This is a U.S. based position. All of the programs we support require U.S. citizenship to be eligible for employment. All work must be conducted within the continental U.S.

Who we are:

Raft ( https://TeamRaft.com ) is a customer-obsessed non-traditional small business with a purposeful focus on Distributed Data Systems, Platforms at Scale, and Complex Application Development, with headquarters in Reston, VA. Our range of clients include innovative federal and public agencies leveraging design thinking, cutting edge tech stack, and cloud native ecosystem. We build digital solutions that impact the lives of millions of Americans.

We're looking for an experienced Senior U X Research and Designer to support our customersand join our passionate team of high-impact problem solvers. This is a unique opportunity to help build and shape a game-changing organization where we put our customers and people first.

About the role:

As a Senior UX designer, you'll inform product decisions through user research, customer relationship development, and iterative feedback loops. You'll also leverage Lean UX principles in defining MVPs for prototyping and testing. You will act as a leader in the design community, keeping the team up-to-date in industry best practices and design standards. You'll enable and empower the junior UX designers to deliver high-quality products using user-centered design methodologies. In your work, you'll measure and communicate results of design efforts to the stakeholders, gather domain context to share across the product team, lead discover research efforts to uncover assumptions, advocate for design principles and drive product forward through discussions, and ultimately communicate/ collaborate with other functions on the team (i.e. product managers and developers).

What we are looking for:

• Relevant hands-on work experience in UX, product design, and/or enterprise design experience
• Experience understanding and visualizing complex workflows through flow diagrams, wireframes, prototypes, and visual comps, evident in a strong portfolio
  Experience collaborating with a cross-functional team and serving as a domain context expert throughout the design and product development processes
• Experience enabling/upskilling/mentoring junior designers while continuing to deliver business outcomes
  Experience using Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, or other applicable design tools
• Previous stakeholder management experience and ability to communicate design implementation details to a team of programmers
• Excellent management, communication, and facilitation/presentation skills

Highly preferred:

• Experience working with ReactJS design systems/ Material UI
  Experience includes User Centered Design (UCD) methods
• Experience providing input on product decisions through user research, customer development, and iterative feedback loops
• Experience in Agile work environment
• BA/BS of higher in experience design, industrial design, HCI, or other relevant degree/ experience

Clearance Requirements:

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance

Work Type:

• Remote

What we will offer you:

• Highly competitive salary
• Fully covered healthcare, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) and company match
• Unlimited PTO + 11 paid holidays
• Education & training benefits
• Annual budget for your tech/gadgets needs
• Monthly box of yummy snacks to eat while doing meaningful work
• Team off-site in fun places!
• Generous Referral Bonuses
• And More!

Our Vision Statement:

We bridge the gap between humans and data through radical transparency and our obsession with the mission.

Our Customer Obsession:

We will approach every deliverable like it's a product. We will adopt a customer-obsessed mentality. As we grow, and our footprint becomes larger, teams and employees will treat each other not only as teammates but customers. We must live the customer-obsessed mindset, always. This will help us scale and it will translate to the interactions that our Rafters have with their clients and other product teams that they integrate with. Our culture will enable our success and set us apart from other companies.

How do we get there?

Public-sector modernization is critical for us to live in a better world. We, at Raft, want to innovate and solve complex problems. And, if we are successful, our generation and the ones that follow us will live in a delightful, efficient, and accessible world where out-of-box thinking, and collaboration is a norm.

Raft's core philosophy is Ubuntu: I Am, Because We are. We support our "nadi" by elevating the other Rafters. We work as a hyper collaborative team where each team member brings a unique perspective, adding value that did not exist before. People make Raft special. We celebrate each other and our cognitive and cultural diversity. We are devoted to our practice of innovation and collaboration.

We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.