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Were looking for a curious and energetic Product Designer to join YugabyteDBs growing design team. In this role, youll help elevate the experience of our enterprise products - YugabyteDB Platform and YugabyteDB Cloud. In this role, you will apply your skills in design to guide research, design processes and go from idea to product design specifications. Youll collaborate with other members on the Design and Product Management, Engineering, and Customer Success teams. You will conduct customer research, interviews, usability tests to define simpler solutions. Were aiming to ship world-class experiences and we need designers with a visual communication specialty to help raise the bar and keep it high. We seek someone who has shipped world-class products in the enterprise space (SaaS, IaaS, PaaS preferred) - who has seen the product through multiple releases and managed to bring about remarkable improvements through the product life cycle. Role and Responsibilities Work with engineers and product managers to define and design projects across Yugabyte Cloud and Yugabyte Platform. Work on both broadly defined concepts as well as on narrowly defined, tactical deliverables Run lean internal and external usability tests to validate and improve design directions. Identify and create the artifacts you believe are required for the success of your project. This could be a user journey diagram, a wireframe, a high-fidelity prototype, a simple paper sketch, or even a screenshot from a similar feature you ve seen before. Participate in standups, sprint planning, and design reviews. Collaborate with the engineers to ensure your interfaces look great when coded out. Help suggest design solutions to UX issues identified during QA. Collaborate with the design team to refine processes that drive efficiency in working with the Product Organization Required Experience Have 5-8 years of experience designing enterprise or developer-focused products Are an expert in UI, UX practices and keep up with the industry, technology, and tools. Are a critical thinker who makes objective decisions supported by best practices, user data, business goals, and team principles. Have an aptitude for systems thinking and information architecture. This means you can think beyond the user and the scope of your project and consider the interdependence of the elements in the system and how they might affect each other. Can reduce complex problems down to the right balance of flexibility, power, and ease of use Are comfortable explaining your work, to a cross-functional team that doesn t have a design background Are comfortable and methodical in facilitating cross-functional ideation meetings. Are Interested in problem-solving and complex systems. Have experience managing multiple projects at the same time Are self-driven and organized Are opinionated yet humble. Love helping your colleagues learn and grow and have them help you learn and grow. Love working in a fast-paced startup.
