UX Manager Location - Stamford Salary 50k - 55k Full time - Monday - Friday ( Hybrid ) Key Responsibilities Develop and implement a holistic UX strategy aligned with business goals, customer needs, and industry best practices. Define and communicate UX design principles, guidelines, and standards across the organisation. Lead and mentor a team of UX/UI designers and QA specialists. Foster a collaborative and innovative environment that encourages creativity and high-quality design outcomes. Conduct or oversee user research activities to gain insights into user behaviours, preferences, and pain points. Utilise data-driven insights to inform UX design decisions and identify areas for improvement. Create detailed user journey maps and user flows that illustrate the end-to-end user experience. Identify opportunities to enhance user interactions and streamline processes. Oversee the creation of wireframes and interactive prototypes to communicate design concepts and validate user interactions for new front end website updates to platforms. Plan and conduct usability testing sessions to gather user feedback and validate design solutions. Use test results to make data-informed design improvements. Ensure thorough quality assurance testing of front-end implementation and development to guarantee a best in class execution for users. Collaborate with development teams to ensure seamless integration of UX design into the product development lifecycle. Advocate for accessibility best practices and ensure that designs comply with accessibility standards to provide an inclusive experience for all users. Monitor and analyse UX metrics and analytics to measure the effectiveness of design solutions and make data-driven decisions for continuous improvement. Work closely with the digital team to conduct data-driven CRO initiatives. Analyse user behaviour, design persuasive calls-to-action, and implement A/B testing to optimise user journeys and increase conversions. Collaborate with the digital team and developers to implement personalised experiences based on user preferences, behaviour, and demographics. Leverage user research and data insights to deliver more relevant and engaging content to our users. Effectively communicate UX strategies & design concepts. Present findings and recommendations in a clear and compelling manner. Person Specification Qualifications & Experience Proven experience as a UX Manager or in a senior UX design role Strong leadership and people management skills, with a track record of leading and inspiring design teams Proficiency in user-centred design principles, design thinking, and UX methodologies Extensive experience with user research, usability testing, data-driven decision-making, QA & UAT Experience with wireframing and prototyping tools such as Sketch, Adobe XD, Figma, or similar Solid understanding of web and mobile design best practices, as well as the latest trends and technologies in UX Experience with project organisation tools such as Jira, Trello etc Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate design concepts and recommendations to diverse audiences Demonstrated experience in implementing Conversion Rate Optimisation (CRO) strategies, conducting A/B tests, and analysing data to improve digital product performance Understanding of Agile/Scrum methodology User Experience (UX) Manager 4 Expertise in personalisation techniques and the ability to craft personalised user experiences based on user preferences and behaviour Hours 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday (35 hour contractual working week), but the salary has been structured to take account of the need to occasionally work unsocial hours as required by a global organisation and therefore no additional remuneration will be paid outside of base salary) Benefits Life Assurance 4 times gross annual salary for death in service Healthcare - Private Medical Insurance through BUPA.
Apr 18, 2024
Full time
UX Manager Location - Stamford Salary 50k - 55k Full time - Monday - Friday ( Hybrid ) Key Responsibilities Develop and implement a holistic UX strategy aligned with business goals, customer needs, and industry best practices. Define and communicate UX design principles, guidelines, and standards across the organisation. Lead and mentor a team of UX/UI designers and QA specialists. Foster a collaborative and innovative environment that encourages creativity and high-quality design outcomes. Conduct or oversee user research activities to gain insights into user behaviours, preferences, and pain points. Utilise data-driven insights to inform UX design decisions and identify areas for improvement. Create detailed user journey maps and user flows that illustrate the end-to-end user experience. Identify opportunities to enhance user interactions and streamline processes. Oversee the creation of wireframes and interactive prototypes to communicate design concepts and validate user interactions for new front end website updates to platforms. Plan and conduct usability testing sessions to gather user feedback and validate design solutions. Use test results to make data-informed design improvements. Ensure thorough quality assurance testing of front-end implementation and development to guarantee a best in class execution for users. Collaborate with development teams to ensure seamless integration of UX design into the product development lifecycle. Advocate for accessibility best practices and ensure that designs comply with accessibility standards to provide an inclusive experience for all users. Monitor and analyse UX metrics and analytics to measure the effectiveness of design solutions and make data-driven decisions for continuous improvement. Work closely with the digital team to conduct data-driven CRO initiatives. Analyse user behaviour, design persuasive calls-to-action, and implement A/B testing to optimise user journeys and increase conversions. Collaborate with the digital team and developers to implement personalised experiences based on user preferences, behaviour, and demographics. Leverage user research and data insights to deliver more relevant and engaging content to our users. Effectively communicate UX strategies & design concepts. Present findings and recommendations in a clear and compelling manner. Person Specification Qualifications & Experience Proven experience as a UX Manager or in a senior UX design role Strong leadership and people management skills, with a track record of leading and inspiring design teams Proficiency in user-centred design principles, design thinking, and UX methodologies Extensive experience with user research, usability testing, data-driven decision-making, QA & UAT Experience with wireframing and prototyping tools such as Sketch, Adobe XD, Figma, or similar Solid understanding of web and mobile design best practices, as well as the latest trends and technologies in UX Experience with project organisation tools such as Jira, Trello etc Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate design concepts and recommendations to diverse audiences Demonstrated experience in implementing Conversion Rate Optimisation (CRO) strategies, conducting A/B tests, and analysing data to improve digital product performance Understanding of Agile/Scrum methodology User Experience (UX) Manager 4 Expertise in personalisation techniques and the ability to craft personalised user experiences based on user preferences and behaviour Hours 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday (35 hour contractual working week), but the salary has been structured to take account of the need to occasionally work unsocial hours as required by a global organisation and therefore no additional remuneration will be paid outside of base salary) Benefits Life Assurance 4 times gross annual salary for death in service Healthcare - Private Medical Insurance through BUPA.
Purpose of Position As a Senior Back End Software Engineer you will be part of a cross-functional client focused team. You will be an advocate for writing clean, secure and well-tested code. You will follow best-practice guidelines and help to improve those guidelines ensuring your code is open and easy for others to reuse. You will be a self-starter and have a significant understanding of the importance of user needs within your service and work with the product owner and other team members to translate these into technical solutions. You will work through the entire lifecycle of a service or product, from understanding requirements, development to deployment, support and maintenance. You will need to show an understanding for deadlines, find pragmatic solutions and be proactive in raising potential risks. As a senior member of a team you will extend, maintain and operate assigned parts of our platform. Furthermore you will participate in knowledge-sharing activities and mentoring colleagues both within your team and the wider Engineering practice. The Team You will be joining a brand new team whose focus will be on 'attribution' which is a key aspect in the business of affiliate marketing. Attribution is all about understanding aspect of a consumer journey before a sale. Advanced attribution capabilities will allow our platform users to configure precisely targeted customised rewards. Awin is extremely customer focused and this teams ethos is all about putting our platform users in the driving seat. As a new team we are in a great position where we can define teams practices and processes that suit our needs and as a senior member you will have direct input. Technology wise, we will be using the latest versions of a cloud based stack on AWS, such as Java/Spring, Kafka, SQL/NoSQL databases, Jenkins, Docker and more. The new team will sit within Awin Engineering, which takes software engineering seriously. As such team members will have access to and supported by various architectural and personal development services. Skills & Expertise Required At least 5 - 8 years of hands-on experience in commercial Software Engineering roles. Proven track record with any OOP stack, ideally Java v17 with Maven, Spring Boot v3, Docker and Git. Passion for writing elegant code and a desire to constantly refactor and improve, with a good understanding of SOLID principles. Expertise in designing and implementing RESTful APIs within a microservices architecture. Ability to conduct a thorough code review process, write unit tests and maintain CI/CD pipelines. Experience with streaming and queuing solutions (ideally Kafka, Kinesis or SQS). Understanding of relational database design principles and proficiency in SQL. Similarly familiarity with non-relational databases like DynamoDB. Nice to have Understanding of Data Structures and Algorithms. Experience in working with web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript). Successful collaboration within a cross-functional engineering team alongside Product Owners, UX Designers and Agile Coaches Extensive exposure to agile processes, Scrum or Kanban. Experience in developing (AWS) cloud applications with Docker and serverless technologies with an understanding of Infrastructure as Code, such as Terraform. Experience with cache solutions. Redis, Memcached, or else. Knowledge of TDD and Pair Programming practices. Experience in monitoring applications. Knowledgeable about information security, able to design and implement solutions with mitigation against security threats Our Offer Flexi-Week and Work-Life Balance : We prioritise your mental health and wellbeing, offering you a flexible four-day Flexi-Week at full pay and with no reduction to your annual holiday allowance. We also offer a variety of different paid special leaves. Flexi-Office : Do you prefer to work from our cool office, from home, or in a completely different environment? With us, the choice is yours. We?offer the flexibility to work wherever you want?within our Awin locations. Health & Well Being : With our support and access to various initiatives and sports offers, you can devote yourself to your mental and physical well-being. Development : We've built our extensive training suite Awin Academy to cover a wide range of skills that nurture you professionally and personally, with trainings conveniently packaged together to support your overall development. You can also improve your English skills by participating in our local language course. Remote Working : You will receive a monthly allowance to cover part of your running costs. In addition, we will support you in setting up your remote workspace appropriately. Appreciation : Thank and reward colleagues by sending them a voucher through our peer-to-peer program and show your appreciation?for?colleagues who have gone?the extra mile?to support?you. Established in 2000, Awin is proud of our dynamic, social and inclusive culture. Like all businesses, we've had to adapt and nurture our culture in a virtual environment. Our virtual hub brings our colleagues from across the globe together for various social activities. Diversity & Inclusion are paramount to us, and we proudly pursue and hire diverse team members. We champion uniqueness and authenticity; this is who we are at our core. Our network of affiliate partnerships are diverse and transparent, as are the employees powering our vision to build the world's leading open partner ecosystem. We welcome all backgrounds, identities, and experiences. If you need support at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know. Apply now to begin the next stage of your career at a progressive company that supports both your professional and personal development.
Apr 18, 2024
Full time
Purpose of Position As a Senior Back End Software Engineer you will be part of a cross-functional client focused team. You will be an advocate for writing clean, secure and well-tested code. You will follow best-practice guidelines and help to improve those guidelines ensuring your code is open and easy for others to reuse. You will be a self-starter and have a significant understanding of the importance of user needs within your service and work with the product owner and other team members to translate these into technical solutions. You will work through the entire lifecycle of a service or product, from understanding requirements, development to deployment, support and maintenance. You will need to show an understanding for deadlines, find pragmatic solutions and be proactive in raising potential risks. As a senior member of a team you will extend, maintain and operate assigned parts of our platform. Furthermore you will participate in knowledge-sharing activities and mentoring colleagues both within your team and the wider Engineering practice. The Team You will be joining a brand new team whose focus will be on 'attribution' which is a key aspect in the business of affiliate marketing. Attribution is all about understanding aspect of a consumer journey before a sale. Advanced attribution capabilities will allow our platform users to configure precisely targeted customised rewards. Awin is extremely customer focused and this teams ethos is all about putting our platform users in the driving seat. As a new team we are in a great position where we can define teams practices and processes that suit our needs and as a senior member you will have direct input. Technology wise, we will be using the latest versions of a cloud based stack on AWS, such as Java/Spring, Kafka, SQL/NoSQL databases, Jenkins, Docker and more. The new team will sit within Awin Engineering, which takes software engineering seriously. As such team members will have access to and supported by various architectural and personal development services. Skills & Expertise Required At least 5 - 8 years of hands-on experience in commercial Software Engineering roles. Proven track record with any OOP stack, ideally Java v17 with Maven, Spring Boot v3, Docker and Git. Passion for writing elegant code and a desire to constantly refactor and improve, with a good understanding of SOLID principles. Expertise in designing and implementing RESTful APIs within a microservices architecture. Ability to conduct a thorough code review process, write unit tests and maintain CI/CD pipelines. Experience with streaming and queuing solutions (ideally Kafka, Kinesis or SQS). Understanding of relational database design principles and proficiency in SQL. Similarly familiarity with non-relational databases like DynamoDB. Nice to have Understanding of Data Structures and Algorithms. Experience in working with web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript). Successful collaboration within a cross-functional engineering team alongside Product Owners, UX Designers and Agile Coaches Extensive exposure to agile processes, Scrum or Kanban. Experience in developing (AWS) cloud applications with Docker and serverless technologies with an understanding of Infrastructure as Code, such as Terraform. Experience with cache solutions. Redis, Memcached, or else. Knowledge of TDD and Pair Programming practices. Experience in monitoring applications. Knowledgeable about information security, able to design and implement solutions with mitigation against security threats Our Offer Flexi-Week and Work-Life Balance : We prioritise your mental health and wellbeing, offering you a flexible four-day Flexi-Week at full pay and with no reduction to your annual holiday allowance. We also offer a variety of different paid special leaves. Flexi-Office : Do you prefer to work from our cool office, from home, or in a completely different environment? With us, the choice is yours. We?offer the flexibility to work wherever you want?within our Awin locations. Health & Well Being : With our support and access to various initiatives and sports offers, you can devote yourself to your mental and physical well-being. Development : We've built our extensive training suite Awin Academy to cover a wide range of skills that nurture you professionally and personally, with trainings conveniently packaged together to support your overall development. You can also improve your English skills by participating in our local language course. Remote Working : You will receive a monthly allowance to cover part of your running costs. In addition, we will support you in setting up your remote workspace appropriately. Appreciation : Thank and reward colleagues by sending them a voucher through our peer-to-peer program and show your appreciation?for?colleagues who have gone?the extra mile?to support?you. Established in 2000, Awin is proud of our dynamic, social and inclusive culture. Like all businesses, we've had to adapt and nurture our culture in a virtual environment. Our virtual hub brings our colleagues from across the globe together for various social activities. Diversity & Inclusion are paramount to us, and we proudly pursue and hire diverse team members. We champion uniqueness and authenticity; this is who we are at our core. Our network of affiliate partnerships are diverse and transparent, as are the employees powering our vision to build the world's leading open partner ecosystem. We welcome all backgrounds, identities, and experiences. If you need support at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know. Apply now to begin the next stage of your career at a progressive company that supports both your professional and personal development.
