Career Opportunities at Equity Bank Limited - 2 Positions

Job Purpose:

A user experience (UX) designer measures and optimises applications (across different platforms online and offline) to improve the ease of use (usability) and create the best user experience by exploring different approaches to solve end-users’ problems.

The UX designer can conduct in-person user tests to observe behaviour when interacting with products. Using these findings, they will then refine and tweak apps, software, websites or touch points to create products and experiences that are friendly, easy to use and delightful.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work closely with product and development teams to define problems, goals, map user flows, prototype interactions and oversee development reviews

• Design delightful flows and interactions across different platforms

• Evaluate the UX and effectiveness of existing and upcoming applications

• Provide feedback to product and development teams on design components

• Conduct user testing and research

• Develop prototypes and design wireframes and define user interface (UI) specifications

KEY COMPETENCIES

• Excellent communication skills

• Lo-fi and hi-fi prototyping skills

• Contribute as a strong collaborator with product and project teams

• Demonstrate experience with end-to-end product design

• Artistic eye for design and ability to think creatively

• Accuracy and attention to detail with excellent organisational skills

• Passion for identifying and solving user problems

• Bonus: background in or familiarity with cognitive psychology (such as HCI)

REQUIREMENTS

• 2-3 years of UX design experience. Preference will be given to candidates who have experience in designing complex solutions for complete digital environments

• Bachelor’s degree in design or computing-related subject

• Skilled with Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator or other design tools

• Body of work demonstrating strong design process, interaction and visual design skills

• Bonus: Basic HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript skills

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Job Purpose:

A user experience (UX) designer measures and optimizes applications (across different platforms online and offline) to improve the ease of use (usability) and create the best user experience by exploring different approaches to solve end-users’ problems. The end-result is in the form of design prototypes, wireframes and user interface (UI) specifications.

As the Front-end (UX/UI) Developer, you turn the prototypes and design components into client-facing applications (mobile or web). You design, build and integrate rich interactive applications using web technologies in a multi-tier environment.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, develop, test and improve software

• Work closely with designers and other development teams to develop dynamic, delightful and elegant user experiences

• Develop user interfaces (UI) that meet best practice, business requirements, as well as user experience (UX) and design specifications

• Create and maintain accurate and quality documentation for products developed

• Work with multi-disciplinary teams to deliver software components

KEY COMPETENCIES

• Excellent communication skills

• Contribute as a strong collaborator with product and project teams

• Demonstrate experience with end-to-end application and UI development

• Demonstrate experience in the use of source code version control tools and workflows (preferably git)

• Interest and ability to learn other programming languages as needed

• Solid understanding of user-centered design principles

REQUIREMENTS

• 2-3 years of software development experience in one or more general purpose programming languages. Preference will be given to candidates who have experience in developing complex solutions for complete digital environments

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or computing-related subject

• Experience working with web application development and/or mobile application development.

• Experience with modern unit testing frameworks

• Experience with HTML5, CSS3 and modern Javascript frameworks (e.g. React, AngularJS)

• Practical knowledge of agile software development methodologies and continuous delivery

• Bonus: demonstrated experience in information security, machine learning, natural language processing and/or networking