teams

Excellent communication, mentoring, and stakeholder engagement skills

Advanced experience with Salesforce Lightning Design System (SLDS)

Background in large-scale custom Salesforce development programmes

Domain experience in Maritime / Shipping / Logistics (nice to have)

Preferred Certifications

Nielsen Norman Group (NN/g) UX Certification

Certified Usability Analyst (CUA) — Human Factors International (HFI)

Interaction Design Foundation (IDF) — UX Design or Interaction Design specialisation

Salesforce Certified Administrator

Sounds interesting? If you can see yourself in this role, please let us know why you are our new Design Architect.

Work location: Chennai, India

Please note that all positions at Wilhelmsen are subject to reference and ID checks. For certain roles, additional background screening may be required.

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