Oracle is hiring: Senior User Experience Designer - DbaaS in Albany

Job Description As a Senior User Experience Designer, you will be part of the Database Tools User Experience team focusing on all Cloud Database User Interfaces. You will help guide the creation of new user experiences as well as identify and correct issues in our existing product. On any given day, you may brainstorm with development or product teams, create user flows, produce wireframes and high-fidelity visual designs, build a prototype, or present to stakeholders. In all things, you will be an advocate for our users. At Oracle, we’re committed to creating state-of-the-art experiences that connect, empower and delight our users. We need a thoughtful, talented, multi-faceted user experience designer who can enable technology users by delivering high quality design in a fast-paced environment. You will collaborate with Oracle’s larger design organization, guide development teams towards solid user experiences, and extend the design language we use across all of our products. We’re looking for... A positive and resilient personality You work well with others and build relationships across teams. You independently track down the answers you need and are not afraid to reach out to new people. You inspire other team members to follow your design vision. You collaborate with designers, researchers, engineers, product managers, executives, and other stakeholders. You embrace feedback and desire continuous improvement. Top-notch Design Skills You exhibit a growth mindset, can self-teach, and have a willingness to own problems. You embrace ambiguity and bring clarity to complex problems. You consider research, accessibility, interaction design, visual design, typography, human factors, and more. You explore a variety of design options before arriving at a solution. You create, evaluate, and modify prototypes to support evolving hardware and software application development. Design Leadership You can lead a conversation with designers, engineers, and product managers. You balance technical and delivery constraints while creating accessible, elegant, and engaging user interfaces. You work to understand complex requirements and meet strict deadlines. You routinely conduct design reviews with other designers and stakeholders. You have excellent communication, facilitation, presentation, interpersonal, and analytical skills. You advocate for our users. You get things done. As a member of the User Experience team, you will develop and apply software design and usability principles in the investigation of technical problems. You may develop user profiles, design to limit human error, optimize user interaction, and perform objective analyses. You may evaluate product usability and produce specifications describing user needs. Our work is non-routine and very complex. It involves the application of advanced technical and business skills. It will require you to be a leading individual contributor as well as a team member who provides direction and mentorship to others. BS or MS degree or equivalent experience relevant to functional area. Typically 5 years of software UX or related experience required. As a Senior User Experience Designer, you will be part of the Database Tools User Experience team focusing on all Cloud Database User Interfaces. You will help guide the creation of new user experiences as well as identify and correct issues in our existing product. On any given day, you may brainstorm with development or product teams, create user flows, produce wireframes and high-fidelity visual designs, build a prototype, or present to stakeholders. In all things, you will be an advocate for our users. At Oracle, we’re committed to creating state-of-the-art experiences that connect, empower and delight our users. We need a thoughtful, talented, multi-faceted user experience designer who can enable technology users by delivering high quality design in a fast-paced environment. You will collaborate with Oracle’s larger design organization, guide development teams toward solid user experiences, and extend the design language we use across all of our products. We’re looking for... A positive and resilient personality You work well with others and build relationships across teams. You independently track down the answers you need and are not afraid to reach out to new people. You inspire other team members to follow your design vision. You collaborate with designers, researchers, engineers, product managers, executives, and other stakeholders. You embrace feedback and desire continuous improvement. Top-notch Design Skills You exhibit a growth mindset, can self-teach, and have a willingness to own problems. You embrace ambiguity and bring clarity to complex problems. You consider research, accessibility, interaction design, visual design, typography, human factors, and more. You explore a variety of design options before arriving at a solution. You create, evaluate, and modify prototypes to support evolving hardware and software application development. Design Leadership You can lead a conversation with designers, engineers, and product managers. You balance technical and delivery constraints while creating accessible, elegant, and engaging user interfaces. You work to understand complex requirements and meet strict deadlines. You routinely conduct design reviews with other designers and stakeholders. You have excellent communication, facilitation, presentation, interpersonal, and analytical skills. You advocate for our users. You get things done. As a member of the User Experience team, you will develop and apply software design and usability principles in the investigation of technical problems. You may develop user profiles, design to limit human error, optimize user interaction, and perform objective analyses. You may evaluate product usability and produce specifications describing user needs. Our work is non-routine and very complex. It involves the application of advanced technical and business skills. It will require you to be a leading individual contributor as well as a team member who provides direction and mentorship to others. BS or MS degree or equivalent experience relevant to functional area. Typically 5 years of software UX or related experience required. #LI-BC3 Career Level - IC3 Responsibilities As a member of the User Experience team, you will develop and apply software design/usability processes in the investigation of technical problems. May develop user profiles, with emphasis on human error control, display issues, visual interaction, physical manipulation and task and objective analyses. Provide product usability, evaluation and support to product development teams, including the analysis and investigation of applications/systems including tactile methods, visual graphics, web, multimedia, voice response and conversational user interaction. May assist in developing design concept and implementation, providing input on user design considerations. May produce specifications describing user needs and internal structures for product in development. Disclaimer: Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates. Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only Canada: Hiring Range from $58,100 to $126,000 CAD per annum US: Hiring Range: from $85,500 to $178,200 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity. Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle’s differing products, industries and lines of business. Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity. Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following: Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion Short term disability and long term disability Life insurance and AD&D Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child) Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation. 11 paid holidays Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours. Paid parental leave Adoption assistance Employee Stock Purchase Plan Financial planning and group legal Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted. About Us As a world leader in cloud solutions, Oracle uses tomorrow’s technology to tackle today’s problems. 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