Senior UX/UI Designer Paying up to 65k + bonus and benefits Leading insurance provider Fully remote working My client a leading insurance provider have a newly created position available for a Senior UX/UI Designer to be responsible for delivering user experience and interface design on their online products. The company are going through a period of growth and this is a great time to join the team. Responsibilities will include: Ensuring great customer experience on the websites, both web and mobile Working with other teams such as digital analytics to optimise customer journey Running tester sessions and conducting UX research Contributing to projects such as implementing promotions, making changes to product offerings etc Some of the skills they would like you to have: UX and UI Design experience. Ideally you will have a portfolio to showcase your skills Experience working within an Agile environment Analysis and interpretation of user journey statistics and digital analytics Useability testing Some of the benefits: Annual bonus (based on company and personal performance) Life insurance of 4X salary Flexi benefits (private medical insurance, health and dental etc) Ability to buy and sell holiday Discounted gym membership If interested in finding out more please apply and I look forward to working on your application together.
Apr 18, 2024
Full time
Senior UX/UI Designer Paying up to 65k + bonus and benefits Leading insurance provider Fully remote working My client a leading insurance provider have a newly created position available for a Senior UX/UI Designer to be responsible for delivering user experience and interface design on their online products. The company are going through a period of growth and this is a great time to join the team. Responsibilities will include: Ensuring great customer experience on the websites, both web and mobile Working with other teams such as digital analytics to optimise customer journey Running tester sessions and conducting UX research Contributing to projects such as implementing promotions, making changes to product offerings etc Some of the skills they would like you to have: UX and UI Design experience. Ideally you will have a portfolio to showcase your skills Experience working within an Agile environment Analysis and interpretation of user journey statistics and digital analytics Useability testing Some of the benefits: Annual bonus (based on company and personal performance) Life insurance of 4X salary Flexi benefits (private medical insurance, health and dental etc) Ability to buy and sell holiday Discounted gym membership If interested in finding out more please apply and I look forward to working on your application together.
We believe in better. And we make it happen. Better content. Better products. And better careers. Working in Tech, Product or Data at Sky is about building the next and the new. From broadband to broadcast, streaming to mobile, SkyQ to Sky Glass, we never stand still. We optimise and innovate. We turn big ideas into the products, content and services millions of people love. And we do it all right here at Sky. Global Streaming Platform Global Streaming Platform team develop and supports market-leading video streaming services, underpinned by state-of-the-art engineering principles. We do this at huge scale: for over 50 million customers globally, spanning NBCUniversal, Peacock, Sky, NOW, SkyShowtime and Showmax. No matter the device, the time or the place, we make sure that our diverse audiences can easily find and enjoy whatever they want to watch, choosing from the world's best entertainment, news and sport. The Viewing Product Team The Viewing Product team lives and breathes design excellence. We're a cross-functional team of product managers, UX researchers, UX designers, product engineers, and data scientists. Here you'll find more than a job. You'll find a fast-paced, high-performance team of incredible colleagues that want to be at the epicentre of technology, sports, news, TV, movies and more. Our work is central to our mission to deliver a future-focused user experience across our best-in-class streaming platforms. Together, we're focused on getting customers to content they love, faster and easier. Part of the Product Design team, the Product Designer, Visual Merchandising will create best-in-class design experiences across our platforms to showcase streaming content and live events. Reporting to the Senior Manager of Product Design, Visual Merchandising, we're seeking a skilled Product Designer to elevate the visual impact and UX across our streaming platforms. The ideal candidate will have a keen eye for detail, a passion for consistency, and the ability to translate complex challenges into clear, systematic, and visually compelling solutions. What you'll do: Craft a cohesive visual language and design patterns that enhance the user experience, effectively present curated content and live events, and drive content discovery across TV, web, and mobile platforms. Elevate usability through strategic use of imagery, color, shapes, typography, and form, ensuring our experiences are premium, informative, and aligned with our brand identity. Conceptualize, design, and implement visually compelling and effective solutions that align with product requirements, brand guidelines, and strategic objectives. Develop comprehensive toolkits including design mockups, production of visual assets and components, plus comprehensive documentation to help communicate the use and implementation across platforms. Collaborate with Product, Editorial, Brand, and Research to make informed decisions and drive design directions that always put the user first. You'll build products our users love based on design insights, media trends, and robust user testing. Apply a data-driven approach to every decision you make, reducing friction and increasing engagement all while creating a consistent, scalable user experience. You'll contribute directly to success metrics around subscriber growth, retention, and engagement. Manage multiple projects and work efficiently in a deadline-driven environment, without sacrificing quality. You'll also independently lead small- to medium-sized projects from conception to launch, driving stakeholder reviews and expert execution. Consistently advocate for user needs throughout your process. Actively participate in design critiques, bringing fresh ideas to the broader team. What you'll bring: Design experience with relentlessly high standards and operational knowledge of UX and product design. You understand the value of staying current on visual and cultural trends. Minimum 3 years of experience in media, branding, advertising, or a relevant field as a UX/Product Designer, Visual Designer, or Brand Designer. Proficiency with leading design tools, including Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, as well as other collaboration and prototyping tools. A strong portfolio demonstrating exceptional visual and UX design skills, rooted in user-centered principles. A passion for exploring new and innovative visual approaches. An uncompromised bar of quality for digital experiences and how they're represented across platforms. Experience working across a variety of design areas, including UX, branding, visual design, and product marketing. Experience working in a technical environment is a plus. A rich understanding of component-based design and design systems to contribute to a scalable, sustainable approach that enables speed to market, evolution, and optimisation. Experience working with strategic design, creative direction, and visual design systems. An understanding of the best design practices across different media, platforms, and devices. The rewards There's one thing people can't stop talking about when it comes to : the perks. Here's a taster: Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place The magic of Sky Glass at an exclusive rate A generous pension package Private healthcare Discounted mobile and broadband A wide range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences Inclusion & how you'll work We are a Disability Confident Employer, and welcome and encourage applications from all candidates. We will look to ensure a fair and consistent experience for all, and will make reasonable adjustments to support you where appropriate. Please flag any adjustments you need to your recruiter as early as you can. We've embraced hybrid working and split our time between unique office spaces and the convenience of working from home. You'll find out more about what hybrid working looks like for your role later on in the recruitment process. Your office space: Osterley: Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There's also plenty of bike shelters and showers. On campus, you'll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon. We'd love to hear from you Inventive, forward-thinking minds come together to work in Tech, Product and Data at Sky. It's a place where you can explore what if, how far, and what next. But better doesn't stop at what we do, it's how we do it, too. We embrace each other's differences. We support our community and contribute to a sustainable future for our business and the planet. If you believe in better, we'll back you all the way. Just so you know: if your application is successful, we'll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.
Apr 18, 2024
Full time
We believe in better. And we make it happen. Better content. Better products. And better careers. Working in Tech, Product or Data at Sky is about building the next and the new. From broadband to broadcast, streaming to mobile, SkyQ to Sky Glass, we never stand still. We optimise and innovate. We turn big ideas into the products, content and services millions of people love. And we do it all right here at Sky. Global Streaming Platform Global Streaming Platform team develop and supports market-leading video streaming services, underpinned by state-of-the-art engineering principles. We do this at huge scale: for over 50 million customers globally, spanning NBCUniversal, Peacock, Sky, NOW, SkyShowtime and Showmax. No matter the device, the time or the place, we make sure that our diverse audiences can easily find and enjoy whatever they want to watch, choosing from the world's best entertainment, news and sport. The Viewing Product Team The Viewing Product team lives and breathes design excellence. We're a cross-functional team of product managers, UX researchers, UX designers, product engineers, and data scientists. Here you'll find more than a job. You'll find a fast-paced, high-performance team of incredible colleagues that want to be at the epicentre of technology, sports, news, TV, movies and more. Our work is central to our mission to deliver a future-focused user experience across our best-in-class streaming platforms. Together, we're focused on getting customers to content they love, faster and easier. Part of the Product Design team, the Product Designer, Visual Merchandising will create best-in-class design experiences across our platforms to showcase streaming content and live events. Reporting to the Senior Manager of Product Design, Visual Merchandising, we're seeking a skilled Product Designer to elevate the visual impact and UX across our streaming platforms. The ideal candidate will have a keen eye for detail, a passion for consistency, and the ability to translate complex challenges into clear, systematic, and visually compelling solutions. What you'll do: Craft a cohesive visual language and design patterns that enhance the user experience, effectively present curated content and live events, and drive content discovery across TV, web, and mobile platforms. Elevate usability through strategic use of imagery, color, shapes, typography, and form, ensuring our experiences are premium, informative, and aligned with our brand identity. Conceptualize, design, and implement visually compelling and effective solutions that align with product requirements, brand guidelines, and strategic objectives. Develop comprehensive toolkits including design mockups, production of visual assets and components, plus comprehensive documentation to help communicate the use and implementation across platforms. Collaborate with Product, Editorial, Brand, and Research to make informed decisions and drive design directions that always put the user first. You'll build products our users love based on design insights, media trends, and robust user testing. Apply a data-driven approach to every decision you make, reducing friction and increasing engagement all while creating a consistent, scalable user experience. You'll contribute directly to success metrics around subscriber growth, retention, and engagement. Manage multiple projects and work efficiently in a deadline-driven environment, without sacrificing quality. You'll also independently lead small- to medium-sized projects from conception to launch, driving stakeholder reviews and expert execution. Consistently advocate for user needs throughout your process. Actively participate in design critiques, bringing fresh ideas to the broader team. What you'll bring: Design experience with relentlessly high standards and operational knowledge of UX and product design. You understand the value of staying current on visual and cultural trends. Minimum 3 years of experience in media, branding, advertising, or a relevant field as a UX/Product Designer, Visual Designer, or Brand Designer. Proficiency with leading design tools, including Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, as well as other collaboration and prototyping tools. A strong portfolio demonstrating exceptional visual and UX design skills, rooted in user-centered principles. A passion for exploring new and innovative visual approaches. An uncompromised bar of quality for digital experiences and how they're represented across platforms. Experience working across a variety of design areas, including UX, branding, visual design, and product marketing. Experience working in a technical environment is a plus. A rich understanding of component-based design and design systems to contribute to a scalable, sustainable approach that enables speed to market, evolution, and optimisation. Experience working with strategic design, creative direction, and visual design systems. An understanding of the best design practices across different media, platforms, and devices. The rewards There's one thing people can't stop talking about when it comes to : the perks. Here's a taster: Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place The magic of Sky Glass at an exclusive rate A generous pension package Private healthcare Discounted mobile and broadband A wide range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences Inclusion & how you'll work We are a Disability Confident Employer, and welcome and encourage applications from all candidates. We will look to ensure a fair and consistent experience for all, and will make reasonable adjustments to support you where appropriate. Please flag any adjustments you need to your recruiter as early as you can. We've embraced hybrid working and split our time between unique office spaces and the convenience of working from home. You'll find out more about what hybrid working looks like for your role later on in the recruitment process. Your office space: Osterley: Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There's also plenty of bike shelters and showers. On campus, you'll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon. We'd love to hear from you Inventive, forward-thinking minds come together to work in Tech, Product and Data at Sky. It's a place where you can explore what if, how far, and what next. But better doesn't stop at what we do, it's how we do it, too. We embrace each other's differences. We support our community and contribute to a sustainable future for our business and the planet. If you believe in better, we'll back you all the way. Just so you know: if your application is successful, we'll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.
Macildowie Recruitment and Retention
Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Senior Graphic Designer Lincoln Up to £32,000 Monday to Friday (2 days from the office) We're seeking a talented Graphic Designer to join a leading Ecommerce business in Lincoln. If you're passionate about driving visual excellence, shaping brand identities, and creating exceptional user experiences in the ecommerce landscape, we want to hear from you! Key Responsibilities: Collaborate with the marketing and creative team to establish and maintain a consistent visual style. Develop and oversee the overall brand aesthetic/guidelines. Oversee the creation of high-quality, on-brand visuals to support new brand launches and seasonal promotions across social, email, and display. Lead and mentor our creative team, providing guidance, feedback, and support. Assist in developing the site UX to create effective user journeys based on research, industry best practices while in-keeping with the brand aesthetic. Involvement in the development of our personalisation and AB testing strategies. Work with 3rd parties including developers and tech partners to ensure seamless implementation of UX projects. Oversee the design of in-store branding/assets including print POS, window displays/concepts, signage, flyers, etc. Collaborate with our social and creative teams in wider campaign shoots from initial idea generation, storyboarding to retouching/editing campaign shots/video. Creatively seek out new design ideas and maintain industry knowledge. Maintain an excellent understanding of the company's target demographic and product range. Requirements: At least 4 years of experience in a Graphic Design role. A portfolio showcasing strong creative skills and digital design projects. Experience with UX/UI design and a strong understanding of CRO. Fluent in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects) and UX/UI software (Figma). Ability to work across multiple projects in a fast-paced environment. Excellent communication skills both internally and with 3rd parties. Experience within an ecommerce role is desirable. Interested? Click apply today! Please put your home postcode on your CV when applying. Our recruitment tech uses this to make sure your CV is reviewed by the relevant consultant, for the relevant job(s), in the relevant geography. Macildowie are a recruitment business working on behalf of a client to recruit this role. Your personal data may be forwarded to that client company as part of the application process. If you would like information on how we will process your data please go to our website (macildowie) and view our fair processing notices which are located at the bottom of the page under privacy policies. Within the fair processing notice for Candidates there is guidance on how to amend your contact preferences or exercise your rights relating to personal data. We can't provide direct links as email address and website urls within our job adverts are removed by some of the websites on which we advertise. Macildowie is a specialist recruitment consultancy with a rich history of enhancing the careers of professionals across the Midlands and the Northern Home Counties. We have an unrivalled understanding of the local market place and recruit for the majority of the region's premier employers. To search for all of our live jobs please visit us at macildowie.
