Job Openings at FlexiSAF Edusoft Limited

Job Description

Summary

FlexiSAF leverages technology to improve the quality of education in Nigeria and Africa at large. Our purpose is to reinvent learning and promote lifelong learning culture among users. We are looking for a smart-creative and talented individual to join the design team.

As an Intermediate UI/UX Developer, you will be responsible for implementing designed user experience, contributing to the product design process, and working with developers to actualize the final product.

Job responsibilities

• Understands a wide range of UI Design Tools and frontend design implementation technologies

• Understands product research and implementation of design research outputs.                                                                                                   

• Develop and maintain design wireframes, high fidelity mockups while under supervision of a senior member using a variety of tools. 

• Interface integration with the development team using the designated project technology.                                                                      

• Document requirements based on information from internal teams and user research. 

• Incorporate the visual identity of the organisation into features.

• Convert designs and writes development ready code in any language of use.

• Work directly with the product development team throughout the life cycle of the project.

• Communicates effectively, clearly, concisely and in an audience-oriented way in written and verbal form both technical and non technical subjects, to their teammates. Actively listens to others and ensures they are understood. Pays attention to nonverbal communication.

• Identify new product improvement opportunities. 

• Modify and revise existing designs to meet changing user preferences.   

Requirements

At least 2 years of experience as a user experience designer, interaction designer, front-end development, or similar role

• Conceptual understanding of User Interface Design and the Design Process.

• Intermediate to advanced user of Adobe Creative Suite (or other designer tools)

• Intermediate level of HTML, CSS and Bootstrap

• Basic or Advanced JavaScript skills is a plus

• Understanding of Less and Sass

• Understanding of responsive design and touch interface interaction techniques and be in sync with recent design standards and trends

• Understanding of the limitations of web and mobile, with approaches/ideas to flex those boundaries. A solid portfolio of work demonstrating experience creating great user‐centered design solutions across multiple interfaces and screen sizes.

• Create user‐centered designs for software projects by considering customer feedback

• Design the UI architecture, interface, and interaction flow of new web and on‐device software applications

• Create and evaluate interaction models, user task flows, screen designs, and UI details that promote ease of use and optimize the user experience

• Breakdown complex requirements and concepts into well‐thought visual designs and workflows

• Ability to work collaboratively with developers, project managers, and cross‐functional teams to ensure that designs are successfully created and implemented to achieve the user goals

• Experience creating UI specs & wireframes. Flexibility and willingness to move from idea, to whiteboard, to execution quickly and provide choices to stakeholders.

• Participates in testing, validating own and others’ functionality

• Experience in proposing and executing new interactive graphics based on existing data, with the goal of making the data already collect more accessible and interactive.

• Ability to improve the “user paths” on the site, ensuring that users’ destinations can be reached in a minimum of clicks.

• Modernize and improve existing graphics, fonts, and other design elements, with the goal of achieving a modern‐looking website.

• Conduct customer experements and research in order to get valuable feedback required in product design.

Benefits

• Modern office in the Federal Capital Territory.

• Daily lunch and regular team activities.

• Gym subscription.

• Full extended medical benefits, including dental and vision.

• Paid annual leave.

• Flexible work schedules.

• A supportive and collaborative internal culture.

• Training and professional development budget to help advance your career.

• Diverse, smart, and talented co-workers.

• Collaborative, fun work environment, where laughing and learning go together.

• Well-stocked kitchen with snacks, drinks, and ‘beverages’.

• Fun days involving games, outdoor activities and so on.

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Job Description

• Work with UX Design and Product Teams to understand requirements, collaborate on solutions and translate them into technically sound front-end architecture and front-end code.

• Act in a technical leadership capacity: research & recommend new and emerging technologies for adoption; design and implement elegant solutions that are performant, scalable, and easy to maintain; 

• Lead and participate in design reviews, architecture discussions, and other technical leader activities.

• Participate hands-on in Scrum teams to lead implementation of the architecture.

• Balance technical leadership and acumen with strong business judgment to drive the right decisions about technology choices.

• Participate in the Scrum process and Agile culture in the company.

• Contribute and assist in building and managing a platform & design pattern library that helps keep FlexiSAF products unified and cohesive.

