User Experience Developer at Co-operative Bank of Kenya

Job Ref Number  UXD/SSD/2018

Do you dream of designing products that have a positive impact on a global scale?

Are you a well-rounded developer looking to join a high performing team where your impact will be recognized immediately?

We are hiring for an experienced user experience developer to take part in interdisciplinary projects and bring his/her own unique talents to our design team dynamic.

In this position, you will be part of a team responsible for the ideation and development of prototypes to explore and showcase forward thinking concepts. In particular, you will be helping to research and build experiences related to automated systems. Projects will range from well-defined applications to addressing experimental research questions to building interaction frameworks.

The ideal candidate is both an engineer and designer who strives to find the perfect balance between form and function, and is passionate about envisioning how the world should be in 5-10 years. You must be resourceful, creative, and comfortable utilizing a wide array of techniques to bring your ideas that are user friendly to life.

Reporting to Head – Digital Hub, the UX Developer will be responsible for the development of mobile and web based applications using latest technologies on android, iOS etc. while assuring security and cross-browser compatibility. He/she will combine research and design skills together to understand the user needs and produce concepts/solutions/designs that people want to use.

Additionally, the successful candidate will make strategic design and user-experience decisions related to core, and new, functions & features while taking a user-centered design approach to rapidly test and iterate the designs

Responsibilities

• Combine research and design skills together to understand the user needs and produce concepts/solutions/designs that people want to use.
• Translate Concepts into wireframes and mockups that lead to intuitive user experiences.
• Facilitate customer’s product vision by researching, conceiving, wire framing, sketching, prototyping, and mocking up user experiences for digital products.
• Design and deliver wireframes, user stories, user journeys and mockups optimized for a wide range of interfaces and applications.
• Identify design problems and devise elegant solutions.
• Make strategic design and user-experience decisions related to core, and new, functions and features.
• Take a user-centered design approach and rapidly test and iterate designs.
• Take smart risks and champion new ideas.
• Develop mobile and web based applications using latest technologies on android, iOS etc. while assuring security and cross-browser compatibility
• Prototyping of UX designs for the digital lab.
• API development on REST, SOAP and other relevant technologies like node.js, Java, PHP.
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use.
• Ensure the technical feasibility of user interface/user experience designs.
• Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability and ensure that all user input is validated before submitting to back-end.
• Implement Search Engine Optimization (SEO) capabilities using SEO principles and ensuring that application will adhere to them.
• Use Google maps API, google analytics, charts, graphs and such tools to enrich the UX delivery.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree in computer science & IT related fields or Business related field with relevant IT professional qualifications.
• At least 3 years’ relevant work experience in a role directly related to web design, UX Design / Front-end mobile-web development experience, product design, product management, production management, marketing. Preference will be given to candidates who have experience designing complex solutions for complete digital environments.
• Expertise in UX software such as in Vision, UXPin, HTML5, CSS3, Balsamiq, Framer.js, angularjs, Quartz Composer, and the like is a must.
• Strong technical proficiency with UX tools such as Axure, Balsamiq, Sketch, and Adobe Creative Suite, Understanding user research, personas, wireframing and Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as (Git / Mercurial / SVN).
• Graphic or Visual Design, Digital Media Design, other visual specialty or any other related qualifications will be an added advantage. Good understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAX
• Ability to scope and estimate efforts accurately, prioritize tasks and goals independently and rapidly produce deliverables in a fast-paced iterative environment.
• Strong understanding of the full software development life cycle, processes and procedures with an understanding of team needs, basic fundamentals of iterative and incremental development as well as Service oriented environments and Agile practices.
• Great focus on human behaviors, psychology and understanding why people do what they do with experience leading projects and building consensus with multiple stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
• High level of mathematical aptitude and strong problem-solving skills, Logical, analytical with an investigative creative mind and ability to handle complex information with accuracy and attention to detail. Knows and appreciates the value of metrics and incremental delivery.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills when working with both internal business and technical people with external customers, ability to solidify vague requests, explain issues, and guide to solutions.