Apr 18, 2024
Full time
Senior Graphic Designer Lincoln Up to £32,000 Monday to Friday (2 days from the office) We're seeking a talented Graphic Designer to join a leading Ecommerce business in Lincoln. If you're passionate about driving visual excellence, shaping brand identities, and creating exceptional user experiences in the ecommerce landscape, we want to hear from you! Key Responsibilities: Collaborate with the marketing and creative team to establish and maintain a consistent visual style. Develop and oversee the overall brand aesthetic/guidelines. Oversee the creation of high-quality, on-brand visuals to support new brand launches and seasonal promotions across social, email, and display. Lead and mentor our creative team, providing guidance, feedback, and support. Assist in developing the site UX to create effective user journeys based on research, industry best practices while in-keeping with the brand aesthetic. Involvement in the development of our personalisation and AB testing strategies. Work with 3rd parties including developers and tech partners to ensure seamless implementation of UX projects. Oversee the design of in-store branding/assets including print POS, window displays/concepts, signage, flyers, etc. Collaborate with our social and creative teams in wider campaign shoots from initial idea generation, storyboarding to retouching/editing campaign shots/video. Creatively seek out new design ideas and maintain industry knowledge. Maintain an excellent understanding of the company's target demographic and product range. Requirements: At least 4 years of experience in a Graphic Design role. A portfolio showcasing strong creative skills and digital design projects. Experience with UX/UI design and a strong understanding of CRO. Fluent in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects) and UX/UI software (Figma). Ability to work across multiple projects in a fast-paced environment. Excellent communication skills both internally and with 3rd parties. Experience within an ecommerce role is desirable. Interested? Click apply today! Please put your home postcode on your CV when applying. Our recruitment tech uses this to make sure your CV is reviewed by the relevant consultant, for the relevant job(s), in the relevant geography. Macildowie are a recruitment business working on behalf of a client to recruit this role. Your personal data may be forwarded to that client company as part of the application process. If you would like information on how we will process your data please go to our website (macildowie) and view our fair processing notices which are located at the bottom of the page under privacy policies. Within the fair processing notice for Candidates there is guidance on how to amend your contact preferences or exercise your rights relating to personal data. We can't provide direct links as email address and website urls within our job adverts are removed by some of the websites on which we advertise. Macildowie is a specialist recruitment consultancy with a rich history of enhancing the careers of professionals across the Midlands and the Northern Home Counties. We have an unrivalled understanding of the local market place and recruit for the majority of the region's premier employers. To search for all of our live jobs please visit us at macildowie.
Senior UI / UX Designer is required for a growing company located in Basingstoke. They operate a hybrid working model - 3 days per week in the office, 2 days per week remote. The Senior UI / UX Designer will work in close conjunction with creative and dev teams to ensure the creation of functional UIs and UX. The Senior UI / UX Designer will be responsible for - Working with project stakeholders to identify and resolve UX issues - Determining behaviour and objective via audience and user research - Creating prototypes for usability testing - Leading usability testing sessions for prototypes - Helping improve and optimise digital products alongside performance teams Key Experience: - Figma - Figjam - Photoshop - Illustrator - Hotjar or similar - Client facing If you are seeking a role of this nature please get in touch for more information. Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
Apr 18, 2024
Full time
Senior UI / UX Designer is required for a growing company located in Basingstoke. They operate a hybrid working model - 3 days per week in the office, 2 days per week remote. The Senior UI / UX Designer will work in close conjunction with creative and dev teams to ensure the creation of functional UIs and UX. The Senior UI / UX Designer will be responsible for - Working with project stakeholders to identify and resolve UX issues - Determining behaviour and objective via audience and user research - Creating prototypes for usability testing - Leading usability testing sessions for prototypes - Helping improve and optimise digital products alongside performance teams Key Experience: - Figma - Figjam - Photoshop - Illustrator - Hotjar or similar - Client facing If you are seeking a role of this nature please get in touch for more information. Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Basingstoke, Hampshire
Senior UI/UX Designer is required for a growing company located in Basingstoke. They operate a hybrid working model - 3 days per week in the office, 2 days per week remote. The Senior UI/UX Designer will work in close conjunction with creative and dev teams to ensure the creation of functional UIs and UX. The Senior UI/UX Designer will be responsible for - Working with project stakeholders to identify and resolve UX issues - Determining behaviour and objective via audience and user research - Creating prototypes for usability testing - Leading usability testing sessions for prototypes - Helping improve and optimise digital products alongside performance teams Key Experience: - Figma - Figjam - Photoshop - Illustrator - Hotjar or similar - Client facing If you are seeking a role of this nature please get in touch for more information. Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
Apr 18, 2024
Full time
Senior UI/UX Designer is required for a growing company located in Basingstoke. They operate a hybrid working model - 3 days per week in the office, 2 days per week remote. The Senior UI/UX Designer will work in close conjunction with creative and dev teams to ensure the creation of functional UIs and UX. The Senior UI/UX Designer will be responsible for - Working with project stakeholders to identify and resolve UX issues - Determining behaviour and objective via audience and user research - Creating prototypes for usability testing - Leading usability testing sessions for prototypes - Helping improve and optimise digital products alongside performance teams Key Experience: - Figma - Figjam - Photoshop - Illustrator - Hotjar or similar - Client facing If you are seeking a role of this nature please get in touch for more information. Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
Head of Product Design at SaaS Employee Engagement Platform Revolutionizing workforce connectivity, this digital platform enhances communication and collaboration for frontline teams, driving operational efficiency and employee engagement in diverse industries. THE ROLE: Reporting to the CPO Completely own the design practice - build the strategy as you see fit Hiring, growing & developing UX teams in a scaling B2B SaaS organization Lead and mentor a team of product designers to deliver exceptional user experiences across digital products Collaborating with Product Marketing and Go-To-Market teams THE COMPANY: Leading player in the world of SaaS Employee Engagement Diverse, international team Extensive benefits, bonuses, and share options 4/5 stars on Glassdoor SKILLS & EXPERIENCE: Experience with frontline-related products, UX needs Pitching vision and strategy to executive team and other internal stakeholders Fluent in English (fluency in German is a plus!) If you have the required experience for this role please reply to this advert or email for more information. Not right? Have a look at some of our other Grey Matter. Intelligent recruitment for the digital, technology, marketing and media sectors. Based in London, we partner with B2B & B2C technology companies, global brands, start-ups, publishers and agencies to find talent in London, across the UK and internationally. Our Advertising Technology Team are specialists in the digital advertising industry and work with a range of companies from ad tech vendors, media agencies and publishers working on vacancies across programmatic, paid social, PPC, CRM & data analytics. The key roles they hire for are ad operations, account managers, technical account managers, traders and analytics. Our portfolio of roles includes a variety of mid-senior and executive level roles
Apr 18, 2024
Full time
Head of Product Design at SaaS Employee Engagement Platform Revolutionizing workforce connectivity, this digital platform enhances communication and collaboration for frontline teams, driving operational efficiency and employee engagement in diverse industries. THE ROLE: Reporting to the CPO Completely own the design practice - build the strategy as you see fit Hiring, growing & developing UX teams in a scaling B2B SaaS organization Lead and mentor a team of product designers to deliver exceptional user experiences across digital products Collaborating with Product Marketing and Go-To-Market teams THE COMPANY: Leading player in the world of SaaS Employee Engagement Diverse, international team Extensive benefits, bonuses, and share options 4/5 stars on Glassdoor SKILLS & EXPERIENCE: Experience with frontline-related products, UX needs Pitching vision and strategy to executive team and other internal stakeholders Fluent in English (fluency in German is a plus!) If you have the required experience for this role please reply to this advert or email for more information. Not right? Have a look at some of our other Grey Matter. Intelligent recruitment for the digital, technology, marketing and media sectors. Based in London, we partner with B2B & B2C technology companies, global brands, start-ups, publishers and agencies to find talent in London, across the UK and internationally. Our Advertising Technology Team are specialists in the digital advertising industry and work with a range of companies from ad tech vendors, media agencies and publishers working on vacancies across programmatic, paid social, PPC, CRM & data analytics. The key roles they hire for are ad operations, account managers, technical account managers, traders and analytics. Our portfolio of roles includes a variety of mid-senior and executive level roles
Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience. Candidates will typically have 8 years of experience in product management, consulting, co-founder or related technical role. Typically 3 years of experience building and shipping technical products. Typically 3 years of people management experience with direct reports, and in technical leadership. Experience working in consumer industries. Experience in working in multi-sided marketplaces, user and developer services. Preferred qualifications: Typically 5 years of experience working cross-functionally with engineering, UX/UI, sales finance, and other stakeholders. Typically 4 years of experience in a role preparing and delivering technical presentations to senior leadership. Experience working on Apps, Games, or loyalty programs. Experience in identity, identity management, or similar. Experience in Ads, user-acquisition, or game analytical products. About the job At Google, we put our users first. The world is always changing, so we need Product Managers who are continuously adapting and excited to work on products that affect millions of people every day. In this role, you will work cross-functionally to guide products from conception to launch by connecting the technical and business worlds. You can break down complex problems into steps that drive product development. One of the many reasons Google consistently brings innovative, world-changing products to market is because of the collaborative work we do in Product Management. Our team works closely with creative engineers, designers, marketers, etc. to help design and develop technologies that improve access to the world's information. We're responsible for guiding products throughout the execution cycle, focusing specifically on analyzing, positioning, packaging, promoting, and tailoring our solutions to our users. Play Loyalty focuses on building relationships between users, Google Play and the developers who create games on our platforms. We are driving substantial growth in our business by building the tools, experiences, and infrastructure to supercharge gaming across Android. The Gamer Profile and Services teams own and run services that enable games to communicate directly with Google Play and build value by enhancing users' journeys and the effectiveness of our products for developers. We power experiences such as seamless cross-device sign-in, quests and achievements, and leaderboards. We will build on this foundation to ease, excite, and ultimately enhance users' gaming, not just while they play, but across their gaming lives. And we'll do this not just across Google Play, but across Google's whole ecosystem. Google Play offers music, movies, books, apps and games for devices, powered by the cloud. It syncs across devices and on the web. As part of the Android and Mobile team, Googlers working on Google Play do everything from engineering our backend systems, to shaping product strategy, to forming great content partnerships. They make it possible for people to do things like buy an ebook or song on their Android phone, then have it instantly available on their laptop. The Google Play team enhances the Android ecosystem by giving developers and partners a premium store where they can reach millions of users. Responsibilities Drive our holistic Gamer profile and services products. Identify opportunities to grow and benefit our multi-sided ecosystem (i.e., Users, Developers, Services, Google) and be able to inspire executive leadership. Delineate roles and responsibilities between yourself, and your lead Play Games Services Product Manager. Report regularly to senior Google Play management on product and program performance. Manage a team of Product Managers directly, embedding a performance culture. Advocate, collaborate, and co-create across Google (e.g., Google Play, YouTube, Android, Google Cloud) and with third-parties to create, execute, and land valuable and holistic products. Establish analyses and market research hypotheses in order to create a compelling and convincing long-term outlook and roadmap. Build cross-functional working relationships with engineering, UX, analytics, and research functions on your team. Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See also Google's EEO Policy , Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal , Belonging at Google , and How we hire . Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting. To all recruitment agencies: Google does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Google employees, or any other organization location. Google is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
Apr 16, 2024
Full time
Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience. Candidates will typically have 8 years of experience in product management, consulting, co-founder or related technical role. Typically 3 years of experience building and shipping technical products. Typically 3 years of people management experience with direct reports, and in technical leadership. Experience working in consumer industries. Experience in working in multi-sided marketplaces, user and developer services. Preferred qualifications: Typically 5 years of experience working cross-functionally with engineering, UX/UI, sales finance, and other stakeholders. Typically 4 years of experience in a role preparing and delivering technical presentations to senior leadership. Experience working on Apps, Games, or loyalty programs. Experience in identity, identity management, or similar. Experience in Ads, user-acquisition, or game analytical products. About the job At Google, we put our users first. The world is always changing, so we need Product Managers who are continuously adapting and excited to work on products that affect millions of people every day. In this role, you will work cross-functionally to guide products from conception to launch by connecting the technical and business worlds. You can break down complex problems into steps that drive product development. One of the many reasons Google consistently brings innovative, world-changing products to market is because of the collaborative work we do in Product Management. Our team works closely with creative engineers, designers, marketers, etc. to help design and develop technologies that improve access to the world's information. We're responsible for guiding products throughout the execution cycle, focusing specifically on analyzing, positioning, packaging, promoting, and tailoring our solutions to our users. Play Loyalty focuses on building relationships between users, Google Play and the developers who create games on our platforms. We are driving substantial growth in our business by building the tools, experiences, and infrastructure to supercharge gaming across Android. The Gamer Profile and Services teams own and run services that enable games to communicate directly with Google Play and build value by enhancing users' journeys and the effectiveness of our products for developers. We power experiences such as seamless cross-device sign-in, quests and achievements, and leaderboards. We will build on this foundation to ease, excite, and ultimately enhance users' gaming, not just while they play, but across their gaming lives. And we'll do this not just across Google Play, but across Google's whole ecosystem. Google Play offers music, movies, books, apps and games for devices, powered by the cloud. It syncs across devices and on the web. As part of the Android and Mobile team, Googlers working on Google Play do everything from engineering our backend systems, to shaping product strategy, to forming great content partnerships. They make it possible for people to do things like buy an ebook or song on their Android phone, then have it instantly available on their laptop. The Google Play team enhances the Android ecosystem by giving developers and partners a premium store where they can reach millions of users. Responsibilities Drive our holistic Gamer profile and services products. Identify opportunities to grow and benefit our multi-sided ecosystem (i.e., Users, Developers, Services, Google) and be able to inspire executive leadership. Delineate roles and responsibilities between yourself, and your lead Play Games Services Product Manager. Report regularly to senior Google Play management on product and program performance. Manage a team of Product Managers directly, embedding a performance culture. Advocate, collaborate, and co-create across Google (e.g., Google Play, YouTube, Android, Google Cloud) and with third-parties to create, execute, and land valuable and holistic products. Establish analyses and market research hypotheses in order to create a compelling and convincing long-term outlook and roadmap. Build cross-functional working relationships with engineering, UX, analytics, and research functions on your team. Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See also Google's EEO Policy , Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal , Belonging at Google , and How we hire . Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting. To all recruitment agencies: Google does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Google employees, or any other organization location. Google is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
Purpose of Position As a Senior Back End Software Engineer you will be part of a cross-functional client focused team. You will be an advocate for writing clean, secure and well-tested code. You will follow best-practice guidelines and help to improve those guidelines ensuring your code is open and easy for others to reuse. You will be a self-starter and have a significant understanding of the importance of user needs within your service and work with the product owner and other team members to translate these into technical solutions. You will work through the entire lifecycle of a service or product, from understanding requirements, development to deployment, support and maintenance. You will need to show an understanding for deadlines, find pragmatic solutions and be proactive in raising potential risks. As a senior member of a team you will extend, maintain and operate assigned parts of our platform. Furthermore you will participate in knowledge-sharing activities and mentoring colleagues both within your team and the wider Engineering practice. The Team You will be joining a brand new team whose focus will be on 'attribution' which is a key aspect in the business of affiliate marketing. Attribution is all about understanding aspect of a consumer journey before a sale. Advanced attribution capabilities will allow our platform users to configure precisely targeted customised rewards. Awin is extremely customer focused and this teams ethos is all about putting our platform users in the driving seat. As a new team we are in a great position where we can define teams practices and processes that suit our needs and as a senior member you will have direct input. Technology wise, we will be using the latest versions of a cloud based stack on AWS, such as Java/Spring, Kafka, SQL/NoSQL databases, Jenkins, Docker and more. The new team will sit within Awin Engineering, which takes software engineering seriously. As such team members will have access to and supported by various architectural and personal development services. Skills & Expertise Required At least 5 - 8 years of hands-on experience in commercial Software Engineering roles. Proven track record with any OOP stack, ideally Java v17 with Maven, Spring Boot v3, Docker and Git. Passion for writing elegant code and a desire to constantly refactor and improve, with a good understanding of SOLID principles. Expertise in designing and implementing RESTful APIs within a microservices architecture. Ability to conduct a thorough code review process, write unit tests and maintain CI/CD pipelines. Experience with streaming and queuing solutions (ideally Kafka, Kinesis or SQS). Understanding of relational database design principles and proficiency in SQL. Similarly familiarity with non-relational databases like DynamoDB. Nice to have Understanding of Data Structures and Algorithms. Experience in working with web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript). Successful collaboration within a cross-functional engineering team alongside Product Owners, UX Designers and Agile Coaches Extensive exposure to agile processes, Scrum or Kanban. Experience in developing (AWS) cloud applications with Docker and serverless technologies with an understanding of Infrastructure as Code, such as Terraform. Experience with cache solutions. Redis, Memcached, or else. Knowledge of TDD and Pair Programming practices. Experience in monitoring applications. Knowledgeable about information security, able to design and implement solutions with mitigation against security threats Our Offer Flexi-Week and Work-Life Balance: We prioritise your mental health and wellbeing, offering you a flexible four-day Flexi-Week at full pay and with no reduction to your annual holiday allowance. We also offer a variety of different paid special leaves. Flexi-Office: Do you prefer to work from our cool office, from home, or in a completely different environment? With us, the choice is yours. Weoffer the flexibility to work wherever you wantwithin our Awin locations. Health & Well Being: With our support and access to various initiatives and sports offers, you can devote yourself to your mental and physical well-being. Development: We've built our extensive training suite Awin Academy to cover a wide range of skills that nurture you professionally and personally, with trainings conveniently packaged together to support your overall development. You can also improve your English skills by participating in our local language course. Remote Working: You will receive a monthly allowance to cover part of your running costs. In addition, we will support you in setting up your remote workspace appropriately. Appreciation: Thank and reward colleagues by sending them a voucher through our peer-to-peer program and show your appreciationforcolleagues who have gonethe extra mileto supportyou. Established in 2000, Awin is proud of our dynamic, social and inclusive culture. Like all businesses, we've had to adapt and nurture our culture in a virtual environment. Our virtual hub brings our colleagues from across the globe together for various social activities. Diversity & Inclusion are paramount to us, and we proudly pursue and hire diverse team members. We champion uniqueness and authenticity; this is who we are at our core. Our network of affiliate partnerships are diverse and transparent, as are the employees powering our vision to build the world's leading open partner ecosystem. We welcome all backgrounds, identities, and experiences. If you need support at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know. Apply now to begin the next stage of your career at a progressive company that supports both your professional and personal development.
