[Hiring] Senior UX Designer @Dotmatics

Dotmatics is a leader in R&D scientific software connecting science, data, and decision-making. Its enterprise R&D platform and scientists’ favourite applications drive efficiency and accelerate innovation. More than 2 million scientists and 10,000 customers trust Dotmatics to help them create a healthier, cleaner, safer world.

Dotmatics is a global team of more than 800 team mates dedicated to supporting its customers in over 180 countries. The company is headquartered in Boston, with teams located around the world.

Dotmatics is backed by Insight Partners, a leading global venture capital and private equity firm investing in high-growth technology and software scaleup companies. Learn more about Dotmatics, its platform, and applications including Prism, Geneious, SnapGene, Protein Metrics, OMIQ, FCS Express and LabArchives athttps://dotmatics.com.

As an evolving, global business at the cutting edge of scientific innovation, we offer curious, bright minds from around the world the chance to make immediate impact. We offer meaningful benefits in each market, generous pension/retirement savings plans, equity and a collaborative, remote-friendly work environment centred around core key behaviours and high levels of integrity.

What do we need

We’re at a pivotal moment in our evolution as a company. We have ambitious plans afoot. Plans that are underpinned by Product Design. Improving our users’ experience is one of our three key company-wide objectives. We take UX seriously. We’re looking to build truly industry-changing experiences for our millions of users but we need some help.

We’re looking for an enthusiastic and talented Product Designer (UX) to come and join our dedicated centre-of-excellence at Dotmatics. There’s a huge opportunity to make a real impact. You’ll get to work with Product Managers, Business Analysts, Engineers and Scientists. You’ll get to evolve our design system and pattern library, and most importantly, build end-to-end insight-driven experiences across the whole UX design spectrum. Your designs will impact millions of users who are increasing our scientific understanding of biology, chemistry, and microbiology. It’s a great time to join us.

In this role you will get to:

• Ownership of Delivery: Be accountable for the successful delivery of experience designs, collaborating closely with product managers and engineers to ensure desirability, feasibility and viability.
• Information Architecture: Create user flows, site maps, and wireframes that clearly articulate experience design concepts.
• Continuous Improvement: Unremittingly keep abreast of industry trends and product insight to maintain high standards in design quality.
• Design Leadership: Mentor and inspire other members of the Product Design team to foster a culture of creativity.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Present experience design concepts and strategies incorporating insight collected along design process.

We are looking for at least 7 years experience as a UX or Product Designer with preferably a bachelor’s degree in Product Design, Fine Art, Graphic Design, Computer Science or a related relevant experience in this field. You should be able to demonstrate previous experience as a UX Designer, with a strong portfolio demonstrating your design process and final high-fidelity products.

The key skills we are looking for are:

• Proficiency in Figma is essential; particularly to use of design system components, variables and properties.
• Project Management: Delivering complex projects working with cross functional teams.
• User-centered design principles and methodologies.
• Information Architecture (IA): Ability to organize and structure content effectively, including creating site maps, user flows, and navigation systems that align with user needs and goals.

You may also have experience in:

• Agile methodologies.
• Building interactive prototypes in Figma.
• Chromatic and/or Storybook.
• Digital accessibility standards and regulations.
• Content strategy and how it influences user experience.

Research shows us theconfidence gapandimposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting outstanding candidates, so please don’t hesitate to apply — we’d love to hear from you.

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Dotmatics is an equal opportunity employer. We are a welcoming place for everyone, and we do our best to make sure all people feel supported and connected at work.