MAQ Software weeks UX/UI Designer
MAQ Software delivers innovative software solutions for Fortune 500 companies. Our data analytics solutions drive insights using Azure Machine Learning (ML), AWS Machine Learning, and Cognitive Services. We are excited about the new opportunities offered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) and access to cloud services which simplify data management.
We have been closely aligned with Microsoft Corporation for the past 17 years. We are a Microsoft Gold Partner in data platform, data analytics, and application development. In addition, MAQ Software is a Consulting Partner for Amazon Web Services. Our customers include Microsoft Corporation, Starbucks, and Amazon. The company employs over 500 people in three engineering centers located in Redmond, Hyderabad, and Mumbai.
Role description
User experience design for Web applications and mobile applications that use Windows 10, touch devices (tablets) and the latest mobile devices.
- Collaborate and execute on user experience designs with cross-functional teams, including engineers and stakeholders
- Take ideas from the concept to the production stage, using storyboarding, wireframing, redlines, prototypes, guidelines, and other communication/presentation methods
- Produce information architecture, task-flow diagrams, and data visualizations
- Solve all sorts of design challenges with creativity, efficiency, and precision; a full stack designer (interaction, usability, graphic design, HTML, CSS, Power BI)
- Solicit feedback from other team members to continually raise the bar for quality
- Work with the team in an Agile environment by illustrating clear user stories and testing
- Stay up to date on current themes, trends, and technologies in user experience design
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in interaction design, user-centered design, or a design-related field
- Two years of relevant work experience
- Proven track record in the creation of interaction models, screen designs, and UI details that promote ease of use and optimize the user experience for reporting
- Portfolio demonstrating UX/UI experience in web, application, and/or reporting design
- Demonstrable ability to do wireframing, prototyping, storyboarding, and redlines
- Basic working knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud, including Photoshop, Illustrator, and associated design tools
- Knowledge of UX best practices, design techniques, user interface design patterns, and standard UCD methodologies
- Excellent communication skills within cross-functional teams
- Ability to explain design processes and concepts—i.e., why a design works or why it doesn’t
- Exceptional visual design skills with a focus on high-quality deliverables
- Self-directed, confident, and able to work in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to balance speed and quality when managing competing priorities
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in interaction design, new media design, or design-related field
- Basic knowledge of data reporting
- Four years of relevant work experience
Our company offers competitive pay and benefits including 8 paid holidays, 15 days of paid time off, comprehensive medical and dental insurance with employee premiums paid in full, and a retirement plan with company match and immediate vesting.
