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Senior UX Designer - Remote

Posted 4 weeks ago
Design
Full Time
EMEA

Overview

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder led, profitable and growing.

 

We are hiring a Senior UX Designer to drive the design team and be accountable for whole-team performance, delivery, quality and completeness.

Not only will you be delivering outstanding UX experiences, but also generating and implementing ideas for improvement that impact the whole team.

Our design team is on a mission to turn complex, open-source software into efficient, intuitive products that can change how complex systems are built and what open source is capable of for enterprise IT. We are looking for an exceptional user experience designer, who shares our passion.

This role sits in the design team reporting to one of the UX design managers.

In Short

  • Working with the open source community and Canonical customers to research new features and improvements
  • Collaborating with product managers and engineers to shape the future of Canonical products
  • Providing direction to the design team, keeping our efforts aligned with product strategy and best practices
  • Working to evolve and evangelise design systems that drive consistency and efficiency
  • Tackling systems-level problems with numerous interconnected constraints
  • Spearheading end-to-end design processes for challenges of various scales
  • Shaping one of our working groups to drive Canonical design forward horizontally

Requirements

  • Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
  • Bachelor’s or equivalent in User Experience, Design, or STEM or a compelling narrative about your alternative chosen path
  • Knowledge and passion for user experience, technology and design
  • Commitment to continuous learning and improvement - curious, flexible, scientific
  • Result-oriented with a drive to finish work and celebrate success
  • Confidence in user research practices
  • Engagement with the latest design research and innovation
  • Ability to travel internationally twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long

Benefits

  • Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
  • Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
  • Annual compensation review
  • Recognition rewards
  • Annual holiday leave
  • Maternity and paternity leave
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
  • Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long haul company events 
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Canonical is a pioneering technology firm leading the global shift towards open source solutions. As the publisher of Ubuntu, a key open source project that serves as a platform for AI, IoT, and cloud computing, Canonical is dedicated to transforming the technological landscape. The company has maintained a remote-first approach since its founding in 2004, emphasizing a high standard of excellence in its workforce. Canonical values diversity and fosters an inclusive workplace, ensuring that a variety of experiences and perspectives contribute to a better work environment and superior products.

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