UI/UX Engineer

  • Full-time
  • Verisk Business: Service Software Inc

Company Description

Xactware, a Verisk business, specializes in technologies for the property insurance, remodeling, restoration, and mortgage and lending industries. Xactware’s tools provide claims estimating, contents replacement, claims management, and property maintenance solutions for desktop, mobile, and online platforms. Xactware’s services include repair cost research and reports, aerial imagery, and real-time business intelligence. Xactware has been providing cloud services for customers since 1995. To learn more about Xactware please visit us at: Xactware.com. We are proud to be a part of the Verisk family of companies! 

At the heart of what we do is help clients manage risk. Verisk (Nasdaq: VRSK) provides data and insights to our customers in insurance, energy and the financial services markets so they can make faster and more informed decisions.   

Our global team uses AI, machine learning, automation, and other emerging technologies to collect and analyze billions of records. We provide advanced decision-support to prevent credit, lending, and cyber risks. In addition, we monitor and advise companies on complex global matters such as climate change, catastrophes, and geopolitical issues.  

But why we do our work is what sets us apart. It stems from a commitment to making the world better, safer and stronger.  

It’s the reason Verisk is part of the UN Global Compact sustainability initiative. It’s why we made a commitment to balancing 100 percent of our carbon emissions. It’s the aim of our “returnship” program for experienced professionals rejoining the workforce after time away. And, it’s what drives our annual Innovation Day, where we identify our next first-to-market innovations to solve our customers’ problems.   

At its core, Verisk uses data to minimize risk and maximize value. But far bigger, is why we do what we do. 

At Verisk you can build an exciting career with meaningful work; create positive and lasting impact on business; and find the support, coaching, and training you need to advance your career. We have received the Great Place to Work® Certification for the fourth consecutive year. We’ve been recognized by Forbes as a World’s Best Employer and a Best Employer for Women, testaments to our culture of engagement and the value we place on an inclusive and diverse workforce.  Verisk’s Statement on Racial Equity and Diversity supports our commitment to these values and affecting positive and lasting change in the communities where we live and work.  

Job Description

  • Work with senior UX team member to plan variety of functions from daily production needs to the creation of high fidelity design mock-ups and prototypes then lead collaboration with visual designers, developers, product owners, marketing, and content managers to define user experience and champion the user. 

  • Oversee and participate in creation of user stories to define development tasks. Create activity flows, wireframes, prototypes and design mock-ups as needed to effectively conceptualize and communicate detailed interaction behaviors. 

  • Analyze user interface problems and requirements to create on-brand design solutions that meet business goals and conform to established standards/guidelines. 

  • Overviews work getting and giving feedback and iterates with continual review. 

  • Effectively negotiate trade-offs with product management and engineering. 

  • Contribute to the creation of usability studies on a variety of projects and features. 

  • Other related duties as required. 

  • Complete all responsibilities as outlined and projects and other duties as assigned. 

  • Must be able to perform duties with or without reasonable accommodation. 

Qualifications

  • Formal UX design training and/or relevant preparatory experience and portfolio. 

  • Proficiency with current software packages used in the field of UX such as, but not exclusively or limited to: InVision or other prototyping tools, Sketch and/or the Adobe Creative Suite. 

  • Sound knowledge of web and mobile technologies. 

  • Communicate comfortably and effectively with external users and internal teams (product, engineering, etc) in a way that builds trust and confidence with customers and colleagues. 

  • Design competency through sketching, concept creation and wire framing, producing sitemaps and user flows, creating clickable prototypes across multiple platforms, web and native-based applications. 

  • Leads design work on major programs doing some of the design themselves and providing oversight/direction to other designers on the program. 

  • Leads collaboration with user research teams to plan usability testing and deliver artifacts for testing then use acquired user insight, analytics, best practice knowledge, and competitor analysis to inform design decisions. 

  • Can research and convey industry trends, competing and comparable experiences to drive design standards and patterns across channels and products. Can document data, with guidance, from analytics sources. 

  • Demonstrate time/priority management, planning own work executing against assigned deadlines while maximizing efficiency of workflow in the agile process. Works well in groups and independently. 

  • Convey inherent curiosity, empathy for end users, and a passion for user experience that delights stakeholders. 

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