Principal UX/UI Designer
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**Principal UX/UI Designer**at Posit USA - Remote Posit (formerly RStudio) creates great software that helps people understand data and make better decisions in real-world applications. Our core offering is an open source data science platform, and we aim to make it available to everyone, regardless of their economic means. We're a fast growing company with a goal of making a lasting and meaningful contribution in the world. Our mission is to provide the most widely used open source software and enterprise-ready professional products for data science and technical communication. Our tools further the cause of equipping everyone, regardless of economic means, to participate in a global economy that increasingly rewards data literacy. With millions of open source users and thousands of commercial customers, we are now hiring a Product Marketing leader to help us tell our story and to drive our growth as we build a 100-year company. We are looking for a Principal UX/UI Designer to help shape the design of our products. The ideal candidate will have a track record designing great software products in an agile setting and a desire to constantly solve new and exciting design problems for web and mobile platforms. We're dedicated to crafting clear and effective designs for technical software products that improve the world. In this role you will **What you'll own:*** Deliver highly functional, user-focused designs, wireframes, prototypes and annotations. * Create UX solutions that satisfy business strategies and user needs. * Work with Product Managers to conduct user research, facilitate user testing and provide solution-oriented recommendations based on the results. * Provide detailed specifications of design solutions to be consumed by development teams. * Participate in reviewing development work to make sure all user experience specifications and designs are implemented properly * Resolve complex, technical problems through excellent design * Drive the full range of design activities from conception through final visual design * Stay current with the rapidly evolving arena design trends and standards, and provide guidance **You have:*** 10+ years of proven success working in UX /UI design roles * Expertise in developing wireframes and interactive prototypes * Extensive knowledge of user research and user testing methods * Ability to craft specific visual design elements for products * Knowledge of programming languages, content management systems and popular design tools * Strong visual design sense, with a clear command of interaction design, and usability * The drive and ability to learn quickly about our domain and our complex technology * The ability to clearly articulate design decisions * Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, and an ability to build great relationships across the organization. * Strong attention to design and visual details * Deep empathy for our audience of Python and R developers * Demonstrated experience partnering with product and engineering and other internal, as well as external, stakeholders * Experience working in a B2B software company * Strong mentorship and leadership skills **You are:*** Humble and kind * Excited about Posit's mission * Motivated by helping make science more impactful by increasing reproducibility and better sharing and collaboration * A strategic problem solver with an eye for the big picture but not shy about rolling up your sleeves and digging into the detail **Working at Posit:*** We welcome all talented colleagues and are committed to a culture that represents **diversity in all its forms**. * We prioritize giving ourselves **“focus time”** to get deep work done. We minimize meetings and attempt to operate asynchronously. * We are a learning organization and take mentorship and career growth seriously. **We hope to learn from you** and we anticipate that you will also deepen your skills, influence, and leadership as a result of working at Posit. * We operate under a unique **sustainable business model**: We have over 50% of our engineering dedicated to creating free and open source software. We are profitable and we plan to be around decades from now. * Posit is a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC) and a Certified B Corporation, which means our open-source mission is codified into our charter. As a result, our corporate decisions balance the community's interests, customers, employees, and shareholders. Hear more about why we think this matters . **Notable:****We offer competitive compensation with extensive human-first, people-focused benefits to prioritize your personal and financial well-being.*** 100% of medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums are covered for employees and their families! Fertility and gender-affirming healthcare is included in all of our plans. * Supplemental mental health and wellness benefits are available via Ginger even if you don't opt in to our insurance plans, including Ginger for teen family members. * Posit's gender-neutral paid parental leave policy covers all new parents, including foster and adoptive parents. * All full-time employees are eligible for 401k enrollment starting on day one. + After six months of employment, Posit provides a substantial yearly match to employee 401K contributions.* An annual profit-sharing bonus for employees recognizes our team's contributions to company performance across the year. * We are a 100% distributed team. You are also welcome to come into our Boston office. + We offer a $400 monthly reimbursement for coworking space rental if you prefer to work away from home. * Our Lifestyle Savings Account offers an initial deposit of $1800 and then an additional quarterly stipend of $375 to cover the costs of professional development, wellness, financial health, charitable giving, and remote work support. * We provide a flexible environment with a generous vacation policy that encourages a minimum of four weeks PTO per year plus 13 paid company holidays. Posit is committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace. We encourage applicants of different backgrounds, cultures, genders, experiences, abilities, and perspectives to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, physical disability, or length of time spent unemployed. Posit Software, PBC participates in the federal E-Verify program, which confirms employment authorization of newly hired U.S. based employees. E-Verify is not used as a tool to pre-screen candidates and is only initiated upon hire.(English/Spanish) (English/Spanish) #LI-REMOTE ****Voluntary Self-Identification****For government reporting purposes, we ask candidates to respond to the below self-identification survey. Completion of the form is entirely voluntary. Whatever your decision, it will not be considered in the hiring process or thereafter. Any information that you do provide will be recorded and maintained in a confidential file.As set forth in Posit's Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.If you believe you belong to any of the categories of protected veterans listed below, please indicate by making the appropriate selection. 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