Staff User Experience Designer

Redwood City, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About Karius

Karius is a life science venture-backed clinical metagenomics company focused on elevating patient care through microbial insights. We are committed to advancing diagnostic science and technology to optimize the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. Through the use of genomics and AI we are driven to improve the diagnostic landscape for infectious diseases. Karius delivers unprecedented diagnostic insight detecting microbial cell-free DNA circulating in the body to assist physicians to make rapid treatment decisions.

Position Summary

As a Staff User Experience Designer at Karius you will be at the forefront of creating a friendly and engaging experience for clinicians and internal teams across multiple platforms. This role requires a deep understanding of user experience design principles and the ability to translate complex user needs into elegant and functional designs. You will be collaborating with Product Management Marketing Engineering and many other teams at Karius as part of developing and maintaining a strong design language that ensures consistency across many service and product touchpoints. You will also be a key member of the Karius Experience Design Team and responsible for helping build an awesome culture of design at Karius.

Why Should You Join Us

Karius aims to conquer infectious diseases through innovations around genomic sequencing and machine learning. The companys platform is already delivering unprecedented insights into the microbial landscape providing clinicians with a comprehensive test capable of identifying more than a thousand pathogens directly from blood and helping industry accelerate the development of therapeutic solutions. The products Karius offers today are some of the most advanced solutions available to physicians who aim to deliver better care to many otherwise ineffectively treated patients. Our tests are the result of some incredible work done by our scientists statisticians engineers and physicians all driven by the same mission. You as part of the Karius team will be able to see how directly your work has a life-changing impact on people and at scale.

Reports to: VP of Software Product Management and User Experience

Location: Redwood City CA (Hybrid) or Remote (USA)

Primary Responsibilities

Own all aspects of UX design at Karius as the most senior individual contributor on the team.

Collaborate with Product Management Engineering Marketing and other teams at Karius to develop and deepen knowledge of customer journeys and key customer segments.

Design the experience for ordering reporting customer engagement hospital integrations internal software and additional emerging opportunities.

Utilizing tools such as Figma Sketch and Adobe Creative Suite for creating mocks specs & click through prototypes for web mobile devices and print.

Owning the user research process from end to end in partnership with various stakeholders and internal teams.

Produce designs at varying levels of fidelity for internal stakeholders and for testing with customers owning the feedback and iterative process for designs.

Ensure that Kariuss digital experiences meet business and usability goals.

Represent and advocate for clinician customers and patients throughout your work.

Align design work with regulatory requirements.

Whats Fun About the Job

Karius is operating at the edge of what is now known to be possible in infectious disease diagnostics. With that comes a wave of new and incredible challenges and opportunities. To deliver on that value you will be tapping into some of the most advanced technologies architecting and innovating where the current solutions simply dont suffice. You will get to see how much your work really matters.

Travel Requirements

Up to 10% with an expectation that a remote hire will come to the office once per quarter.

Physical Requirements

Subject to extended periods of sitting and/or standing vision to monitor and moderate noise levels. Work is generally performed in an office environment.

Position Requirements

Bachelors degree in HCI Human Factors Fine Arts Design Behavioral Science or equivalent experience.

8 years of experience in UX / UI design - additional experience in interaction design UX research and visual design for digital products is highly desired.

Experience working with product management user research and engineering and other departments on digital products.

Experience with iterating on designs based on user research.

Experience with participating in the user research process & evaluating designs.

Fluent across design methods such as: journey mapping sprints/workshops personas wireframing high fidelity design prototyping sketching.

Project management skills: ability to organize multiple projects proactively plan adhere to timelines. Demonstrate a creative approach to problem-solving.

Familiarity with the US healthcare system and creating complex products that are utilized by clinicians is required; familiarity with AI and machine learning-based products is strongly desired but not required.

Personal Qualifications

Excellent presentation skills especially in presenting recommendations and design decisions to stakeholders. Comfortable educating stakeholders on design best practices.

Curiosity & passion for having an impact on patients lives.

Experience with service design motion design visual design or other adjacent areas of design.

Thrive in a fast-paced startup environment and prioritize effectively.

Disclaimer

The above job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this position. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties responsibilities and skills required. Responsibilities and duties may change or be adjusted to meet the needs of the company and additional duties may be assigned as necessary. The job description is subject to change at any time at the discretion of Karius.

Equal Opportunity Employer

At Karius we value a diverse and inclusive workplace and provide equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees and are committed to honor and invest in the full diversity of people in our hiring recruiting and development of employees across the Company. All qualified applicants for employment are encouraged to apply and will be considered without regard to an individuals race color sex gender identity and gender expression including transgender individuals who are transitioning have transitioned or are perceived to be transitioning to the gender with which they identify religion age national origin or ancestry citizenship physical or mental disability medical condition family care status marital status domestic partner status sexual orientation genetic information military or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal state or local laws. If you are unable to submit your application due to a disability please contact us at emailprotected and we will accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities.

$151200 - $226800 a year

Required Experience:

Staff IC

About KariusKarius is a life science venture-backed clinical metagenomics company focused on elevating patient care through microbial insights. We are committed to advancing diagnostic science and technology to optimize the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. Through the use of genomics ...