Apr 16, 2024
Full time
Purpose of Position As a Senior Back End Software Engineer you will be part of a cross-functional client focused team. You will be an advocate for writing clean, secure and well-tested code. You will follow best-practice guidelines and help to improve those guidelines ensuring your code is open and easy for others to reuse. You will be a self-starter and have a significant understanding of the importance of user needs within your service and work with the product owner and other team members to translate these into technical solutions. You will work through the entire lifecycle of a service or product, from understanding requirements, development to deployment, support and maintenance. You will need to show an understanding for deadlines, find pragmatic solutions and be proactive in raising potential risks. As a senior member of a team you will extend, maintain and operate assigned parts of our platform. Furthermore you will participate in knowledge-sharing activities and mentoring colleagues both within your team and the wider Engineering practice. The Team You will be joining a brand new team whose focus will be on 'attribution' which is a key aspect in the business of affiliate marketing. Attribution is all about understanding aspect of a consumer journey before a sale. Advanced attribution capabilities will allow our platform users to configure precisely targeted customised rewards. Awin is extremely customer focused and this teams ethos is all about putting our platform users in the driving seat. As a new team we are in a great position where we can define teams practices and processes that suit our needs and as a senior member you will have direct input. Technology wise, we will be using the latest versions of a cloud based stack on AWS, such as Java/Spring, Kafka, SQL/NoSQL databases, Jenkins, Docker and more. The new team will sit within Awin Engineering, which takes software engineering seriously. As such team members will have access to and supported by various architectural and personal development services. Skills & Expertise Required At least 5 - 8 years of hands-on experience in commercial Software Engineering roles. Proven track record with any OOP stack, ideally Java v17 with Maven, Spring Boot v3, Docker and Git. Passion for writing elegant code and a desire to constantly refactor and improve, with a good understanding of SOLID principles. Expertise in designing and implementing RESTful APIs within a microservices architecture. Ability to conduct a thorough code review process, write unit tests and maintain CI/CD pipelines. Experience with streaming and queuing solutions (ideally Kafka, Kinesis or SQS). Understanding of relational database design principles and proficiency in SQL. Similarly familiarity with non-relational databases like DynamoDB. Nice to have Understanding of Data Structures and Algorithms. Experience in working with web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript). Successful collaboration within a cross-functional engineering team alongside Product Owners, UX Designers and Agile Coaches Extensive exposure to agile processes, Scrum or Kanban. Experience in developing (AWS) cloud applications with Docker and serverless technologies with an understanding of Infrastructure as Code, such as Terraform. Experience with cache solutions. Redis, Memcached, or else. Knowledge of TDD and Pair Programming practices. Experience in monitoring applications. Knowledgeable about information security, able to design and implement solutions with mitigation against security threats Our Offer Flexi-Week and Work-Life Balance: We prioritise your mental health and wellbeing, offering you a flexible four-day Flexi-Week at full pay and with no reduction to your annual holiday allowance. We also offer a variety of different paid special leaves. Flexi-Office: Do you prefer to work from our cool office, from home, or in a completely different environment? With us, the choice is yours. Weoffer the flexibility to work wherever you wantwithin our Awin locations. Health & Well Being: With our support and access to various initiatives and sports offers, you can devote yourself to your mental and physical well-being. Development: We've built our extensive training suite Awin Academy to cover a wide range of skills that nurture you professionally and personally, with trainings conveniently packaged together to support your overall development. You can also improve your English skills by participating in our local language course. Remote Working: You will receive a monthly allowance to cover part of your running costs. In addition, we will support you in setting up your remote workspace appropriately. Appreciation: Thank and reward colleagues by sending them a voucher through our peer-to-peer program and show your appreciationforcolleagues who have gonethe extra mileto supportyou. Established in 2000, Awin is proud of our dynamic, social and inclusive culture. Like all businesses, we've had to adapt and nurture our culture in a virtual environment. Our virtual hub brings our colleagues from across the globe together for various social activities. Diversity & Inclusion are paramount to us, and we proudly pursue and hire diverse team members. We champion uniqueness and authenticity; this is who we are at our core. Our network of affiliate partnerships are diverse and transparent, as are the employees powering our vision to build the world's leading open partner ecosystem. We welcome all backgrounds, identities, and experiences. If you need support at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know. Apply now to begin the next stage of your career at a progressive company that supports both your professional and personal development.
Front-end Engineer Location: Cambridge Job Type: Full-time We are looking for an accomplished Front-end Engineer, that wants to work with equally driven, curious and talented people, to join our cloud platform team in Cambridge. In this role, you will be instrumental in developing and maintaining a cutting-edge platform. Your expertise in front-end development will be crucial in designing and building web applications that enable scientific users to collaborate. You will also work closely with designers to ensure UI designs are translated into reliable and performant code. Day to day of the role: Develop and maintain robust front-ends for web applications, ideally with Python experience. Collaborate with designers to translate UI/UX designs into functional and efficient code. Lead engineering discussions to select technical solutions that meet product requirements. Mentor junior team members and contribute to their professional growth. Ensure web applications are performant and adhere to accessibility standards. Required Skills & Qualifications: 5+ years' experience in developing professional web applications. Strong knowledge of web fundamentals (CSS, HTML, JavaScript) and Typescript. Experience with React or other UI frameworks, ideally Next.js. Proficiency in web application performance optimization. Experience with unit and E2E testing using tools like Jest or Cypress. Familiarity with accessibility standards A degree (2:1 or higher) in Mathematics, Computer Science, Science, or Engineering. Desirable: Interest in scientific advancements, experience with data visualization, Fast API, or programming in Rust. Benefits: Work with a highly talented team in the scientific industry. Competitive salary package with equity. 28 days holiday, plus public holidays. Workplace pension. Flexible working options. Enhanced parental and adoption benefits.
Apr 16, 2024
Full time
Front-end Engineer Location: Cambridge Job Type: Full-time We are looking for an accomplished Front-end Engineer, that wants to work with equally driven, curious and talented people, to join our cloud platform team in Cambridge. In this role, you will be instrumental in developing and maintaining a cutting-edge platform. Your expertise in front-end development will be crucial in designing and building web applications that enable scientific users to collaborate. You will also work closely with designers to ensure UI designs are translated into reliable and performant code. Day to day of the role: Develop and maintain robust front-ends for web applications, ideally with Python experience. Collaborate with designers to translate UI/UX designs into functional and efficient code. Lead engineering discussions to select technical solutions that meet product requirements. Mentor junior team members and contribute to their professional growth. Ensure web applications are performant and adhere to accessibility standards. Required Skills & Qualifications: 5+ years' experience in developing professional web applications. Strong knowledge of web fundamentals (CSS, HTML, JavaScript) and Typescript. Experience with React or other UI frameworks, ideally Next.js. Proficiency in web application performance optimization. Experience with unit and E2E testing using tools like Jest or Cypress. Familiarity with accessibility standards A degree (2:1 or higher) in Mathematics, Computer Science, Science, or Engineering. Desirable: Interest in scientific advancements, experience with data visualization, Fast API, or programming in Rust. Benefits: Work with a highly talented team in the scientific industry. Competitive salary package with equity. 28 days holiday, plus public holidays. Workplace pension. Flexible working options. Enhanced parental and adoption benefits.
Jisc is looking for a Software Development Manager - Agile Operations to join our team on a full-time, permanent basis. This role is Hybrid with the flexibility to work from home and at any of our main hubs (London, Bristol, Manchester and Milton Park). In return, you will receive a competitive salary circa £50,000 per annum negotiable depending on experience . About Us: Jisc is the UK higher, further education and skills sectors' not-for-profit organisation for digital services and solutions. We believe education and research improves lives, and technology improves education and research. Our vision is for the UK to be a world leader in technology for education and research and our mission is to power and empower our members with the technology and data they need to succeed. We know that digital technology has the ability to transform the student experience. We have the experience, expertise and know-how to drive that transformation. About the Software Development Manager role: Looking for that next step as an agile leader? Experience in a scrum master role within software development? Love the people aspect of solving complex problems? Then we've got an interesting and varied role to potentially offer you.Help shape our agile operations by providing mentorship, support and leadership to our Scrum masters, whilst delivering valuable initiatives that enable our Software Development Group to continuously improve. The Software Development Group (SDG) at Jisc strives to provide a friendly and fun working environment that prioritises work/life balance and technical excellence. Here, flexible working is the norm - at home, in a café, at one of our hubs, it's your choice. It's a team sport - we work in relaxed, focussed, agile delivery teams, so you can expect to be collaborating with scrum masters, UX designers, product owners, and software developers, all using modern tools and technologies to get things done. We believe in not only building the right thing but building the thing right. Responsibilities as our Software Development Manager: Managing tactical implementation of Jisc's agile and software development strategy, monitoring and reporting progress to our senior leadership team Understanding teams process and technology use and mapping a route to a desired end state, managing the implementation of that change to an agreed timescale with the Head of Agile operations and Director of Software Internal stakeholder management, engaging the directorates and service teams we build software for, with responsibility for maintaining those relationships Direct line management, including performance management, for a range of roles over time including scrum masters, developers, and testers, to meet the changing needs of a growing department Facilitation of cross-team collaboration, and identification of cross-team efficiencies What we're looking for in our Software Development Manager: Experience of people management within an agile software development environment In-depth practical experience of scrum and agile practice with the ability to lead and coach scrum masters Strong knowledge and understanding of agile practices including how, why, when and where to apply them Ability to act independently with effective relationship management skills Proactive and organised, with the ability to self-manage within a changing environment Don't meet every single requirement? We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they think they can't tick every box but we realise the 'perfect candidate' doesn't exist. So, if you can do most of what we're looking for, go ahead and apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles! Our benefits: Flexible work pattern, which can adapt to suit your schedules and personal commitments 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) and an additional three closure days over Christmas A generous pension scheme with above average employer contributions A range of leave options, including parental leave, volunteer leave and even career breaks. A generous budget to attend conferences and in-person training Allocated allowance of up to £250 to equip your home office A company culture which supports and promotes personal learning and development, including access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning Mental health first aid trained staff and supportive environment Financial well-being support Discounts on big-name high-street stores Cycle to work scheme Employee recognition awards and travel loans Additional Flexible benefits include Holiday Buying - Purchase 1-5 days' additional holiday per annum, Healthcare Cashplan, Electric Car Lease Scheme and option to purchase SmartTech If you have the skills and experience, we require for this role and are looking for a new challenge then please click 'apply' today to be forwarded to our online recruitment portal and become our new Software Development Manager. Thank you for your interest in Jisc.
