Junior UX Designer

Canonical; Heiligenstein; À distance; USD 40 000 - 70 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

An innovative tech firm is seeking a Junior UX Designer to enhance user experiences for its leading platform. This role offers the chance to work closely with the open source community and collaborate with talented professionals to shape the future of impactful products. As part of a globally distributed team, you'll play a key role in designing intuitive solutions that make complex systems easier to navigate. With a strong commitment to personal development and a supportive work environment, this is an exciting opportunity to grow your career in user experience design.

Prestations

Personal learning budget of USD 2,000

Annual compensation review

Recognition rewards

Annual leave

Maternity and paternity leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Opportunities to travel

Travel upgrades for long-haul events

Qualifications

• Exceptional academic record or compelling alternative path.
• Knowledge and passion for user experience and design.

Responsabilités

• Research new features with the open source community.
• Collaborate with product managers and engineers.
• Develop design systems for consistency and efficiency.

Connaissances

User Experience Design

User Research

Communication Skills

Collaboration

Continuous Learning

Formation

Bachelor's in User Experience

Bachelor's in Design

Bachelor's in STEM

Description du poste

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders across many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.

We are hiring a Junior UX Designer for our Design Team. Junior UX Designers at Canonical play a vital role in the success of Ubuntu, the Canonical developer experience, and our Infrastructure and Enterprise products. There is an expectation of growth to deliver outstanding UX experiences and to take ownership of the design of your product.

Our design team aims to turn complex, open-source software into efficient, intuitive products that can change how complex systems are built and what open source can achieve for enterprise IT. We are looking for a talented and passionate user experience designer who shares our ambitions.

This role reports to a UX design manager and is based remotely in the EMEA region.

The role entails

1. Working with the open source community and Canonical customers to research new features and improvements.
2. Collaborating with product managers and engineers to shape the future of Canonical products.
3. Engaging with the design team to align efforts with product strategy and best practices.
4. Developing and evangelizing design systems to promote consistency and efficiency.
5. Understanding the broader scope of your work and its interconnected constraints.
6. Supporting our working groups to enable Canonical design's horizontal efforts.

What we are looking for in you

• Exceptional academic record from high school and university, or a compelling narrative about your alternative path.
• Bachelor's or equivalent in User Experience, Design, STEM, or relevant experience.
• Knowledge and passion for user experience, technology, and design.
• Commitment to continuous learning and improvement—curious, flexible, scientific.
• Result-oriented with a drive to complete work and celebrate success.
• Confidence in user research practices.
• Engagement with the latest design research and innovation.
• Ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events, up to two weeks long.

UX designers should be excellent communicators, comfortable working with engineers, designers, and executives. They should confidently present their design positions, connect their leadership to the company's strategic vision, and be excited to tackle complex challenges.

Read more about the design team.

What we offer you

We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. Compensation is reviewed annually, with additional benefits reflecting our values. We offer:

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly in-person team sprints.
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year.
• Annual compensation review.
• Recognition rewards.
• Annual leave, maternity, and paternity leave.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Opportunities to travel and meet colleagues.
• Travel upgrades for long-haul company events.

About Canonical

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm leading the global move to open source. As the publisher of Ubuntu, a key platform for AI, IoT, and cloud, we are transforming the software industry. We recruit globally and uphold high standards of excellence. Working here is a step into the future, challenging you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and elevate your game.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer

We are committed to a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity in experience, perspectives, and backgrounds enriches our environment and products. We welcome applications from all identities and backgrounds, and will consider each application fairly.