UX Design Engineer

Purpose:

The UX Design Engineer is responsible for providing consultation on all customer-facing applications based on user research and feedback. The UX Designer plays a crucial role in interpreting business requirements & customer needs in order to portray the best possible customer experience to our end users. The UX Designer acts as a mediator between various teams and is the voice of the end user.

 

Essential Functions:

• Work with the development team to implement usable and accessible user interface applications
• Assist business stakeholders in developing requirements based on UX approach
• Interact with the business/product and development teams on a daily basis, in a fast paced agile environment
• Wireframing, mocking, prototyping UI designs and UX approaches
• Lead user research sessions & design critiques
• Independently develop design ideas for presentation to internal stakeholders
• Work with all teams to understand the facets of our business and the application of our products
• Deliver proposals to stakeholders to improve previously established designs
• Effectively challenge convention when necessary to achieve optimal user experiences
• Follow through on recommendations by providing design artifacts and articulating approach to implementation team
• Act as a delegate for the organization

 

Additional Responsibilities:

• Assist with implementation of UX strategies in requirements gathering phase
• Interface between client management, product, and development teams
• Augment business requirements based on proven research and UX practices

 

Competencies:

• Showcased ability to act empathetically
• Developing styles and documenting usages as a guide for development teams
• Interpreting complex problems
• Success managing multiple projects in parallel
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

 

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
Required

• Bachelor’s from an accredited college or university in relevant field
• In lieu of a degree, a high school diploma/equivalent with five or more years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered
• 3+  years of experience in a UI/UX related role

• Thorough understanding of design principles, patterns, and best practices
• Ability to lead design sessions, critiques, and requirements review meetings
• Experience conducting user research sessions and articulating feedback to business stakeholders

• Demonstrated ability to produce wireframes and/or mock-ups at various levels of fidelity
• Applied knowledge and strong familiarity with Adobe tools (Photoshop, Illustrator, etc)
• Proven skills developing wireframes through use of industry tools (Sketch, Adobe XD, Balsamiq, Invision, etc)
• Experience evolving designs from visual aids into working prototypes
• Professional experience writing user scripts and conducting user group sessions
• Strong understanding of HTML, CSS, JS, and front-end development frameworks

 

Preferred

• Experience in the financial industry; e-commerce, banking, financial institution

• Ability to aide in the development of a common design language based on company branding
• Experience working in a fast-paced, agile environment; interacting with Product Owners and Business Analysts
• Portfolio demonstrating applied practice of modern user experience patterns

• Strong knowledge of technology usage trends & applied knowledge of designing for mobile experiences
• Experience managing media files within a source control system

 

Physical Demands

• Frequent sitting, standing