Apr 16, 2024
Full time
Jisc is looking for a Software Development Manager - Agile Operations to join our team on a full-time, permanent basis. This role is Hybrid with the flexibility to work from home and at any of our main hubs (London, Bristol, Manchester and Milton Park). In return, you will receive a competitive salary circa £50,000 per annum negotiable depending on experience . About Us: Jisc is the UK higher, further education and skills sectors' not-for-profit organisation for digital services and solutions. We believe education and research improves lives, and technology improves education and research. Our vision is for the UK to be a world leader in technology for education and research and our mission is to power and empower our members with the technology and data they need to succeed. We know that digital technology has the ability to transform the student experience. We have the experience, expertise and know-how to drive that transformation. About the Software Development Manager role: Looking for that next step as an agile leader? Experience in a scrum master role within software development? Love the people aspect of solving complex problems? Then we've got an interesting and varied role to potentially offer you.Help shape our agile operations by providing mentorship, support and leadership to our Scrum masters, whilst delivering valuable initiatives that enable our Software Development Group to continuously improve. The Software Development Group (SDG) at Jisc strives to provide a friendly and fun working environment that prioritises work/life balance and technical excellence. Here, flexible working is the norm - at home, in a café, at one of our hubs, it's your choice. It's a team sport - we work in relaxed, focussed, agile delivery teams, so you can expect to be collaborating with scrum masters, UX designers, product owners, and software developers, all using modern tools and technologies to get things done. We believe in not only building the right thing but building the thing right. Responsibilities as our Software Development Manager: Managing tactical implementation of Jisc's agile and software development strategy, monitoring and reporting progress to our senior leadership team Understanding teams process and technology use and mapping a route to a desired end state, managing the implementation of that change to an agreed timescale with the Head of Agile operations and Director of Software Internal stakeholder management, engaging the directorates and service teams we build software for, with responsibility for maintaining those relationships Direct line management, including performance management, for a range of roles over time including scrum masters, developers, and testers, to meet the changing needs of a growing department Facilitation of cross-team collaboration, and identification of cross-team efficiencies What we're looking for in our Software Development Manager: Experience of people management within an agile software development environment In-depth practical experience of scrum and agile practice with the ability to lead and coach scrum masters Strong knowledge and understanding of agile practices including how, why, when and where to apply them Ability to act independently with effective relationship management skills Proactive and organised, with the ability to self-manage within a changing environment Don't meet every single requirement? We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they think they can't tick every box but we realise the 'perfect candidate' doesn't exist. So, if you can do most of what we're looking for, go ahead and apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles! Our benefits: Flexible work pattern, which can adapt to suit your schedules and personal commitments 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) and an additional three closure days over Christmas A generous pension scheme with above average employer contributions A range of leave options, including parental leave, volunteer leave and even career breaks. A generous budget to attend conferences and in-person training Allocated allowance of up to £250 to equip your home office A company culture which supports and promotes personal learning and development, including access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning Mental health first aid trained staff and supportive environment Financial well-being support Discounts on big-name high-street stores Cycle to work scheme Employee recognition awards and travel loans Additional Flexible benefits include Holiday Buying - Purchase 1-5 days' additional holiday per annum, Healthcare Cashplan, Electric Car Lease Scheme and option to purchase SmartTech If you have the skills and experience, we require for this role and are looking for a new challenge then please click 'apply' today to be forwarded to our online recruitment portal and become our new Software Development Manager. Thank you for your interest in Jisc.
About Lendable Lendable is on a mission to make consumer finance amazing:faster, cheaper and friendlier. world's leading fintech companies and are off to a strong start: UK's newest unicorns with a team of just over 400 people top 10 fastest-growing tech companies in the UK Profitable since 2017 Balderton Capital and Goldman Sachs Loved by customers with the best reviews in the market (4.9 across 10,000s of reviews on Trustpilot ) So far, we've rebuilt theBig Threeconsumer finance products from scratch: loans, credit cards and car finance. We get money into our customers' hands in minutes instead of days. We're growing fast, and there's a lot more to do: we're going after the two biggest Western markets(UK and US)where trillions worth of these are held by big banks with dated systems and painful processes. Join us if you want to Take ownership across a broad remit. You are trusted to make decisions that drive a material impact on the direction and success of Lendable from day 1 small teams of exceptional people, who are relentlessly resourceful to solve problems and find smarter solutions than the status quo best technologyin-house, using new data sources, machine learning and AI to make machines do the heavy lifting About the role We're looking for aSenior React Native Engineerto join our Zable Credit Card team for a 6 month contract, joining a cross-functional team building and refining features for ourexisting iOS & Android applications, used by over450,000 customers. Over the last 6 months we've introduced new features likeVariable Recurring PaymentswithOpen Banking, enabled customers to instantly spend upon approval usingApple & Google Pay, and expanded our offering by introducingloan offers for eligible customersfrom oursister product, Lendable. Our next focus is on continuing tobuild key features that delight customersanddrive self-serve automationas we surpass half a million customers, allowing our cardholders to manage as many aspects of their account directly via our apps as possible. Alongside feature work we also put a big focus onimproving performance,reducing tech debt, andimproving scalability. Our ideal engineer is detail focused and resourceful, and keen to understand the bigger picture outside of their product team, contributing to wider engineering and business initiatives thathelp us scale our UKandUS based productsas we continue togrow. About you You have asolidunderstanding of modern Javascript with Typescript You have commercial experience withcross-platform mobile development using React Native You have a strong understanding of the different needs of mobile users across a variety of platforms and devices Youare an advocate for automated testing, and take a pragmatic approach to implementing and improving the various phases of the testing pyramid You can quicklyidentify and assess technical debtand are keen to make the case for remedying it whenever the opportunity arises You understand the importance ofcatering to users with accessibility needs, and are familiar with the approaches and tooling required to ensure accessibility guidelines and best practices are adhered to You have experience working with product owners tobreak down business requirements into deliverable tasksand estimate the complexity of their implementation. You can quickly identify the difficulties of implementing a feature from an initial design wireframe or outline spec and are comfortable putting forward alternative approaches where appropriate You haveexperience mentoring and supporting other engineers,playing a role in their personal and professional growth, and enabling them to succeed. What would make you stand out You've used Firebase to support product functionality, in particular with Firebase Remote Config and Firebase Cloud Messaging You've worked with OpenAPI/Swagger specifications to help define API requirements and contracts,collaborating with backend developers to agree on best approacheswhen scoping work that requires new and updated schemas You have in-depth experience ofmobile performance best practicesanddebugging You've employed staged rollouts andmultivariate testing approachesto release new features andtest hypotheses You haveexperience of UI or UX design. You feel at ease discussing approaches with product designers, and are happy to get involved in making design decisions where required You've built, or worked on,products that have scaled from zero users to tens or hundreds of thousands (or more), and can apply what you learnt in new contexts Interview process A1 hourvideo call with our hiring manager to discuss your experience and answer any initial technical questions you have about the role A45 minute Tech Interview Final interview with our Group Product Manager
Apr 16, 2024
Full time
About Lendable Lendable is on a mission to make consumer finance amazing:faster, cheaper and friendlier. world's leading fintech companies and are off to a strong start: UK's newest unicorns with a team of just over 400 people top 10 fastest-growing tech companies in the UK Profitable since 2017 Balderton Capital and Goldman Sachs Loved by customers with the best reviews in the market (4.9 across 10,000s of reviews on Trustpilot ) So far, we've rebuilt theBig Threeconsumer finance products from scratch: loans, credit cards and car finance. We get money into our customers' hands in minutes instead of days. We're growing fast, and there's a lot more to do: we're going after the two biggest Western markets(UK and US)where trillions worth of these are held by big banks with dated systems and painful processes. Join us if you want to Take ownership across a broad remit. You are trusted to make decisions that drive a material impact on the direction and success of Lendable from day 1 small teams of exceptional people, who are relentlessly resourceful to solve problems and find smarter solutions than the status quo best technologyin-house, using new data sources, machine learning and AI to make machines do the heavy lifting About the role We're looking for aSenior React Native Engineerto join our Zable Credit Card team for a 6 month contract, joining a cross-functional team building and refining features for ourexisting iOS & Android applications, used by over450,000 customers. Over the last 6 months we've introduced new features likeVariable Recurring PaymentswithOpen Banking, enabled customers to instantly spend upon approval usingApple & Google Pay, and expanded our offering by introducingloan offers for eligible customersfrom oursister product, Lendable. Our next focus is on continuing tobuild key features that delight customersanddrive self-serve automationas we surpass half a million customers, allowing our cardholders to manage as many aspects of their account directly via our apps as possible. Alongside feature work we also put a big focus onimproving performance,reducing tech debt, andimproving scalability. Our ideal engineer is detail focused and resourceful, and keen to understand the bigger picture outside of their product team, contributing to wider engineering and business initiatives thathelp us scale our UKandUS based productsas we continue togrow. About you You have asolidunderstanding of modern Javascript with Typescript You have commercial experience withcross-platform mobile development using React Native You have a strong understanding of the different needs of mobile users across a variety of platforms and devices Youare an advocate for automated testing, and take a pragmatic approach to implementing and improving the various phases of the testing pyramid You can quicklyidentify and assess technical debtand are keen to make the case for remedying it whenever the opportunity arises You understand the importance ofcatering to users with accessibility needs, and are familiar with the approaches and tooling required to ensure accessibility guidelines and best practices are adhered to You have experience working with product owners tobreak down business requirements into deliverable tasksand estimate the complexity of their implementation. You can quickly identify the difficulties of implementing a feature from an initial design wireframe or outline spec and are comfortable putting forward alternative approaches where appropriate You haveexperience mentoring and supporting other engineers,playing a role in their personal and professional growth, and enabling them to succeed. What would make you stand out You've used Firebase to support product functionality, in particular with Firebase Remote Config and Firebase Cloud Messaging You've worked with OpenAPI/Swagger specifications to help define API requirements and contracts,collaborating with backend developers to agree on best approacheswhen scoping work that requires new and updated schemas You have in-depth experience ofmobile performance best practicesanddebugging You've employed staged rollouts andmultivariate testing approachesto release new features andtest hypotheses You haveexperience of UI or UX design. You feel at ease discussing approaches with product designers, and are happy to get involved in making design decisions where required You've built, or worked on,products that have scaled from zero users to tens or hundreds of thousands (or more), and can apply what you learnt in new contexts Interview process A1 hourvideo call with our hiring manager to discuss your experience and answer any initial technical questions you have about the role A45 minute Tech Interview Final interview with our Group Product Manager
Who are we? OpenPaydis a leading global payments and banking-as-a-service platform for the digital economy. ThroughitsAPI-driven technology, businesses can embed financial services into their products and create the seamless user experiences needed to drive business growth. OpenPayd'splatform removes the need to contract with multiple providers for different services and across different markets. Instead, businesses can access accounts, FX, international and domestic payments, and Open Banking services globally via a single API integration. OpenPaydis committed to providing businesses with a fully compliant solution across all markets, leaving your business to focus on growth. Our Mission Our mission is to 'To open up banking and payments for business globally, through a modular platform'. We believe that all businesses regardless of their scale or industry should be able to leverage the best payment and banking services. We believe in providing our services through a simple, flexible, and scalable platform. How will you add value to the OpenPayd journey? Managing your product's mid to long term feature roadmap that is based on outcomes and aligned with the wider business roadmap Managing and prioritizing your product backlog daily and as part of your team's agile/lean development processes Meeting frequently with sales, ops, marketing, finance, compliance, legal and other stakeholders to develop a deep understanding of their business processes and needs Capturing product requirements from customers and stakeholders and writing accurate user stories Preparing low fidelity wireframes and flow diagrams to bring your user stories to life Working with product designers (where applicable) to turn your wireframes into tangible design assets based on user research Working in partnership with engineering, brainstorming ideas together and ensuring developers understand WHAT needs to be built and what value does it have at all times Assessing new product ideas and leading product/feature discovery workshops using the desirability, viability and feasibility framework Researching the competion and capturing market insights pertaining to your assigned product area on a regular basis Identifying market opportunities and contributing to the wider product vision and business strategy Updating regularly the wider organisation on the progress of new product releases Providing customer-facing narrative and positioning of features for your product area and contributing to Product Marketing collateral for new product releases Gathering post-launch/post-release customer feedback and capturing learnings to adapt the product Championing user experience (UX) throughout the organisation Setting KPIs for features being delivered. Monitoring assumptions and validating hypotheses The ideal candidate will have the following: You have 6+ years' experience in a software product management role You have successfully developed from scratch and launched at least one product in the banking, payments or fintech space Strong understanding of APIs; experience in API usage is mandatory. Strong understanding of major payment rails including FPS, CHAPS, SWIFT and SEPA You're that individual that the dev team refers to as the 'business person' but the business team refers to as the 'tech person'. You're the bridge between those two worlds and you're perfectly comfortable with being treated as such. You're naturally curious about solving customer problems and can quickly follow through on your ideas You're focussed on outcomes rather than outputs and can judge a product or feature's business viability and customer desireability in a matter of minutes You have a very good sense of UX which manifests itself in your tendency to draw a wireframe or a diagram first, and only then talk/write about it You embrace change and you have first hand experience of leading cross functional teams using agile methodologies (e.g. Scrum, Lean, XP) You're exceptionally good at synthesizing and conceptualizing information, be it verbally or in writing. The user stories that you've written are a perfect example of this. You have written a product requirements spec for a software product at least once in your career, and consider it to be a big deal - a natural extension of your product vision You're a self-starter, capable of working autonomously with minimal supervision but you're also a team player at heart You thrive in dynamic, fast paced and highly ambiguous work environments where the answer to a question may not be immediately available and requires a great deal of persistence and perseverance to obtain We'd like you to take a read of our Talent Acquisition Privacy Notice which explains how we collect and process your personal data. Please read our notice carefully. By submitting the application button, we will consider that you aware of it. We are looking forward to receiving your CV. OpenPayd Talent Team To all recruitment agencies:OpenPayd does not accept speculative agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, OpenPayd employees or any other company location. OpenPayd is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. OpenPayd will only accept CV's from the partners with relevant agreement via the People and Talent team only.
