UX-UI Designer/Software Engineer - GCS

About the Company

DigitalGlobe is a leading provider of commercial high-resolution earth observation and advanced geospatial solutions that help decision makers better understand our changing planet in order to save lives, resources and time.  Sourced from the world’s leading constellation, our imagery solutions deliver unmatched coverage and capacity to meet our customers’ most demanding mission requirements.   Each day customers in defense and intelligence, public safety, civil agencies, map making and analysis, environmental monitoring, oil and gas exploration, infrastructure management, navigation technology, and providers of location-based services depend on DigitalGlobe data, information, technology and expertise to gain actionable insight.  DigitalGlobe is a public company listed on the NYSE as DGI, and is headquartered in Westminster, Colorado.

Summary

DigitalGlobe has an immediate opening within the Geospatial Cloud Services organization in Westminster, Colorado. The UX-UI Designer/Software Engineer will be responsible for creating UX/UI designs that please our customers and stakeholders as well as contributing to the overall UI codebase.  Individual will work as part of an existing scrum team and participate in all team ceremonies.

Responsibilities

• Research, evaluate, design, develop, implement, and improve state-of-the-art software in collaboration with a team of software developers, software testers, system engineers, DBA’s, IT and network personnel.
• Communicate effectively with multidisciplinary team and articulate technical concepts and ideas effectively.
• Ensure sound software development process that is heavily test and user driven.
• Gather and evaluate user requirements in collaboration with product managers and engineers
• Illustrate design ideas using storyboards, process flows and sitemaps
• Design graphic user interface elements, like menus, tabs and widgets
• Build page navigation buttons and search fields
• Develop UI mockups and prototypes that clearly illustrate how sites function and look like
• Create original graphic designs (e.g. images, sketches and tables)
• Prepare and present rough drafts to internal teams and key stakeholders
• Identify and troubleshoot UX problems (e.g. responsiveness)
• Conduct layout adjustments based on user feedback
• Adhere to style standards on fonts, colors and images

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 5+ years demonstrated experience with web and/or geospatial programming, design, and development
• Proven work experience as a UI/UX Designer or similar role
• Development experience with front end technologies, including JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
• Development experience with open-source geospatial software (e.g. GDAL/OGR, GeoServer, PostGIS, OpenLayers, Leaflet, OGC, etc)
• Experience working as a software developer in an Agile environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Desired degrees: Geography, Geographic information Systems (GIS), Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Design, or a related field.
• Knowledge of multi-tier, heterogeneous architectures and how they typically fit together
• Understanding of what it takes to keep a high-availability software platform healthy
• Tremendous Organization and Communication skills
• Experienced with and within Scrum, Kanban, and/or XP teams
• Knowledge of sound Agile Engineering Practices (TDD, BDD, Continuous Integration, etc.)
• Experience with cloud-enabled web services a plus

Location

Westminster, Colorado

Compensation

Our compensation package includes a competitive salary; choice of medical plan; dental, life and disability insurance; a 401(K) plan with a competitive company match; 10 paid holidays and flexible time off. 

DigitalGlobe is an Equal Opportunity Employer (M/F/D/V).

DigitalGlobe offers a generous compensation package including a competitive salary; choice of medical plan; dental, life, and disability insurance; a 401(K) plan with competitive company match; paid holidays and paid time off.