UX Designer: Developer Experience (Remote)

Remote; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Distributed work

Learning budget

Compensation review

Recognition rewards

Holiday leave

Maternity and paternity leave

Wellness program

Travel opportunities

Travel upgrades

Job summary

Canonical is hiring a UX Designer for Developer Experience to work with the exceptional engineering teams at Canonical and have a vital role in improving how software is built and distributed globally.

This role sits in the design team reporting to the Developer Experience design manager and is based remotely in the EMEA region. You will design and build tools for open source development, collaborate with product managers and engineers, and advance user research practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in UX, Design, or STEM or equivalent
• Strong knowledge of UX principles and methods
• Experience in user research practices
• Ability to travel internationally twice a year
• Curious, flexible, scientific
• Excellent communication with engineers, designers and executives

Responsibilities

• Designing and building tools that enable everyone to build, package and maintain their own software, with a focus on Open Source.
• Collaborating with product managers and engineers to shape the future of developer experience
• Supporting deeply complex products with the process of design and UX heuristics
• Working to evolve and evangelise design systems that drive consistency and efficiency
• Understanding the broader scope of your work and its numerous interconnected constraints
• Supporting one of our working groups to enable Canonical design’s horizontal efforts

Skills

UX design knowledge

User research

Design systems

Curiosity & learning

Communication

Education

Bachelor's in UX/Design/STEM

Excellent academic record

Job description

Canonical is hiring a UX Designer for Developer Experience to work with the exceptional engineering teams at Canonical and have a vital role in improving how software is built and distributed globally.

This role sits in the design team reporting to the Developer Experience design manager and is based remotely in the EMEA region. You will design and build tools for open source development, collaborate with product managers and engineers, and advance user research practices.