Apr 16, 2024
Full time
Who are we? OpenPaydis a leading global payments and banking-as-a-service platform for the digital economy. ThroughitsAPI-driven technology, businesses can embed financial services into their products and create the seamless user experiences needed to drive business growth. OpenPayd'splatform removes the need to contract with multiple providers for different services and across different markets. Instead, businesses can access accounts, FX, international and domestic payments, and Open Banking services globally via a single API integration. OpenPaydis committed to providing businesses with a fully compliant solution across all markets, leaving your business to focus on growth. Our Mission Our mission is to 'To open up banking and payments for business globally, through a modular platform'. We believe that all businesses regardless of their scale or industry should be able to leverage the best payment and banking services. We believe in providing our services through a simple, flexible, and scalable platform. How will you add value to the OpenPayd journey? Managing your product's mid to long term feature roadmap that is based on outcomes and aligned with the wider business roadmap Managing and prioritizing your product backlog daily and as part of your team's agile/lean development processes Meeting frequently with sales, ops, marketing, finance, compliance, legal and other stakeholders to develop a deep understanding of their business processes and needs Capturing product requirements from customers and stakeholders and writing accurate user stories Preparing low fidelity wireframes and flow diagrams to bring your user stories to life Working with product designers (where applicable) to turn your wireframes into tangible design assets based on user research Working in partnership with engineering, brainstorming ideas together and ensuring developers understand WHAT needs to be built and what value does it have at all times Assessing new product ideas and leading product/feature discovery workshops using the desirability, viability and feasibility framework Researching the competion and capturing market insights pertaining to your assigned product area on a regular basis Identifying market opportunities and contributing to the wider product vision and business strategy Updating regularly the wider organisation on the progress of new product releases Providing customer-facing narrative and positioning of features for your product area and contributing to Product Marketing collateral for new product releases Gathering post-launch/post-release customer feedback and capturing learnings to adapt the product Championing user experience (UX) throughout the organisation Setting KPIs for features being delivered. Monitoring assumptions and validating hypotheses The ideal candidate will have the following: You have 6+ years' experience in a software product management role You have successfully developed from scratch and launched at least one product in the banking, payments or fintech space Strong understanding of APIs; experience in API usage is mandatory. Strong understanding of major payment rails including FPS, CHAPS, SWIFT and SEPA You're that individual that the dev team refers to as the 'business person' but the business team refers to as the 'tech person'. You're the bridge between those two worlds and you're perfectly comfortable with being treated as such. You're naturally curious about solving customer problems and can quickly follow through on your ideas You're focussed on outcomes rather than outputs and can judge a product or feature's business viability and customer desireability in a matter of minutes You have a very good sense of UX which manifests itself in your tendency to draw a wireframe or a diagram first, and only then talk/write about it You embrace change and you have first hand experience of leading cross functional teams using agile methodologies (e.g. Scrum, Lean, XP) You're exceptionally good at synthesizing and conceptualizing information, be it verbally or in writing. The user stories that you've written are a perfect example of this. You have written a product requirements spec for a software product at least once in your career, and consider it to be a big deal - a natural extension of your product vision You're a self-starter, capable of working autonomously with minimal supervision but you're also a team player at heart You thrive in dynamic, fast paced and highly ambiguous work environments where the answer to a question may not be immediately available and requires a great deal of persistence and perseverance to obtain We'd like you to take a read of our Talent Acquisition Privacy Notice which explains how we collect and process your personal data. Please read our notice carefully. By submitting the application button, we will consider that you aware of it. We are looking forward to receiving your CV. OpenPayd Talent Team To all recruitment agencies:OpenPayd does not accept speculative agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, OpenPayd employees or any other company location. OpenPayd is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. OpenPayd will only accept CV's from the partners with relevant agreement via the People and Talent team only.
About Lendable Lendable is on a mission to make consumer finance amazing:faster, cheaper and friendlier. world's leading fintech companies and are off to a strong start: UK's newest unicorns with a team of just over 400 people top 10 fastest-growing tech companies in the UK Profitable since 2017 Balderton Capital and Goldman Sachs Loved by customers with the best reviews in the market (4.9 across 10,000s of reviews on Trustpilot ) So far, we've rebuilt theBig Threeconsumer finance products from scratch: loans, credit cards and car finance. We get money into our customers' hands in minutes instead of days. We're growing fast, and there's a lot more to do: we're going after the two biggest Western markets(UK and US)where trillions worth of these are held by big banks with dated systems and painful processes. Join us if you want to Take ownership across a broad remit. You are trusted to make decisions that drive a material impact on the direction and success of Lendable from day 1 small teams of exceptional people, who are relentlessly resourceful to solve problems and find smarter solutions than the status quo best technologyin-house, using new data sources, machine learning and AI to make machines do the heavy lifting About the role We're looking for aSenior React Native Engineerto join our Zable Credit Card team,joining a cross-functional team building and refining features for ourexisting iOS & Android applications, used by over450,000 customers. Over the last 6 months we've introduced new features likeVariable Recurring PaymentswithOpen Banking, enabled customers to instantly spend upon approval usingApple & Google Pay, and expanded our offering by introducingloan offers for eligible customersfrom oursister product, Lendable. Our next focus is on continuing tobuild key features that delight customersanddrive self-serve automationas we surpass half a million customers, allowing our cardholders to manage as many aspects of their account directly via our apps as possible. Alongside feature work we also put a big focus onimproving performance,reducing tech debt, andimproving scalability. Our ideal engineer is detail focused and resourceful, and keen to understand the bigger picture outside of their product team, contributing to wider engineering and business initiatives thathelp us scale our UKandUS based productsas we continue togrow. About you You have asolidunderstanding of modern Javascript with Typescript You have commercial experience withcross-platform mobile development using React Native You have a strong understanding of the different needs of mobile users across a variety of platforms and devices Youare an advocate for automated testing, and take a pragmatic approach to implementing and improving the various phases of the testing pyramid You can quicklyidentify and assess technical debtand are keen to make the case for remedying it whenever the opportunity arises You understand the importance ofcatering to users with accessibility needs, and are familiar with the approaches and tooling required to ensure accessibility guidelines and best practices are adhered to You have experience working with product owners tobreak down business requirements into deliverable tasksand estimate the complexity of their implementation. You can quickly identify the difficulties of implementing a feature from an initial design wireframe or outline spec and are comfortable putting forward alternative approaches where appropriate You haveexperience mentoring and supporting other engineers,playing a role in their personal and professional growth, and enabling them to succeed. What would make you stand out You've used Firebase to support product functionality, in particular with Firebase Remote Config and Firebase Cloud Messaging You've worked with OpenAPI/Swagger specifications to help define API requirements and contracts,collaborating with backend developers to agree on best approacheswhen scoping work that requires new and updated schemas You have in-depth experience ofmobile performance best practicesanddebugging You've employed staged rollouts andmultivariate testing approachesto release new features andtest hypotheses You haveexperience of UI or UX design. You feel at ease discussing approaches with product designers, and are happy to get involved in making design decisions where required You've built, or worked on,products that have scaled from zero users to tens or hundreds of thousands (or more), and can apply what you learnt in new contexts Interview process Aquickvideo call with a member of our talent team to learn more about you A30-minutevideo call with an engineer to discuss your experience and answer any initial technical questions you have about the role Ashort React Native coding exerciseto complete in your own time FinalOnsite or Videointerviews; Atechnical session with your peerswhere you'll discuss your solution to the exercise, talk through some problems and scenarios, and dig deeper into your technical experience An interview with anEngineering Managerto explore your motivations and goals, assess how you could play a part in your team's success, and better understand how we could help you thrive in your role.
Apr 16, 2024
Full time
About Lendable Lendable is on a mission to make consumer finance amazing:faster, cheaper and friendlier. world's leading fintech companies and are off to a strong start: UK's newest unicorns with a team of just over 400 people top 10 fastest-growing tech companies in the UK Profitable since 2017 Balderton Capital and Goldman Sachs Loved by customers with the best reviews in the market (4.9 across 10,000s of reviews on Trustpilot ) So far, we've rebuilt theBig Threeconsumer finance products from scratch: loans, credit cards and car finance. We get money into our customers' hands in minutes instead of days. We're growing fast, and there's a lot more to do: we're going after the two biggest Western markets(UK and US)where trillions worth of these are held by big banks with dated systems and painful processes. Join us if you want to Take ownership across a broad remit. You are trusted to make decisions that drive a material impact on the direction and success of Lendable from day 1 small teams of exceptional people, who are relentlessly resourceful to solve problems and find smarter solutions than the status quo best technologyin-house, using new data sources, machine learning and AI to make machines do the heavy lifting About the role We're looking for aSenior React Native Engineerto join our Zable Credit Card team,joining a cross-functional team building and refining features for ourexisting iOS & Android applications, used by over450,000 customers. Over the last 6 months we've introduced new features likeVariable Recurring PaymentswithOpen Banking, enabled customers to instantly spend upon approval usingApple & Google Pay, and expanded our offering by introducingloan offers for eligible customersfrom oursister product, Lendable. Our next focus is on continuing tobuild key features that delight customersanddrive self-serve automationas we surpass half a million customers, allowing our cardholders to manage as many aspects of their account directly via our apps as possible. Alongside feature work we also put a big focus onimproving performance,reducing tech debt, andimproving scalability. Our ideal engineer is detail focused and resourceful, and keen to understand the bigger picture outside of their product team, contributing to wider engineering and business initiatives thathelp us scale our UKandUS based productsas we continue togrow. About you You have asolidunderstanding of modern Javascript with Typescript You have commercial experience withcross-platform mobile development using React Native You have a strong understanding of the different needs of mobile users across a variety of platforms and devices Youare an advocate for automated testing, and take a pragmatic approach to implementing and improving the various phases of the testing pyramid You can quicklyidentify and assess technical debtand are keen to make the case for remedying it whenever the opportunity arises You understand the importance ofcatering to users with accessibility needs, and are familiar with the approaches and tooling required to ensure accessibility guidelines and best practices are adhered to You have experience working with product owners tobreak down business requirements into deliverable tasksand estimate the complexity of their implementation. You can quickly identify the difficulties of implementing a feature from an initial design wireframe or outline spec and are comfortable putting forward alternative approaches where appropriate You haveexperience mentoring and supporting other engineers,playing a role in their personal and professional growth, and enabling them to succeed. What would make you stand out You've used Firebase to support product functionality, in particular with Firebase Remote Config and Firebase Cloud Messaging You've worked with OpenAPI/Swagger specifications to help define API requirements and contracts,collaborating with backend developers to agree on best approacheswhen scoping work that requires new and updated schemas You have in-depth experience ofmobile performance best practicesanddebugging You've employed staged rollouts andmultivariate testing approachesto release new features andtest hypotheses You haveexperience of UI or UX design. You feel at ease discussing approaches with product designers, and are happy to get involved in making design decisions where required You've built, or worked on,products that have scaled from zero users to tens or hundreds of thousands (or more), and can apply what you learnt in new contexts Interview process Aquickvideo call with a member of our talent team to learn more about you A30-minutevideo call with an engineer to discuss your experience and answer any initial technical questions you have about the role Ashort React Native coding exerciseto complete in your own time FinalOnsite or Videointerviews; Atechnical session with your peerswhere you'll discuss your solution to the exercise, talk through some problems and scenarios, and dig deeper into your technical experience An interview with anEngineering Managerto explore your motivations and goals, assess how you could play a part in your team's success, and better understand how we could help you thrive in your role.
Moneybox is the award-winning app that helps you turn your money into something greater. We've brought saving, investing, home-buying, and retirement services all together into one simple app, so it's easier than ever to achieve your goals and build wealth, whatever your starting point. We currently administer over £5 billion in assets for over 1 million customers, processing millions of individual transactions a week, and these numbers continue to grow. As a result, we are looking for a Senior Software Engineer with the appropriate skills and experience to help us manage this growth without compromising on our service or product quality. This role is in our back end engineering team that builds and operates our cloud hosted services. You will be working with people throughout Moneybox to develop new features, provide technical solutions, support the live service and improve the way we do things. We're looking for someone who enjoys a mix of solution architecture, hands-on coding, and owning their solutions from concept to delivery. You will also be part of a cross-functional team, all working together to complete the team's objectives. We don't expect you to be an expert in everything we use, but a fundamental understanding of how things work is important. Our tech stack: C#, .NETREST APIs, Hangfire, MediatR, Entity Framework, BlazorAzure: App Services, Functions, SQL Server, Service Bus, Event Hub, CosmosDB, Redis, Data FactoryGitHub, Azure DevOps, Terraform, Datadog What You'll Do Hands-on coding to solve complex problems with a focus on defensive programming, resilience, and performance. Own technical solution design for significant product features, software modules, and technical initiatives. Demonstrate self-guided problem-solving abilities to create robust technical solutions for vague business requirements. Take initiative to course-correct projects when they deviate from their intended path. Collaborate with a cross-functional team of engineers, QA testers, product managers, UX designers, mobile developers and operations teams to build new features. Contribute to regular planning sessions and task prioritisation. Take ownership of your code from inception to deployment into Production, following a continuous delivery model. Get involved in live incidents as required, following the internal incident management process. Support, coach, and mentor other team members, setting high standards, and continually improving processes. Provide technical support to internal teams and actively share knowledge through documentation, including Architectural Decision Records (ADRs). Initiate and contribute to wider engineering technical designs. Who You Are Enthusiastic about contributing to a fast-growing company with a mission to make a positive impact on the world. A passionate and dedicated software developer with an interest in building resilient, performant and easy to understand solutions. A driven, ambitious self-starter who thrives on taking initiative and ownership. Embrace a continuous learning mindset, motivated to further develop your skills. Willing to share your knowledge and mentor other team members. Possess a collaborative attitude, comfortable working both alone and as part of a team. Knows how to balance professionalism with a sense of fun, fostering a positive and enjoyable work environment. Staying abreast of and (where necessary) applying the latest emerging technologies. Essential Skills A degree in Computer Science or relevant experience. Experiences with delivering multiple challenging projects with a strict deadline. Ability to be agile and react quickly to changing priorities. Experience designing and architecting scalable solutions. Strong understanding of: .NET (Core/framework) REST APIs OO programming languages (we use C#) Relational databases, ACID transactions Strong analytical and problem solving skills. Able to work both alone and as part of an agile team. Able to actively participate in technical and commercial discussions. Desirable Skills Ability to communicate complex design ideas to the wider engineering group Microsoft Azure: Cosmos DB App Services Functions Service Bus Infrastructure as Code / Terraform DDD What's In It For You? Opportunity to join a fast-growing, award-winning and super ambitious business. Work with a friendly team of highly motivated individuals. Be in an environment where you are listened to and can actually have an impact. Thriving collaborative and inclusive company culture. Competitive remuneration package. Company share options. A benefits package that includes Gympass, a personal learning budget, subsidised private medical insurance, matched pension contributions up to an additional 2% and more! 25 days holiday + bank holidays. Please read before you apply! By sending us your application you acknowledge and agree to Moneybox using your personal data as described below. We collect applicants' personal data to manage our recruitment related activities. Consequently, we may use your personal data to evaluate your application, to select and shortlist applicants, to set up and conduct interviews and tests, to evaluate and assess the results, and as is otherwise needed in the recruitment process generally. We do not share your personal data with unauthorised third parties. However, we may, if necessary, share your personal data to carefully selected third parties acting on our behalf. This may include transfers to servers and databases outside the country where you provided us with your personal data. Such transfers may include for example transfers and/or disclosures outside the European Economic Area and in the United States of America. If you are unsuccessful in your application, we may keep your details on file so that we can tell you about other suitable vacancies which may be of interest to you when they arise in the future. If you would rather we did not keep your details on file, you can contact us at email: Your application will be subject to criminal record and adverse credit history checks (such as CCJs, IVAs and bankruptcy). As a regulated financial business, an adverse financial history could impact your suitability for the role. If you are aware of anything that could affect your suitability for the role, please let us know.
