UX Engineer (m/f/d) (2 years) Paid filled Wikimedia Germany e. V. · 2019-03-22

Open Source Design; Berlin; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. in Berlin is seeking a UX Engineer (m/f/d) in part or full-time to join our Software & Development Department and support the growth of our Wikidata Platform.

You will ensure design aligns with technology, design components, and help transition to a design system. Ideal candidates have strong communication, experience with design systems, and knowledge of MVVM frameworks like React or Vue, plus usability and front-end performance awareness.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and presentation abilities.
• Experience with design systems.
• Ability to create clean, coherent visual designs.
• Define interaction patterns that are efficient and versatile.
• Knowledge of MVVM frameworks such as React or Vue.
• Understanding usability principles.
• Experience measuring front-end performance.

Responsibilities

• Consider design and development needs for an efficient design infrastructure.
• Design behaviour and style of UI components.
• Communicate with engineers and leads to create components.
• Ensure a transition to a design system and style guide interface.

Skills

Communication

Design systems

Visual design

Interaction patterns

MVVM frameworks

Usability principles

Front-end performance

Tools

React

Vue

Figma

Sketch

Job description

Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. is a non-profit organisation based in Berlin, Germany. Our objective is to create a world in which the sum of all human knowledge is freely accessible for everyone.

We are looking for a UX Engineer (m/f/d) in part or fulltime to join our Software & Development Department at the heart of Berlin to support the future growth of our Wikidata Platform. You will be responsible for ensuring our design goes hand in hand with the underlying technology.

• Consider design and development needs for an efficient design infrastructure
• Design behaviour and style of UI components
• Communication with engineers and engineering leads to create the components
• Ensure a transition from the current user interface to a design system and style guide based interface

What we expect

• Great communication and presentation skills
• Experience with design systems
• Skills in creating visual designs which are clean and coherent
• Skills in defining interaction patterns which are efficient, versatile and follow common standards
• Knowledge of MVVM frameworks (e.g. React, Vue…)
• Experience with usability principles
• Knowledge in front-end performance measurement

Nice to have

• Experience with AB Testing
• Knowledge of other programming languages
• Experience in working with Figma or Sketch
• Experiences in working in an Open Source context
• Experience in accessibility standards requirements
• Experience working with project-/product management