Senior User Experience Researcher (Legal Data Intelligence)

Location: Illinois, United States; hybrid. U.S. citizenship is required, along with eligibility to obtain Public Trust clearance for work supporting hirify.globalOne Government.

Salary: $140,000–$210,000 annually, plus an annual performance bonus and long-term incentives. Public Trust clearance may provide an additional compensation differential.

Company

hirify.global develops legal technology and enterprise SaaS solutions, including products for legal data intelligence and government use cases.

What you will do

• Plan and execute end-to-end product research across FOIA, Data Breach Response, and other legal data intelligence experiences.
• Partner with product, design, and engineering from early discovery through validation.
• Analyze industry trends, competitive landscapes, and customer environments to inform product strategy.
• Identify and validate assumptions early to reduce product investment risk.
• Adapt research methods to different workflows, customer segments, and product maturity stages.
• Translate research findings into actionable recommendations, concepts, frameworks, and early design prototypes.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in UX and product research.
• Experience incorporating market research or competitive analysis into product strategy.
• Ability to work in ambiguous, fast-evolving problem spaces and operate at both tactical and strategic levels.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills across product, design, and engineering.
• Proficiency with modern research and design tools, including Figma, Claude, Claude Code, and Cursor.
• U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain Public Trust clearance are required.

Nice to have

• Experience in legal tech, enterprise SaaS, or complex B2B domains.
• Familiarity with data-intensive workflows or regulatory environments.
• Experience contributing to early solution framing or design direction.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement.
• Competitive base salary with annual performance bonus.
• Long-term incentives.
• Additional compensation differential may be available for obtaining Public Trust clearance.