Apr 16, 2024
Full time
Moneybox is the award-winning app that helps you turn your money into something greater. We've brought saving, investing, home-buying, and retirement services all together into one simple app, so it's easier than ever to achieve your goals and build wealth, whatever your starting point. We currently administer over £5 billion in assets for over 1 million customers, processing millions of individual transactions a week, and these numbers continue to grow. As a result, we are looking for a Senior Software Engineer with the appropriate skills and experience to help us manage this growth without compromising on our service or product quality. This role is in our back end engineering team that builds and operates our cloud hosted services. You will be working with people throughout Moneybox to develop new features, provide technical solutions, support the live service and improve the way we do things. We're looking for someone who enjoys a mix of solution architecture, hands-on coding, and owning their solutions from concept to delivery. You will also be part of a cross-functional team, all working together to complete the team's objectives. We don't expect you to be an expert in everything we use, but a fundamental understanding of how things work is important. Our tech stack: C#, .NETREST APIs, Hangfire, MediatR, Entity Framework, BlazorAzure: App Services, Functions, SQL Server, Service Bus, Event Hub, CosmosDB, Redis, Data FactoryGitHub, Azure DevOps, Terraform, Datadog What You'll Do Hands-on coding to solve complex problems with a focus on defensive programming, resilience, and performance. Own technical solution design for significant product features, software modules, and technical initiatives. Demonstrate self-guided problem-solving abilities to create robust technical solutions for vague business requirements. Take initiative to course-correct projects when they deviate from their intended path. Collaborate with a cross-functional team of engineers, QA testers, product managers, UX designers, mobile developers and operations teams to build new features. Contribute to regular planning sessions and task prioritisation. Take ownership of your code from inception to deployment into Production, following a continuous delivery model. Get involved in live incidents as required, following the internal incident management process. Support, coach, and mentor other team members, setting high standards, and continually improving processes. Provide technical support to internal teams and actively share knowledge through documentation, including Architectural Decision Records (ADRs). Initiate and contribute to wider engineering technical designs. Who You Are Enthusiastic about contributing to a fast-growing company with a mission to make a positive impact on the world. A passionate and dedicated software developer with an interest in building resilient, performant and easy to understand solutions. A driven, ambitious self-starter who thrives on taking initiative and ownership. Embrace a continuous learning mindset, motivated to further develop your skills. Willing to share your knowledge and mentor other team members. Possess a collaborative attitude, comfortable working both alone and as part of a team. Knows how to balance professionalism with a sense of fun, fostering a positive and enjoyable work environment. Staying abreast of and (where necessary) applying the latest emerging technologies. Essential Skills A degree in Computer Science or relevant experience. Experiences with delivering multiple challenging projects with a strict deadline. Ability to be agile and react quickly to changing priorities. Experience designing and architecting scalable solutions. Strong understanding of: .NET (Core/framework) REST APIs OO programming languages (we use C#) Relational databases, ACID transactions Strong analytical and problem solving skills. Able to work both alone and as part of an agile team. Able to actively participate in technical and commercial discussions. Desirable Skills Ability to communicate complex design ideas to the wider engineering group Microsoft Azure: Cosmos DB App Services Functions Service Bus Infrastructure as Code / Terraform DDD What's In It For You? Opportunity to join a fast-growing, award-winning and super ambitious business. Work with a friendly team of highly motivated individuals. Be in an environment where you are listened to and can actually have an impact. Thriving collaborative and inclusive company culture. Competitive remuneration package. Company share options. A benefits package that includes Gympass, a personal learning budget, subsidised private medical insurance, matched pension contributions up to an additional 2% and more! 25 days holiday + bank holidays. Please read before you apply! By sending us your application you acknowledge and agree to Moneybox using your personal data as described below. We collect applicants' personal data to manage our recruitment related activities. Consequently, we may use your personal data to evaluate your application, to select and shortlist applicants, to set up and conduct interviews and tests, to evaluate and assess the results, and as is otherwise needed in the recruitment process generally. We do not share your personal data with unauthorised third parties. However, we may, if necessary, share your personal data to carefully selected third parties acting on our behalf. This may include transfers to servers and databases outside the country where you provided us with your personal data. Such transfers may include for example transfers and/or disclosures outside the European Economic Area and in the United States of America. If you are unsuccessful in your application, we may keep your details on file so that we can tell you about other suitable vacancies which may be of interest to you when they arise in the future. If you would rather we did not keep your details on file, you can contact us at email: Your application will be subject to criminal record and adverse credit history checks (such as CCJs, IVAs and bankruptcy). As a regulated financial business, an adverse financial history could impact your suitability for the role. If you are aware of anything that could affect your suitability for the role, please let us know.
Our client, a highly dynamic and successful company based on the outskirts of Exeter, requires Product Designer (UI/UX) to join their team. This is an in-office role, with flexibility to work from home up to 2 days per week. Product Designer Responsibilities include: Running research sessions to gain insights into user needs and behaviours and combining them with business requirements Applying UX design principles and creating quality innovative prototypes for testing and iteration Working alongside other Designers, Engineers, Product Owners and Senior Leaders. Working within Agile scrum teams, to generate ideas and ensure high-quality designs translate into solutions that work for users Translating your prototypes into engaging, intuitive and responsive UIs About You: Commercial experience in a Product Design, UX or UI Design role Strong skills in UX Design: wireframing, prototyping, information architecture and journey mapping Experience in UI Design, with a strong understanding of UI patterns, web accessibility and great attention to detail Experience designing, conducting, analysing and responding to user research Great communication skills to effectively collaborate with a range of stakeholders, explain your ideas and thought process Package: Up to £55k DOE Pension matching (up to 5%) Private Medical Insurance Private Dental Insurance Eyecare voucher Flu Vaccinations Annual leave - 25 days Note on Sponsorship: We are unable to offer sponsorship for work authorisation for this role. Therefore, candidates must possess valid authorisation to work in the UK without requiring visa sponsorship. Recruitment Consultant: Conor Mellamphy
Apr 16, 2024
Full time
Our client, a highly dynamic and successful company based on the outskirts of Exeter, requires Product Designer (UI/UX) to join their team. This is an in-office role, with flexibility to work from home up to 2 days per week. Product Designer Responsibilities include: Running research sessions to gain insights into user needs and behaviours and combining them with business requirements Applying UX design principles and creating quality innovative prototypes for testing and iteration Working alongside other Designers, Engineers, Product Owners and Senior Leaders. Working within Agile scrum teams, to generate ideas and ensure high-quality designs translate into solutions that work for users Translating your prototypes into engaging, intuitive and responsive UIs About You: Commercial experience in a Product Design, UX or UI Design role Strong skills in UX Design: wireframing, prototyping, information architecture and journey mapping Experience in UI Design, with a strong understanding of UI patterns, web accessibility and great attention to detail Experience designing, conducting, analysing and responding to user research Great communication skills to effectively collaborate with a range of stakeholders, explain your ideas and thought process Package: Up to £55k DOE Pension matching (up to 5%) Private Medical Insurance Private Dental Insurance Eyecare voucher Flu Vaccinations Annual leave - 25 days Note on Sponsorship: We are unable to offer sponsorship for work authorisation for this role. Therefore, candidates must possess valid authorisation to work in the UK without requiring visa sponsorship. Recruitment Consultant: Conor Mellamphy
Senior UX Designer needed to join our team here at VML Enterprise Solutions. We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior UX Designer to join our rapidly expanding CX team, where you will work alongside specialists in UX, UI and Service Design, and Optimisation and Consulting. Reporting into the UX Lead, this is a role requiring someone with excellent online experience, and who can confidently contribute to a project's design activities from initial brief through to delivery. As Senior UX Designer, you'll be a key part of the team and expected to take the initiative in ensuring the customers' needs and our clients' requirements are fully understood and met by the proposed solution. This is a practical role requiring someone with excellent technical ability who can lead and craft UX project deliverables across all phases of the design process, including running business requirements workshops, research and usability testing, and the creation of design artifacts such as journey maps, wireframes and prototypes. What you'll be doing: Designing and running product definition and UX requirements workshops Scoping and managing a variety of both qualitative and quantitative research Analysing research data to identify and generate meaningful insights and behavioural patterns Using design thinking techniques to identify opportunity areas for new experiences, propositions, products and services, then help bring together the thinking around feasible, and viable solutions Creating design artefacts - e.g., personas, journey maps, storyboards, process flows, information architecture diagrams, wireframes, prototypes, etc Communicating, defending and building consensus around the desired product strategy and/or suggested design approach Working closely with stakeholders, fellow designers, program managers and developers, contributing to the improvement of the design quality and final user experience Collaborating with Account Leads, Head of UX, Head of CX and clients as a part of the creative process, understanding business drivers and provide UX leadership to clients and internal teams Presenting and communicating your ideas and design rationale both to working groups and C-Suite What we want from you: Significant proven experience, ideally at an agency Compelling portfolio that demonstrates high quality, best in class UX design Experience owning the full UX process, including running discovery phases (both internal and external and qualitative and quantitative research), and solving complex problems using design-thinking methods and techniques Solid information, interaction and experience design skills Ability to understand the array of technical constraints, user goals and business requirements that shape current and future developments Able to adapt to changing priorities, complexities and ambiguity Excellent client communication skills Strong portfolio is a must What we can offer you: Alongside the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting brands around the world, we'll also prioritise your career development and help you grow your skills. We'll empower you to make a difference, allow you to be yourself, and respect who you are. We offer a great benefits package including hybrid working that works for everyone, a discretionary bonus scheme, training opportunities, competitive pension, medical insurance, life assurance, social events, opportunities to buy and sell holidays, family friendly policies, discounts with hundreds of retailers and much more. VML is a leading creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce to create connected brands and drive growth. VML is celebrated for its innovative and award-winning work for blue chip client partners including AstraZeneca, Colgate-Palmolive, Dell, Ford, Intel, Microsoft, Nestlé, The Coca-Cola Company, and Wendy's. The agency is recognized by the Forrester Wave Reports, which name WPP as a "Leader" in Commerce Services, Global Digital Experience Services, Global Marketing Services and, most recently, Marketing Measurement & Optimization. AT VML Commerce & Technology: Our commerce and technology division houses strategic consultants, creative and technical architects and skilled developers and operators that together help some of the world's leading organisations to deliver outstanding digital experiences across all major routes to market worldwide: marketplaces, online retailers, D2C, B2B and social platforms. With over 4,200 experts in 55 operational centres across 34 countries, our capabilities span the entire buying journey from customer acquisition, through engagement, to conversion and loyalty, driving multi-channel growth for world-leading brands. We work with some of the most exciting brands such as The Coca-Cola Company, EY, Bosch, Unilever, Ford, DFS, Mercedes-Benz, Johnson & Johnson, Nestlé, Sainsbury's, Selfridges, Shell and Tiffany & Co. If you need reasonable adjustments at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know. At VML, we are committed to fostering an all-inclusive work environment that is both rewarding and career-forward. Our Inclusion, Equity & Belonging initiatives, alongside the VML Foundation, reflect our dedication to giving back and making a positive impact in our communities and beyond. Our people are the heartbeat of our organization-creators, doers, innovators, makers, and thinkers-who drive not just marketing, but meaningful experiences that resonate in every action and interaction. When you click the "Submit Application" button below, this will send any information you add below to VML (formally Wunderman Thompson commerce). Before you do this, we think it's a good idea to read through our Recruitment Privacy Policy. This explains what we do with your personal data when you apply for a role with us, and, how you can update the information you have provided us with or how to remove it (Wunderman Thompson Commerce)"
Apr 15, 2024
Full time
Senior UX Designer needed to join our team here at VML Enterprise Solutions. We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior UX Designer to join our rapidly expanding CX team, where you will work alongside specialists in UX, UI and Service Design, and Optimisation and Consulting. Reporting into the UX Lead, this is a role requiring someone with excellent online experience, and who can confidently contribute to a project's design activities from initial brief through to delivery. As Senior UX Designer, you'll be a key part of the team and expected to take the initiative in ensuring the customers' needs and our clients' requirements are fully understood and met by the proposed solution. This is a practical role requiring someone with excellent technical ability who can lead and craft UX project deliverables across all phases of the design process, including running business requirements workshops, research and usability testing, and the creation of design artifacts such as journey maps, wireframes and prototypes. What you'll be doing: Designing and running product definition and UX requirements workshops Scoping and managing a variety of both qualitative and quantitative research Analysing research data to identify and generate meaningful insights and behavioural patterns Using design thinking techniques to identify opportunity areas for new experiences, propositions, products and services, then help bring together the thinking around feasible, and viable solutions Creating design artefacts - e.g., personas, journey maps, storyboards, process flows, information architecture diagrams, wireframes, prototypes, etc Communicating, defending and building consensus around the desired product strategy and/or suggested design approach Working closely with stakeholders, fellow designers, program managers and developers, contributing to the improvement of the design quality and final user experience Collaborating with Account Leads, Head of UX, Head of CX and clients as a part of the creative process, understanding business drivers and provide UX leadership to clients and internal teams Presenting and communicating your ideas and design rationale both to working groups and C-Suite What we want from you: Significant proven experience, ideally at an agency Compelling portfolio that demonstrates high quality, best in class UX design Experience owning the full UX process, including running discovery phases (both internal and external and qualitative and quantitative research), and solving complex problems using design-thinking methods and techniques Solid information, interaction and experience design skills Ability to understand the array of technical constraints, user goals and business requirements that shape current and future developments Able to adapt to changing priorities, complexities and ambiguity Excellent client communication skills Strong portfolio is a must What we can offer you: Alongside the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting brands around the world, we'll also prioritise your career development and help you grow your skills. We'll empower you to make a difference, allow you to be yourself, and respect who you are. We offer a great benefits package including hybrid working that works for everyone, a discretionary bonus scheme, training opportunities, competitive pension, medical insurance, life assurance, social events, opportunities to buy and sell holidays, family friendly policies, discounts with hundreds of retailers and much more. VML is a leading creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce to create connected brands and drive growth. VML is celebrated for its innovative and award-winning work for blue chip client partners including AstraZeneca, Colgate-Palmolive, Dell, Ford, Intel, Microsoft, Nestlé, The Coca-Cola Company, and Wendy's. The agency is recognized by the Forrester Wave Reports, which name WPP as a "Leader" in Commerce Services, Global Digital Experience Services, Global Marketing Services and, most recently, Marketing Measurement & Optimization. AT VML Commerce & Technology: Our commerce and technology division houses strategic consultants, creative and technical architects and skilled developers and operators that together help some of the world's leading organisations to deliver outstanding digital experiences across all major routes to market worldwide: marketplaces, online retailers, D2C, B2B and social platforms. With over 4,200 experts in 55 operational centres across 34 countries, our capabilities span the entire buying journey from customer acquisition, through engagement, to conversion and loyalty, driving multi-channel growth for world-leading brands. We work with some of the most exciting brands such as The Coca-Cola Company, EY, Bosch, Unilever, Ford, DFS, Mercedes-Benz, Johnson & Johnson, Nestlé, Sainsbury's, Selfridges, Shell and Tiffany & Co. If you need reasonable adjustments at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know. At VML, we are committed to fostering an all-inclusive work environment that is both rewarding and career-forward. Our Inclusion, Equity & Belonging initiatives, alongside the VML Foundation, reflect our dedication to giving back and making a positive impact in our communities and beyond. Our people are the heartbeat of our organization-creators, doers, innovators, makers, and thinkers-who drive not just marketing, but meaningful experiences that resonate in every action and interaction. When you click the "Submit Application" button below, this will send any information you add below to VML (formally Wunderman Thompson commerce). Before you do this, we think it's a good idea to read through our Recruitment Privacy Policy. This explains what we do with your personal data when you apply for a role with us, and, how you can update the information you have provided us with or how to remove it (Wunderman Thompson Commerce)"
