Senior UX Designer
Job Summary
Job Description
Avalara seeks a Senior UX Designer with 7+ years experience to lead design process, conduct user research, collaborate with teams, create high-quality deliverables, and mentor junior designers. Must have proficiency in Figma and user-centered design principles.
Must have:
- UX Design
- User Research
- Figma Proficiency
- Design Principles
Good to have:
- Adobe XD
- Sketch
- Usability Testing
- Design Thinking
Perks:
- Hybrid Work
- Employee Groups
8 skills required
Job Details
About the job
What You'll Do
Avalara helps businesses of all sizes get tax compliance right. In partnership with leading ERP, accounting, e-commerce, and other financial management system providers, Avalara delivers cloud-based compliance solutions for multiple transactional taxes, including sales and use, VAT, GST, excise, communications, and other tax types. Avalara's comprehensive, automated, cloud-based solutions are fast, accurate, and easy to use.
As a Senior UX Designer at Avalara, you will help shape the user experience across our product suite. You will collaborate with product managers, engineers, and other designers to create intuitive, user-friendly designs that for our users. You should understand user-centered design principles, experience solving user challenges, high-quality designs.
Responsibilities
To succeed as a Sr. User Experience Designer at Avalara, you will need proficiency in Figma and an understanding of the design thinking process.
About The Team
The UX team at Avalara is a dynamic and group dedicated to creating intuitive, user-centered designs that enhance the user experience. We are passionate about understanding our users' needs and delivering solutions that are not only functional but also delightful to use. Using tools like Figma and embracing the design thinking process, our team collaborates with product managers, developers, and other partners to ensure that our designs align with our goals and provide value to our customers. Our commitment to continuous improvement and inspires us to push the boundaries of design and contribute to Avalara's mission of simplifying tax compliance.
How We'll Take Care of You
Total Rewards
In addition to a great compensation package, paid time off, and paid parental leave, many Avalara employees are eligible for bonuses.
Health & Wellness
Benefits vary by location but generally include private medical, life, and disability insurance.
Inclusive culture and diversity
Avalara strongly supports diversity, equity, and inclusion, and is committed to integrating them into our business practices and our organizational culture. We also have a total of 8 employee-run resource groups, each with senior leadership and exec sponsorship.
Flexible hybrid working
We support hybrid work and flexible schedules for our employees.
Learn more about our benefits by region here: https://careers.avalara.com/
About Avalara
We’re Avalara. We’re defining the relationship between tax and tech.
We’ve already built an industry-leading cloud compliance platform, processing nearly 40 billion customer API calls and over 5 million tax returns a year.
Last year, we became a billion-dollar business, and our tribe expanded by a cool thousand people - there’s nearly 5,000 of us now. Our growth is real, and we’re not slowing down - not until we’ve achieved our mission - to be part of every transaction in the world.
We’re bright, innovative and disruptive, like the orange we love to wear. It captures our quirky spirit and optimistic mindset. It shows off the culture we’ve designed, that empowers our people to win. Ownership and achievement go hand in hand here. We instill passion in our people through the trust we place in them.
We’ve been different from day one. Join us, and your career will be too.
EEO Statement
We’re an Equal Opportunity Employer. Supporting diversity and inclusion is a cornerstone of our company — we don’t want people to fit into our culture, but to enrich it. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, gender, national orientation, disability, sexual orientation, US Veteran status, or any other factor protected by law. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.
Avalara helps businesses of all sizes get tax compliance right. In partnership with leading ERP, accounting, e-commerce, and other financial management system providers, Avalara delivers cloud-based compliance solutions for multiple transactional taxes, including sales and use, VAT, GST, excise, communications, and other tax types. Avalara's comprehensive, automated, cloud-based solutions are fast, accurate, and easy to use.
As a Senior UX Designer at Avalara, you will help shape the user experience across our product suite. You will collaborate with product managers, engineers, and other designers to create intuitive, user-friendly designs that for our users. You should understand user-centered design principles, experience solving user challenges, high-quality designs.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design process from concept to delivery, including research, wireframing, prototyping, and visual design.
- Collaborate with teams to define solutions for the product direction, visuals, and experience.
- Conduct user research and usability testing to iterate and refine designs based on user feedback and our requirements.
- Create design documentation, including user flows, wireframes, mockups, and prototypes.
- Mentor junior designers, sharing best practices and encouraging a culture of continuous improvement.
- Stay up-to-date with industry trends and incorporate new techniques and tools into the design process.
- 7+ years of experience in UX design, with a portfolio showcasing your design process and final deliverables.
- Proficiency in design tools such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, or similar.
- Experience with user research methodologies and usability testing.
- Experience with user-centered design principles and best practices.
- A Bachelor's or Masters degree in Design (perferably from IDC, NID) Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field.
To succeed as a Sr. User Experience Designer at Avalara, you will need proficiency in Figma and an understanding of the design thinking process.
About The Team
The UX team at Avalara is a dynamic and group dedicated to creating intuitive, user-centered designs that enhance the user experience. We are passionate about understanding our users' needs and delivering solutions that are not only functional but also delightful to use. Using tools like Figma and embracing the design thinking process, our team collaborates with product managers, developers, and other partners to ensure that our designs align with our goals and provide value to our customers. Our commitment to continuous improvement and inspires us to push the boundaries of design and contribute to Avalara's mission of simplifying tax compliance.
How We'll Take Care of You
Total Rewards
In addition to a great compensation package, paid time off, and paid parental leave, many Avalara employees are eligible for bonuses.
Health & Wellness
Benefits vary by location but generally include private medical, life, and disability insurance.
Inclusive culture and diversity
Avalara strongly supports diversity, equity, and inclusion, and is committed to integrating them into our business practices and our organizational culture. We also have a total of 8 employee-run resource groups, each with senior leadership and exec sponsorship.
Flexible hybrid working
We support hybrid work and flexible schedules for our employees.
Learn more about our benefits by region here: https://careers.avalara.com/
About Avalara
We’re Avalara. We’re defining the relationship between tax and tech.
We’ve already built an industry-leading cloud compliance platform, processing nearly 40 billion customer API calls and over 5 million tax returns a year.
Last year, we became a billion-dollar business, and our tribe expanded by a cool thousand people - there’s nearly 5,000 of us now. Our growth is real, and we’re not slowing down - not until we’ve achieved our mission - to be part of every transaction in the world.
We’re bright, innovative and disruptive, like the orange we love to wear. It captures our quirky spirit and optimistic mindset. It shows off the culture we’ve designed, that empowers our people to win. Ownership and achievement go hand in hand here. We instill passion in our people through the trust we place in them.
We’ve been different from day one. Join us, and your career will be too.
EEO Statement
We’re an Equal Opportunity Employer. Supporting diversity and inclusion is a cornerstone of our company — we don’t want people to fit into our culture, but to enrich it. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, gender, national orientation, disability, sexual orientation, US Veteran status, or any other factor protected by law. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.
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