Defense Unicorns is looking for a committed designer to help us build new tools that simplify the user experience, contribute to our internal component library, and improve experiences for software developers, engineers, and maintainers. We highly value collaborative design, craft expertise, and strong product thinking.
Responsibilities:- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to conceptualize and execute high-fidelity prototypes, translating concepts into user-friendly designs that align with our brand and business objectives.
- Conduct comprehensive UX research and testing methodologies to gather user feedback, identify pain points, and iterate on design solutions for optimal user satisfaction.
- Help define early product concepts, flesh out the high-level workflow and micro-interactions of a feature, and execute on an effective visual design.
- Utilize data analysis techniques to interpret user behavior patterns, extracting actionable insights to inform design decisions and enhance product functionalities.
- Cultivate empathy for end-users across product teams & stakeholders by creating and maintaining user personas.
- Create, collaborate, and iterate on user flows, site maps, user journeys, and other design artifacts.
- Plan iterative design improvements that are delivered to production regularly.
- Ensure high-quality user experience and integrate user feedback into product design
- Design initial prototypes and wireframes for new applications.
- Work closely with other product teams and designers to ensure cross-product integration.
- Own the end-to-end design process of assigned features/products.
- Map out user experience flows to identify new product needs.
Travel Expectations/Requirements: 15-25%
The listed responsibilities are not exhaustive, and additional responsibilities may be assigned based on the evolving needs of the organization. We are seeking a dynamic individual who is able to adapt and take on new responsibilities as they arise.
Preferred Experience and Qualifications:- Strong ability to plan and facilitate design and discovery workshops that drive alignment and decisions.
- Have experience leading user engagements fully remote (ex., interviews, usability testing, design workshops).
- Have excellent communication skills to collaborate with diverse teams and present design concepts effectively.
- Ability to work independently, manage time efficiently, and thrive in a remote work setup.
- Have proven experience in prototyping and visual design, demonstrating proficiency in industry-standard design tools (e.g., Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, Figma, etc.).
- Have a robust portfolio showcasing a range of design work demonstrating creativity, technical proficiency, and a firm grasp of design principles.
- Flexibility to adapt to evolving project needs and contribute effectively in a fast-paced environment.
- Have a strong background in conducting UX research and testing methodologies to improve product usability and user satisfaction.
- Enjoy collaborating closely with developers and have empathy for developer experience.
- Experienced in working with AI platform solutions.
- Experienced in working with Platform technologies.
- Experience in working with enterprise-level software.
- Have a good understanding of DevSecOps, Cloud Platforms, and Secure Software delivery.
- Are proficient in data analysis techniques and tools to derive insights, with the ability to translate data into actionable strategies.
- Familiarity with HTML, CSS, Javascript, and Typescript is appreciated. You don't need to be an expert—just fluent enough to collaborate with engineers, and know what's possible with frontend technologies.
- Value high-quality, well-crafted visual and interaction design and care about the details.
- Are generative and enjoy coming up with novel but simple solutions.
- Have a passion for our mission-focused organizations who need secure software & capabilities.
Full compensation packages are based on candidate experience. Compensation ranges are established using national benchmarking data and apply across all geographic locations within the United States.
Defense Unicorns delivers mission value by streamlining software delivery so our customers can focus on the most important challenges. We share a vision of freedom and security for the advancement of progress and innovation. Our commitment to this vision, and to our mission-driven customers, means a commitment to speed, user experience and optionality, without compromising security. Our team is composed of innovators, software engineers, and veterans with decades of experience delivering technology programs across the federal market.
What We DoWe create and deliver secure solutions for continuous software integration and delivery. Defense Unicorns consolidates the best practices for security pipelines, testing, and deployment automation in order to meet the high security requirements valued by mission owners. Our solutions are agnostic by design and we believe that growing a robust ecosystem of secure, cloud-native software solutions can help enterprise customers inside and outside the federal market buy and integrate software more easily.
Who We ServeDefense Unicorns’ customers are mission-focused leaders across public and private enterprises. We proudly support defense and civil agencies across the U.S. government and we work closely with the creators of leading-edge software solutions to deliver value to the mission-owner by improving the security and consumability of commercial software products.
What We Work On- Kubernetes
- Cloud Environments (AWS/GCP and Azure)
- Infrastructure-as-code (like Terraform/Pulumi)
- Continuous Delivery and automation tooling
- GitOps
- Containers
- CNCF projects and open source products and packages
- Helm/Kustomize-Value Stream Mapping
- Building and improving security delivery
- Building Kubernetes and cloud native applications
- Medical/Dental/Vision
- Premiums are 100% Company Paid
- Health Reimbursement Account
- Life Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- 401k Retirement Plan
- Company Stock Options
- Home Office Budget
- Unlimited paid time off, with a mandatory 10 days off on top of 11 federal government holidays, week of Thanksgiving, last two weeks of December (including New Year’s Day)
- Paid Parental Leave
- Reimbursement for approved trainings/subscriptions
- Conferences (travel, lodging, and fees)
Don’t have all the preferred experience or qualifications? Studies show that underrepresented groups like women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs if they don't meet every requirement listed.
At Defense Unicorns, we're committed to diversity. If you're enthusiastic about the role but don't match every criteria, we encourage you to apply. You could be the perfect fit for this or another role! Defense Unicorns is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
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Defense Unicorns specializes in platform technologies that enable rapid and reliable delivery of capabilities across a wide range of mission and technology areas. We support open architecture platforms for secure mission systems that provide optionality for the end user, promote scalability, and allow for continuous identification and integration of new products and services while avoiding vendor lock. Our open approach creates partnership opportunities across the software ecosystem.
Our people are innovators, software engineers, and veterans with decades of experience delivering technology programs across DoD and the broader federal market.
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