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Product Designer

About Deepcell

Interested in helping to develop cutting edge technologies to empower cell biology and save lives? If so, we'd love to talk to you!

Our company is focused on developing a new technology to improve biological research and, ultimately, health outcomes, across all of biology, enabling previously impossible applications. We deliver detailed breakdowns on a cell-by-cell basis, by using deep learning to classify cells based on their morphology. We've launched an internal product and are working to develop a commercially releasable version.

Come join Deepcell and make a difference! We're a rapidly growing team of stellar innovators in biomedical engineering, artificial intelligence, and molecular biology. Our technology has won multiple prestigious awards and is backed by top-tier venture capitalists in Silicon Valley including Andreessen Horowitz and Bow Capital.

Purpose of Role

As a Product Designer, you will design and ship products and features for our customers and internal users. Ideally, you are a generalist with strong interaction design and visual design chops, with experience planning and conducting evaluative research (e.g. user interviews, concept testing, usability testing). The role requires someone who can conduct deep dives into platform architecture and user behavior. Strong interpersonal and communication skills will be required as this will have both internal and external-facing components.

You will collaborate cross-functionally with product managers and engineers, as well as with our teams in the field to collect user feedback and run research. Ideal candidates will be driven by the problem we are solving but also by the innovative approach and technology that we are applying to biology - looking to make a significant impact on scientific discoveries and healthcare applications. We’re looking for someone with exceptional curiosity and enthusiasm for solving hard problems.

Responsibilities

Responsible for UI & UX design across our software products, while ensuring consistency between instrument and cloud features
Establish and evolve UI/UX standards at Deepcell
Participate in user research to help understand user needs. Share information with key stakeholders and translate findings into wireframes and/or prototypes
Ensure the creation and implementation of customized experiences for the digital user
Partner cross-functionally with product managers and engineers throughout discovery and delivery to uncover and articulate problems, sketch ideas, collect feedback, finalize high fidelity designs, and support engineers throughout the development process
Define, help implement, and maintain a solid design system with adherence to product branding requirements, while facilitating asset reusability and scalability
Work with our agency partners to enforce quality standards and promote design consistency between hardware and software
Produce high-quality solutions through flow diagrams, graphic designs, storyboards and site maps
Provide guidance on the implementation of UX research techniques and testing activities to assess user behavior

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, design, human-computer interaction, interaction design, or a related field
5 years of experience as a UI/UX designer, designing end-to-end software applications and user interfaces
Graphic design tools such as Adobe Photoshop, or Illustrator
Experience with Wireframing/prototyping tools such as Balsamiq or Sketch
Experience with UX design tools such as Figma, Axure, or InVision
Experience with user research, testing, and usability analysis, including user interviews and requirements analysis.
Utilize findings to inform the UX designs.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, detail oriented and receptive to feedback
Self-motivated to prioritize and manage workload and meet critical project deadlinesAbility to execute with limited oversight
2+ years of experience designing analysis software for high dimensional data.
2+ years of experience designing instrument (or instrumentation) software.

Preferred Qualifications

7 years of experience as a UI/UX designer
Experience with WPF and ReactiveUI
Familiarity with the life sciences or biotechnology industry, data visualization, machine learning, or cloud software development
Familiarity with agile projects methodologies
Experience with developing personas, scenarios and user stories
Experience designing for accessibility standards
Experience creating and maintaining usability documentation