Product Designer

IDERA - Austin, TX

Full-time

Remote - Austin, TX

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

IDERA is a data-driven software company that specializes in enterprise-level SaaS and Desktop applications for databases, developers, and testing. Our software is mature and has a well-established user base. We are currently seeking a Product Designer with strong UX and UI design skills to enhance our DevOps desktop and web enterprise applications. The ideal candidate will be sensitive to the user's current workflows and possess experience with making micro changes through multiple iterations without overhauling the UI. In this role, you will work closely with the Director of UX/UI Design, product managers, architects, and developers to improve our tools experiences through research and the application of UXD best practices. Your responsibilities will include performing heuristic analysis, conducting UI design audits, and executing product walkthroughs. You will define and develop key interaction models, workflows, and wireframes, as well as create high-fidelity mockups and prototypes. Presenting designs to management and the product team, you will need to articulate your design choices effectively. Additionally, you will assist the Product Manager in developing the Product Requirements Document for product releases by incorporating mockups, verifying copy, and ensuring that all interactions align with the designs. You will also be responsible for handing off files to developers using Zeplin.io, attending developer demos, and QAing the user interface to ensure that designs are implemented correctly. Your role will also involve creating a list of UI design improvements and defects during the QA stage and refining product design system guidelines while adhering to Idera processes.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Director of UX/UI Design, product managers, architects, and developers to improve our Tools experiences through research and application of UXD best practices.
• Perform heuristic analysis, UI design audits, and product walkthroughs.
• Define and develop key interaction models, workflows, and wireframes.
• Create high-fidelity mockups and prototypes.
• Present designs to the management and product team and explain design choices.
• Assist the Product Manager with developing the Product Requirements Document for a product release by placing PNGs of mockups in the document, adding captions under each mockup, verifying the copy matches all the interactions and follows the mockups, and adding the boilerplate statement.
• Handoff files to developers using Zeplin.io.
• Attend developer demos and QA the user interface to ensure designs were implemented correctly.
• Create a list of UI design improvements and defects for a product release during the QA stage.
• Work within and help refine product design system guidelines.
• Follow Idera processes.

Requirements

• 2+ years of user experience, not including schooling.
• Outstanding portfolio showing hands-on UX track record.
• Experience designing for enterprise web applications, big data, and data visualization.
• Proven history of improving user workflows and interactions.
• Expert knowledge of Interaction Design, UI Design, User Experience best practices, usability principles, and frameworks.
• Extensive experience building and rapidly iterating on wireframes, mockups and prototypes.
• Experience with competitor analysis and heuristic analysis.
• Knows when to apply best practices and when to perform user research.
• Expert at using prototyping tools such as Sketch and Figma.
• Experience preparing files for development handoff using 3rd party redlining tools like Zeplin.
• Should be able to create Pixel Perfect mockups and know how to use Figma libraries, symbols, text styles, and layer styles.
• Experience working remotely and freelance.
• A self-starter, who is used to being the sole UX designer.
• Able to multitask and work on multiple products at once.
• Requires very little direction.
• Excellent communicator (written and verbal) in English.

Nice-to-haves

• Design experience for enterprise desktop applications with extensive data and IDE.
• Basic knowledge of Dev Ops, Development, Database development, management, and monitoring products including performance management and administration solutions.
• Some basic HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript programming experience.
• BA degree in HCI, Interaction Design or related technical field or equivalent practical experience.