Senior UX Designer

Canonical; Dresden; Remote; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Canonical, a leader in open source software, is seeking a Senior UX Designer to oversee the design team and enhance user experiences. This remote role involves collaborating with various teams to shape Canonical products, ensuring alignment with product strategy, and promoting design consistency. The ideal candidate will have a strong academic background in UX or design, a passion for technology, and excellent communication skills.

Benefits

Performance-driven bonus

USD 2,000 annual learning budget

Maternity/Paternity leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Opportunities to travel

Qualifications

• Exceptional academic record from high school and university.
• Passion for user experience, technology, and design.
• Engagement with the latest in design research and innovation.

Responsibilities

• Lead design processes and provide direction to the design team.
• Collaborate with product managers and engineers on new features.
• Research new features with the open source community.

Skills

User Experience

Design

Communication

User Research

Education

Bachelor's in User Experience, Design, or STEM

Job description

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, as well as industry leaders across 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 Senior UX Designer to lead the design team, overseeing performance, delivery, quality, and completeness. This role involves delivering outstanding UX experiences and generating ideas for team-wide improvements. Our design team aims to turn complex, open-source software into efficient, intuitive products that transform enterprise IT and open source capabilities. We seek an exceptional user experience designer who shares our passion.

This position 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. Providing direction to the design team, ensuring efforts align with product strategy and best practices.
4. Developing and evangelizing design systems to promote consistency and efficiency.
5. Addressing systems-level problems with interconnected constraints.
6. Leading end-to-end design processes for various challenges.
7. Driving Canonical design forward horizontally through a dedicated working group.

What we are looking for in you

1. An exceptional academic record from high school and university.
2. Bachelor's or equivalent in User Experience, Design, STEM, or a compelling alternative narrative.
3. Passion and knowledge of user experience, technology, and design.
4. A commitment to continuous learning, curiosity, flexibility, and a scientific mindset.
5. Result-oriented with a drive to complete work and celebrate successes.
6. Confidence in user research practices.
7. Engagement with the latest in design research and innovation.
8. Ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events lasting up to two weeks.

UX designers should be excellent communicators, comfortable working with engineers, designers, and executives. They must present their design positions clearly and be confident in tackling complex design challenges, aligning their leadership with the company's strategic vision.

What we offer you

We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide, revisiting it annually. Benefits include a performance-driven bonus or commission, a USD 2,000 annual learning budget, recognition rewards, holiday leave, maternity/paternity leave, an Employee Assistance Programme, opportunities to travel, and travel upgrades for company events.

About Canonical

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm leading the global shift to open source. As the publisher of Ubuntu, a key open source platform for AI, IoT, and cloud, we are transforming software. We recruit globally, set high standards, and expect excellence. Most colleagues work remotely, fostering a future-oriented, innovative environment that challenges you to learn, adapt, and excel.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer

We are committed to a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds enhances our environment and products. We welcome applications from all identities, ensuring fair consideration for everyone.