UX Designer

Company Description

We are an industry-leading technology consulting firm dedicated to empowering organizations through cloud native and enterprise DevSecOps transformations. Our team of experts are passionate about leveraging cutting-edge technologies to deliver exceptional value to our clients. We specialize in executing innovative technical solutions using cloud native principles, containers, and extreme automation-based DevSecOps practices.
At our core, we believe in pushing boundaries and setting new standards. Our commitment to excellence is what sets us apart, and it's why our clients choose to work with us. We understand that delivering superior technical solutions requires a team of recognized professionals. If you have a passion for building cloud native systems, applications, and automation solutions in the cloud, and if you're seeking to join a company that is a powerhouse in Enterprise DevSecOps and Cloud Native domains, then you've come to the right place. We foster a dynamic, inclusive, and collaborative environment that encourages innovation and continuous learning. As a member of our team, you'll have the opportunity to work on exciting projects, tackle complex challenges, and make a significant impact in enabling digital transformation for our clients. Join us and be part of a team that thrives on pushing the boundaries of what's possible in technology.

Job Description

The UX Designer is responsible for collaborating with UX Designers to understand user needs and translate them into intuitive interfaces through wireframing, prototyping, and usability testing. The UX Designer will create amazing user experiences by creating the visual elements and layouts of digital products that are user-friendly and aesthetically intuitive, whether for systems navigation, graphics, and interactions. The ideal candidate should have an eye for clean and creative design, possess superior UI skills and be able to translate high-level requirements into interaction flows and artifacts.

Key Responsibilities:

• Able to segment user groups and work with multi-disciplinary teams to gather insights around user needs and business objectives using a variety of research techniques/methods and tools
• Creates a design strategy for a product suite for the organization
• Collaborate with product managers, developers, and stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into innovative design solutions.
• Design and prototype responsive, high-fidelity interfaces for an Angular-based front-end debt services platform.
• Conduct user research and usability testing to refine design decisions and ensure alignment with customer needs.
• Create user journeys, wireframes, wireflows, and prototypes to communicate design concepts effectively.
• Optimize designs for accessibility, scalability, and performance in compliance with financial industry standards.
• Work closely with developers to ensure seamless implementation of designs and resolve any design-related issues during development.

Qualifications

• Exhibits strong written and verbal communication and collaboration abilities, with a customer-focused mindset, to present design insights and facilitate cross-functional agreement among product team and target users on a design solution.
• Proven experience as a UX/UI Designer, with a portfolio showcasing work on customer-facing applications.
• Strong knowledge of Angular and its impact on front-end design and development.
• Experience in financial services, including familiarity with compliance and customer-centric requirements in the industry.
• Proficiency in design tools such as Figma, Adobe XD, Sketch, or similar tools.
• Strong understanding of responsive design principles, accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG), and usability best practices.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Experience using agile development processes and collaborating with cross-functional teams, including developers, to execute design efforts effectively
• Experience designing for complex workflows in debt services or related financial applications.
• Familiarity with design systems and their application in Angular environments.

Additional Information

We Value:

• Drive: Passion and energy to implement quality technical solutions. Self-motivation and intellectual curiosity
• Commitment to Quality: Passion to conceive and produce world-class solutions that drive real-world value for the customer
• Customer Focus: Consultative approach to solving problems for customers. Expectations management.
• Communication: Superior communication skills. Ability to clearly articulate problems, solutions, risks, rewards etc. (written and verbal)
• Technical Skills: Love for technology. You have to be inherently passionate about technology.
• Business Acumen: Technology ultimately is used to enable the business. We look for people who understand how the businesses can be enabled through their technical solutions

What we offer:

• Ability to make a noticeable difference for the organization and our customers
• Tremendous growth opportunity by becoming part of a rapidly growing organization. It’s not your tenure but what you can bring to the table that defines how your career will be shaped. You control your growth.
• Complex but interesting challenges to improve the depth and breadth of your technical and business skills. Our consultants are business technologists and understand how technology drives business. 
• Competitive pay and benefits

Oteemo is an equal employment and affirmative action employer. We evaluate qualified applicants on merit and business needs and not on race, color, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status or any other factor protected by law. Oteemo complies with the law regarding reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled employees.