UIUX Designer Storage Platform

Quantum is seeking an experienced UI/UX Designer to lead user experience strategy design and execution for our Storage Platform user interface initiative. This role will drive the creation of intuitive performanceâoptimized interfaces for our scaleout storage management systems ensuring end users can effectively manage complex storage architectures monitor system health and execute operational workflows with minimal friction.

As UI/UX Designer you will translate user research and requirements into compelling visual and interaction designs collaborate closely with developers and executives to communicate design vision and establish a sustainable design pipeline that keeps development teams fully utilized and on schedule.

Key Responsibilities

User Research & Workflow Analysis

• Conduct user interviews and observational research to understand workflows pain points and requirements within scaleout storage environments.
• Map user journeys and translate critical use cases into actionable design requirements.

Design Strategy & Execution

• Define and evolve the user experience vision for the storage platform UI establishing design standards component libraries and accessibility guidelines.
• Create detailed wireframes prototypes and comprehensive UI style guides that communicate design intent and specifications to developers.
• Present design concepts and rationale to executives and stakeholders to align vision and secure buyâ

Design Review & Implementation

• Conduct design reviews on coded implementations to validate alignment with approved designs and identify deviations.
• Provide constructive feedback to development teams and iterate based on technical constraints and implementation learnings.
• Monitor and optimize UI performance and user workflow integrity.

CrossâFunctional Collaboration & Design Pipeline

• Act as the primary design voice with executives developers and product teams to communicate design rationale and user research findings.
• Work with the Senior UI Development Manager to establish and maintain a sustainable design pipeline that keeps UI development teams fully utilized within agile sprint frameworks.
• Partner with developers on technical feasibility and performance optimization; collaborate with support teams to gather user feedback postâ

AI Tools Integration

• Leverage AIâpowered design tools to accelerate workflow creation prototyping documentation and design quality assurance.
• Continuously evaluate and adopt emerging AI technologies to improve role efficiency and team productivity.

Required Qualifications:

• 58 years of UX/UI design experience in enterprise software data management systems or infrastructure products.
• Proven expertise in:
  • User research methodologies including interviews usability testing and workflow analysis
  • Wireframing and prototyping tools (Figma Adobe XD Sketch or equivalent)
  • Visual design typography color theory and design systems
  • Information architecture and interaction design for complex dataârich applications
  • Easeâofâuse principles and accessibility standards (WCAG ADA compliance)
• Deep understanding of scale-out storage systems or experience with distributed data platforms cloud infrastructure management UIs or highâavailability systems.
• Strong communication skills with ability to present design concepts and rationale to both technical and executive audiences.
• Experience working in agile development environments and collaborating closely with engineering teams.
• Portfolio demonstrating design work on enterprise or infrastructure products with evidence of user research and iterative design processes.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Handsâon experience with storage product UIs including tape library object storage or file storage management.
• Proficiency with âbased UI frameworks or componentâbased UI architectures.
• Experience optimizing UI performance through frontâend design API optimization or familiarity with REST/GraphQL architectures.
• UI/Frontend coding skills (HTML CSS JavaScript) enabling design implementation and performance optimization.
• Background in distributed systems architecture or technical infrastructure design.
• Experience designing for mobile or responsive applications in technical environments.
• Certifications in UX design interaction design or humanâcomputer interaction.

Soft Skills

• Userâcentric mindset with genuine passion for simplifying complex technical workflows.
• Strong problemâsolving and criticalâthinking abilities with attention to detail.
• Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills with ability to influence through design quality and clear communication.
• Adaptability and resilience in fastâpaced iterative development environments.
• Openness to feedback and willingness to iterate rapidly based on user research and stakeholder input.
• Selfâdirected learner comfortable with emerging technologies and design tools.

Quantum provides a diverse portfolio of health plans for medical and prescription dental vision life disability and supplemental medical insurance options. We also support our team members efforts to develop and maintain a healthy lifestyle through reimbursement and educational programs. Quantum offers a company-matched 401(k) plan to help employees save for retirement in a tax-advantaged way. We also have an Employee Stock Purchase Program for purchasing Quantum stock at a discounted rate.

Anticipated Salary Range: $90000 to $115000 for qualified applicants.

The above pay range represents Quantums good faith and reasonable estimate of possible compensation at the time of posting. Pay within the range will be based on a variety of factors including but not limited to relevant experience knowledge/education skills/abilities internal equity and budgetary considerations.

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