UX Designer - Infrastructure

The role

This person will create open-source tools used to build clouds and manage clusters of compute globally. They will work with engineering teams to design products for the Data Center and evolve design systems.

What you will do

• Building tools that enable everyone to build their own cloud experiences
• Collaborating with product managers and engineers to shape the future of the Data Center
• Supporting deeply complex products with the process of design and UX heuristics
• Working to evolve and evangelise design systems
• Understanding the broader scope of work and interconnected constraints
• Supporting one of our working groups to enable Canonical design's horizontal efforts
• Representing the team at cross-functional company meetings
• Presenting design positions with clarity and precision

Required qualifications

• Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• Bachelor's or equivalent in User Experience, Design, or STEM
• Excitement about building things and working with real hardware
• Knowledge and passion for user experience, technology and design
• Commitment to continuous learning and improvement
• Result-oriented with a drive to finish work
• 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
• Excellent communicator

Nice to have

• a compelling narrative about your alternative chosen path

Benefits

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events
• Performance-driven annual bonus or commission

About the company

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. The company publishes Ubuntu and is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration.