Senior UX Designer - Remote

Overview

The Senior UX Designer at CloudBees is a seasoned professional responsible for driving the user experience design and implementation across our product portfolio. In this role, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including product managers, developers, and designers to create intuitive and visually appealing user interfaces that enhance the overall usability and user satisfaction of CloudBees' products. You will leverage your expertise to transform complex technical concepts into elegant and user-friendly designs, while also mentoring and guiding junior members of the UX team.

In Short

• Lead the user-centered design process, conducting user research, creating user personas, and defining user journeys to inform design decisions.
• Collaborate with product managers, developers, and other stakeholders to gather requirements, provide design insights, and iterate on design concepts based on feedback.
• Design and iterate on wireframes, mockups, and prototypes ensuring a cohesive and consistent user experience.
• Define and implement interactive elements and behaviours to ensure smooth and intuitive user interactions within the product.
• Create visually appealing designs that align with CloudBees' branding guidelines, incorporating principles of layout, typography, and color theory.
• Support the evolution and enhancement of CloudBees' design system, influencing the creation of new patterns and components & apply design system principles to create consistent, cohesive, and scalable user interfaces.
• Conduct usability testing sessions and gather user feedback to iteratively improve the user experience and optimize usability & ensure that designs adhere to accessibility standards, making our products usable by a diverse range of users.
• Generate documentation regarding any new learning, process, updated guidelines, etc.. and contribute to housekeeping documentation channels aiming to define a single source of truth.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and stay updated on industry trends and technologies, model best practices and team processes, proactively engage in identifying opportunities for enhancement, suggest improvements, and contribute to solutions.
• Help onboard new team members, participate in hiring process when possible, interviewing (with training) and provide helpful feedback & mentor and coach junior team members, providing guidance and support for their professional development.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in UX Designing, Interaction Design, or similar roles, with a portfolio showcasing successful projects and a deep understanding of design principles and showcasing user-centered design work and advanced problem-solving abilities.
• A degree in a relevant field (e.g., Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science) or relevant industry experience.
• Proficiency in design and prototyping tools such as Figma.
• Demonstrated passion for user-centered design and creating meaningful experiences in the software development and DevOps domain.
• Mastery of design tools, particularly Figma and Whimsical.
• Experience conducting user research, usability testing, and translating insights into actionable design recommendations.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to articulate design concepts to diverse audiences.
• Added Bonus
  Experience with development tools such as Git, GitHub, and reviewing and providing feedback on PRs.
• Familiarity with front-end libraries such as MUI, Tailwind and Material Design Web Components is a plus.
• Grasp of front-end web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and their impact on design decisions.
• Familiarity with Agile and DevOps methodologies is a plus.