Graphcore - UX Designer

UX Designer is needed in Bristol, United Kingdom.

Client: Graphcore

Location: Bristol, United Kingdom

Contract: Full-time, Full-time

Job Description

We are looking to hire a UX Designer to join our team working on building tools to help users understand the performance of applications on Graphcore’s hardware and software. As a UX Designer, you will be responsible for designing user interfaces for our sophisticated analysis software, with a focus on data visualization. You’ll work closely with our engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and create effective solutions.

The Team

The Analysis Tools team builds profiling tools to help users optimise their applications for Graphcore hardware. The team is responsible for collecting profiling data from the Graphcore hardware and software, processing the data, and presenting the profiling information to the user via command line tools and graphical applications.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Design user interfaces
• Wireframing
• High fidelity interactive prototypes
• Contribute to usability research efforts, including planning and conducting user research studies and analysing and disseminating findings to inform design decisions
• Maintaining the research repository to ensure insights are easily accessible
• Promote the importance of user research and design principles internally
• Maintain and contribute to our design library, to ensure consistency and efficiency of the design process

Requirements

Essential Skills

• Experience in UX/UI design and/or a degree in a relevant subject
• Portfolio that showcases UX/UI design skills and experience (please attach a PDF or provide a link)
• Proficiency in a design prototyping tool such as Figma or Adobe XD
• Superb communication and collaboration skills

Desirable Skills

• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies and Atomic design principles
• Experience with usability testing tools like UserTesting or UserZoom
• Experience working in technical software and designing data visualisations
• Strong graphic visual design skills

Benefits

In addition to a competitive salary, Graphcore offers flexible working, a generous annual leave policy, private medical insurance and health cash plan, a dental plan, pension (matched up to 5%), life assurance and income protection. We have a generous parental leave policy and an employee assistance programme (which includes health, mental wellbeing, and bereavement support). We offer a range of healthy food and snacks at our central Bristol office and have our own barista bar!

Inclusive Workplace

We welcome people of different backgrounds and experiences; we’re committed to building an inclusive work environment that makes Graphcore a great home for everyone. We offer an equal opportunity process and understand that there are visible and invisible differences in all of us. We can provide a flexible approach to interview and encourage you to chat to us if you require any reasonable adjustments.