We are looking for an experienced front-end web developer to join our growing business unit (headquartered in Reigate, 200 engineers) developing a wide range of market leading InsurTech solutions. You will join us at an exciting time as we focus increasingly on cloud/SaaS solutions, upgrading existing products to new technologies and modern UX, as well as developing brand-new applications.As a front-end web development, you will be working with agile teams delivering value on the flagship Radar Live product. You will play a key role in designing and creating new features and enhancing existing code, whilst ensuring the foundational components continue to meet high levels of reliability, maintainability, usability, and performance. The Role: Bring expertise and best practice having worked on professional web applications. Work with the Product Owner to define, refine and deliver the product backlog. Design SaaS software solutions meeting functional and non-functional requirements. Coordinate web application design and implementation across multiple streams to ensure consistency of approach. Interface between the UX guild and the development teams on best practice and approach. Implement product code, following best practices for maintainability, testability, and performance. Implement test-related code (unit tests, test frameworks and associated automated test cases). Review and debug code to identify defects, performance bottlenecks or technical debt. Participate in Agile/scrum ceremonies (sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives), striving to continuously improve the team velocity, its processes and engineering practices. Coach and mentor junior team members, fostering a collaborative and quality-focused engineering culture. The Requirements: The technology stack is primarily Angular, C#, and Azure. We are looking for web developers with particularly strong front-end skills to complement our existing teams, hence candidates will need to demonstrate: Experience in the design and development of responsive single-page/progressive web applications using JavaScript/TypeScript/HTML/CSS (Angular, Bootstrap). Strong appreciation of UX principles, ability to iterate commercial-quality GUI implementations working from wireframes/mockups and other assets produced by UX designers. Experience developing test frameworks/test cases for web UI's and RESTful services (e.g. using Cypress). Experience with the Agile/Scrum development lifecycle in a commercial/production environment. Experience with software engineering best practices: object-oriented, design patterns, SOLID principles. Experience with software development ecosystem (IDE's, version control, test automation/CI, etc.). Other highly desirable, but not essential skills are: Ability to architect high-performance and scalable web application and supporting infrastructures. Experience in guiding teams in UX strategy, implementations, and reviews. Experience using Visual Studio Team Services/Azure DevOps and Git. Experience with XUnit, Moq and other unit testing tools. General knowledge of the Insurance Industry. ICT_TECH TD_2024_13
Apr 15, 2024
Full time
We are looking for an experienced front-end web developer to join our growing business unit (headquartered in Reigate, 200 engineers) developing a wide range of market leading InsurTech solutions. You will join us at an exciting time as we focus increasingly on cloud/SaaS solutions, upgrading existing products to new technologies and modern UX, as well as developing brand-new applications.As a front-end web development, you will be working with agile teams delivering value on the flagship Radar Live product. You will play a key role in designing and creating new features and enhancing existing code, whilst ensuring the foundational components continue to meet high levels of reliability, maintainability, usability, and performance. The Role: Bring expertise and best practice having worked on professional web applications. Work with the Product Owner to define, refine and deliver the product backlog. Design SaaS software solutions meeting functional and non-functional requirements. Coordinate web application design and implementation across multiple streams to ensure consistency of approach. Interface between the UX guild and the development teams on best practice and approach. Implement product code, following best practices for maintainability, testability, and performance. Implement test-related code (unit tests, test frameworks and associated automated test cases). Review and debug code to identify defects, performance bottlenecks or technical debt. Participate in Agile/scrum ceremonies (sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives), striving to continuously improve the team velocity, its processes and engineering practices. Coach and mentor junior team members, fostering a collaborative and quality-focused engineering culture. The Requirements: The technology stack is primarily Angular, C#, and Azure. We are looking for web developers with particularly strong front-end skills to complement our existing teams, hence candidates will need to demonstrate: Experience in the design and development of responsive single-page/progressive web applications using JavaScript/TypeScript/HTML/CSS (Angular, Bootstrap). Strong appreciation of UX principles, ability to iterate commercial-quality GUI implementations working from wireframes/mockups and other assets produced by UX designers. Experience developing test frameworks/test cases for web UI's and RESTful services (e.g. using Cypress). Experience with the Agile/Scrum development lifecycle in a commercial/production environment. Experience with software engineering best practices: object-oriented, design patterns, SOLID principles. Experience with software development ecosystem (IDE's, version control, test automation/CI, etc.). Other highly desirable, but not essential skills are: Ability to architect high-performance and scalable web application and supporting infrastructures. Experience in guiding teams in UX strategy, implementations, and reviews. Experience using Visual Studio Team Services/Azure DevOps and Git. Experience with XUnit, Moq and other unit testing tools. General knowledge of the Insurance Industry. ICT_TECH TD_2024_13
Jisc is looking for a Software Development Manager - Agile Operations to join our team on a full-time, permanent basis. This role is Hybrid with the flexibility to work from home and at any of our main hubs (London, Bristol, Manchester and Milton Park). In return, you will receive a competitive salary circa £50,000 per annum negotiable depending on experience . About Us: Jisc is the UK higher, further education and skills sectors not-for-profit organisation for digital services and solutions. We believe education and research improves lives, and technology improves education and research. Our vision is for the UK to be a world leader in technology for education and research and our mission is to power and empower our members with the technology and data they need to succeed. We know that digital technology has the ability to transform the student experience. We have the experience, expertise and know-how to drive that transformation. About the Software Development Manager role: Looking for that next step as an agile leader? Experience in a scrum master role within software development? Love the people aspect of solving complex problems? Then we've got an interesting and varied role to potentially offer you. Help shape our agile operations by providing mentorship, support and leadership to our Scrum masters, whilst delivering valuable initiatives that enable our Software Development Group to continuously improve. The Software Development Group (SDG) at Jisc strives to provide a friendly and fun working environment that prioritises work/life balance and technical excellence. Here, flexible working is the norm - at home, in a café, at one of our hubs, it s your choice. It s a team sport - we work in relaxed, focussed, agile delivery teams, so you can expect to be collaborating with scrum masters, UX designers, product owners, and software developers, all using modern tools and technologies to get things done. We believe in not only building the right thing but building the thing right. Responsibilities as our Software Development Manager: Managing tactical implementation of Jisc s agile and software development strategy, monitoring and reporting progress to our senior leadership team Understanding teams process and technology use and mapping a route to a desired end state, managing the implementation of that change to an agreed timescale with the Head of Agile operations and Director of Software Internal stakeholder management, engaging the directorates and service teams we build software for, with responsibility for maintaining those relationships Direct line management, including performance management, for a range of roles over time including scrum masters, developers, and testers, to meet the changing needs of a growing department Facilitation of cross-team collaboration, and identification of cross-team efficiencies What we re looking for in our Software Development Manager: Experience of people management within an agile software development environment In-depth practical experience of scrum and agile practice with the ability to lead and coach scrum masters Strong knowledge and understanding of agile practices including how, why, when and where to apply them Ability to act independently with effective relationship management skills Proactive and organised, with the ability to self-manage within a changing environment Don t meet every single requirement? We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they think they can t tick every box but we realise the perfect candidate doesn t exist. So, if you can do most of what we re looking for, go ahead and apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles! Our benefits: Flexible work pattern, which can adapt to suit your schedules and personal commitments 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) and an additional three closure days over Christmas A generous pension scheme with above average employer contributions A range of leave options, including parental leave, volunteer leave and even career breaks. A generous budget to attend conferences and in-person training Allocated allowance of up to £250 to equip your home office A company culture which supports and promotes personal learning and development, including access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning Mental health first aid trained staff and supportive environment Financial well-being support Discounts on big-name high-street stores Cycle to work scheme Employee recognition awards and travel loans Additional Flexible benefits include Holiday Buying - Purchase 1-5 days additional holiday per annum, Healthcare Cashplan, Electric Car Lease Scheme and option to purchase SmartTech If you have the skills and experience, we require for this role and are looking for a new challenge then please click apply today to be forwarded to our online recruitment portal and become our new Software Development Manager. Thank you for your interest in Jisc.
Apr 15, 2024
Full time
Jisc is looking for a Software Development Manager - Agile Operations to join our team on a full-time, permanent basis. This role is Hybrid with the flexibility to work from home and at any of our main hubs (London, Bristol, Manchester and Milton Park). In return, you will receive a competitive salary circa £50,000 per annum negotiable depending on experience . About Us: Jisc is the UK higher, further education and skills sectors not-for-profit organisation for digital services and solutions. We believe education and research improves lives, and technology improves education and research. Our vision is for the UK to be a world leader in technology for education and research and our mission is to power and empower our members with the technology and data they need to succeed. We know that digital technology has the ability to transform the student experience. We have the experience, expertise and know-how to drive that transformation. About the Software Development Manager role: Looking for that next step as an agile leader? Experience in a scrum master role within software development? Love the people aspect of solving complex problems? Then we've got an interesting and varied role to potentially offer you. Help shape our agile operations by providing mentorship, support and leadership to our Scrum masters, whilst delivering valuable initiatives that enable our Software Development Group to continuously improve. The Software Development Group (SDG) at Jisc strives to provide a friendly and fun working environment that prioritises work/life balance and technical excellence. Here, flexible working is the norm - at home, in a café, at one of our hubs, it s your choice. It s a team sport - we work in relaxed, focussed, agile delivery teams, so you can expect to be collaborating with scrum masters, UX designers, product owners, and software developers, all using modern tools and technologies to get things done. We believe in not only building the right thing but building the thing right. Responsibilities as our Software Development Manager: Managing tactical implementation of Jisc s agile and software development strategy, monitoring and reporting progress to our senior leadership team Understanding teams process and technology use and mapping a route to a desired end state, managing the implementation of that change to an agreed timescale with the Head of Agile operations and Director of Software Internal stakeholder management, engaging the directorates and service teams we build software for, with responsibility for maintaining those relationships Direct line management, including performance management, for a range of roles over time including scrum masters, developers, and testers, to meet the changing needs of a growing department Facilitation of cross-team collaboration, and identification of cross-team efficiencies What we re looking for in our Software Development Manager: Experience of people management within an agile software development environment In-depth practical experience of scrum and agile practice with the ability to lead and coach scrum masters Strong knowledge and understanding of agile practices including how, why, when and where to apply them Ability to act independently with effective relationship management skills Proactive and organised, with the ability to self-manage within a changing environment Don t meet every single requirement? We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they think they can t tick every box but we realise the perfect candidate doesn t exist. So, if you can do most of what we re looking for, go ahead and apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles! Our benefits: Flexible work pattern, which can adapt to suit your schedules and personal commitments 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) and an additional three closure days over Christmas A generous pension scheme with above average employer contributions A range of leave options, including parental leave, volunteer leave and even career breaks. A generous budget to attend conferences and in-person training Allocated allowance of up to £250 to equip your home office A company culture which supports and promotes personal learning and development, including access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning Mental health first aid trained staff and supportive environment Financial well-being support Discounts on big-name high-street stores Cycle to work scheme Employee recognition awards and travel loans Additional Flexible benefits include Holiday Buying - Purchase 1-5 days additional holiday per annum, Healthcare Cashplan, Electric Car Lease Scheme and option to purchase SmartTech If you have the skills and experience, we require for this role and are looking for a new challenge then please click apply today to be forwarded to our online recruitment portal and become our new Software Development Manager. Thank you for your interest in Jisc.