About the job
Job RequirementsSweetwater, the nation's #1 retailer of pro audio gear and musical equipment, is seeking a Senior UX Developer to join our growing e-commerce team. You're a perfect fit for this role if you have a passion for visual design, user-centered problem-solving, and the initiative and drive to move fast. You like to take on challenging problems, get things done, and work with motivated, passionate people. Your designs will impact millions of visitors' experiences as you work directly on Sweetwater.com and other web projects. You'll put your customers first with every project you work on, informed by quantitative and qualitative data.
We are looking for candidates who are hungry for the next challenge, exhibit strong interpersonal communication skills, and take personal ownership of their projects. Here, you'll have a voice while actively participating in how we solve complex business challenges.
We value agile development, meaning our teams are self-organizing and cross-functional. To be successful in our environment requires teamwork and adaptability. We care deeply about the work we do, and we are committed to serving our customers. If you have these same qualities, we'd like to speak with you!
- This is not a remote opportunity. We provide relocation assistance for qualifying candidates.
- Work alongside a diverse team of talented and intelligent developers, building a modern, customer-centric e-commerce platform.
- Design wireframes, prototypes, and mockups using Figma and other prototyping tools
- Ensure consistency with brand guidelines and contribute to Sweetwater's internal design system.
- Participate in usability studies.
- Leverage analytics data to discover customer struggles and drive UX problem resolution.
- Ideate, create, and deploy A/B tests.
- Analyze and understand existing user flows to improve site usability.
- Troubleshoot and debug existing issues
- Develop websites and solutions using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP.
- Participate in code reviews and stand-ups.
- An eye for design and a portfolio demonstrating a solid understanding of data-driven UX
- Excellent ability to prioritize project requests and meet tight deadlines
- Experience designing for accessibility
- Experience with modern design tools (Figma, Adobe XD, Sketch, InVision, etc.) as well as Adobe creative suite (Illustrator and Photoshop)
- Expertise in developing with popular web technologies such as HTML5, Sass, CSS3, PHP, and JavaScript is a plus
- Competency with JavaScript frameworks such as Angular, Vue.js, or React is a plus
- Experience with an A/B testing platform is a plus
- The mentality of a team player
- Excellent collaboration skills
- A passion for learning new technologies and tools
- A drive to grow personally and professionally
- 3+ years of professional UX experience
- WOWs The Customer - Deep passion and desire for creating amazing customer & colleague experiences
- Get Things Done - Great work ethic and moves with a sense of urgency
- Obsesses over the Details – committed to paying attention to the details
- Drives Continuous Improvement – Always focusing on effective and efficient work and way to get better
- Develops the Future – committed to pursuit of growing personally & professionally and has a focus on bringing your colleagues along with you on that journey
Sweetwater’s culture is built upon celebrating the creative creation of music, which unifies people from all walks of life. Our individual differences make Sweetwater stronger as a company and a better place to work as we respect, learn, and grow from each team member’s unique perspective and experience. We have welcomed thousands of employees and their families from all over the world, and we invite you to discover why we consider a career at Sweetwater the full-time dream.
