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🔵 About the role:
◽ This is a founding role in our new UI/UX team. You will bring a combination of both technical and design expertise, forming a partnership between researchers, designers, and engineers. You will have a solid understanding of programming fundamentals, working primarily in Typescript, React, and CSS. Additionally, you will be an advocate for good UX, understanding how to create designs and translate those into implementation.
◽ Initially, you will be embedded within our Data platform team, Atlas, to improve the suite of products. Your UX expertise will also be valued across the other products in Vaarst, such as SubSLAM, where you will help guide and build consistency in design and an exceptional user experience.
◽ If you want to join an exciting and rapidly growing technology company as a founding member of the new UX/UI Team, We’ll welcome your ideas & input and support your development. In addition, this is an incredible opportunity to help further the transition to renewable energy.
🔵 You should apply if you have:
◽ Design and UI/UX expertise.
◽ Expertise in web development.
◽ Knowledge of HTML and CSS.
◽ Write production-level Typescript and ReactJS code.
◽ Build and maintain design systems.
◽ Use essential design tools, such as Figma, in an introducing level.
◽ Leverage APIs and data sources to build interactive and engaging applications.
◽ Exceptional communication skills, talking in both design and technical language.
🔵 Responsibilities:
◽ Design, prototype, and develop the front-end to solve complex problems.
◽ Advocate for user experience design and guiding the Engineering teams.
◽ Collaborate with researchers, designers, and engineers to build consensus.
◽ Modify and testing changes to previously developed products.
◽ Break down requirements and build appropriate solutions.
◽ Contribute to and uphold agile development practices.
◽ Guide and build consistency in design and an exceptional user experience.
🔵 Grow together with Vaarst where you will learn and use the following:
◽ Automated testing practices, such end-to-end tests and TDD.
◽ Web bundlers, such as Webpack.
◽ Backend languages and tools, such as Python, Django, and Flask.
◽ Git & GitHub, CI/CD tool chains and containers.
◽ User research and requirements gathering.
🔵 Benefits:
◽ Flexible, hybrid working and a 35-hour work week so you can work when is best for you.
◽ 25 days annual leave to increase to 35 days after six years + bank holidays.
◽ Sabbaticals at 4 and 6 years and a £ 500 holiday voucher at two years.
◽ Private medical insurance, including Dental & optical.
◽ Career and learning development through paid courses, conferences, and events.
◽ Curiosity fund – up to £500 to spend on learning, which is not role related.
◽ Up to 10% company bonus.
◽ Pension up to 6% company contribution.
◽ Volunteering day to give back to your local community.
◽ Enhanced maternity and adoption leave.
◽ Cycle to work scheme.
◽ Recognition & rewards for doing great work and living our values and behaviors.
◽ Flexible working options include reduced hours, part-time work, job share, phased return to work, term time working, and compressed hours.
◽ We’re a friendly, tight-knit team with monthly socials.
◽ Hybrid working: Most teams work in our offices 2+ days a week to collaborate and be hands-on with our technology. When you do visit, our Bristol office is a 10-minute walk from the train station, with its balcony and Fresh fruit & snacks and drinks in the office.
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