• Lead brainstorming sessions and visual design reviews for UX team

• Effectively present UX team’s prototype concepts in both ad-hoc and formal presentations to diverse audiences ranging from senior leaders to stakeholders, company employees, and customers.

• Stay on the cutting edge of what’s new in user experience, identifying opportunities to and experimenting with applying new interaction and graphic patterns to FlexiSAF platforms and applications

• Give technical guidance and mentor senior and intermediate UX designers.

• Ensure design production is efficient and deliver at the highest quality in accordance with UX’s best practices and processes.

• Provide cross-craft teams with the mentorship, direction, leadership and support necessary to envision effectively and ship specific projects with a user focus

• Establish (and maintain) a high quality bar for shipped design work within the Company.

• Juggle multiple projects while effectively managing timelines and expectations.

• Work on a tight-knit team alongside product managers and engineers, involved in the end-to-end design process from research and ideation to implementation and iteration.

• Influence the user experience of a product used by millions of people as they do critical work (at organizations like NECO, Several Higher Institutions of learning, Primary and Secondary schools etc).

• Know and love our users, understand their pain points, listen to their feedback, stay on top of the trends that fascinate them, be their champion and lead the UX charge in uncovering where they are being under served today and where the biggest opportunities for growth are tomorrow.

• Wireframe, prototype, mock and design web and app UX/UI designs in responsive desktop, tablet and mobile formats that deliver on user value/utility while balancing business goals and needs.

• Reinforce overall visual brand language and user experience consistency by adhering and contributing to our brand guidelines and patterns.

• Serve as a role model for an evolving product culture focused on building connections with our customers, continuous innovation, data- and growth-driven decision-making, and cross-functional collaboration.

• Embrace your role as our users’ biggest advocate – drive home the importance of delivering the best experience and seek to spread awareness across the organization of best practices.

Requirements

• Minimum of 4 years of experience in UX design.

• Expert knowledge of user experience design planning processes.

• Expert information architecture, Interaction design, visual design skills on multi-platforms.

• Design experience in web, mobile, tablet, and/or desktop software.

• Experience relying on analytics and data to shape UX decisions.

• Proficiency with design tools (Adobe Creative Cloud, Sketch, Axure, and other design software).

• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build good working relationships.

• A strong portfolio of innovative design work that demonstrates proficiency in interaction and visual design

• Strong organizational skills and the ability to handle multiple overlapping deadlines and priorities

• Experience in Sketch, InVision, and/or other industry design and prototyping tools

• Hands-on experience with cutting-edge web technologies (HTML5, SCSS, Typescript, Angular, Webpack, APIs), frontend frameworks (React, Angular), application servers and tooling (npm, Webpack, REST, GraphQL, etc.)

• Deep knowledge of how browsers work including the rendering pipeline, TCP/IP protocols, DOM, HTML5 APIs, CSS, etc.

• Knowledge of JavaScript packages, package managers, bundlers, and their use in building complex interactive experiences.

• Demonstrated experience in utilizing component-driven architecture

• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical client-side concepts to members across the team

• Test-Driven Development (TDD) using modern technologies (Karma, Jasmine, Mocha, Jest, etc.))

• The ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver iteratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, inspiring and working collaboratively with all areas of the business to execute consistently, rapidly, and effectively, connecting decisions with customer needs and business outcomes

• A solid understanding of branding and executing on designs that support and communicate that value.

• Frameworks (design-thinking, story mapping, storyboards, user journeys, etc.) that enable the team to explore the right problem, build the right things, and build the things right.

• Strong interpersonal, communication, presentation, and collaboration skills

• An amazing portfolio that supports your craft and expertise.Identify and troubleshoot user experience (UX) problems (e.g. usability).

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Job Description

This is a remote position.

FlexiSAF leverages technology to improve the quality of education in Nigeria and Africa at large. Our purpose is to reinvent learning and promote lifelong learning culture among users.

We are looking for dynamic, energetic interns who are eager to join FlexiSAF where they will be fully immersed in the world of software development. You will carry out tasks and learn alongside innovative and inspiring leaders, gain valuable experience working on real-life solutions garnered towards education in a corporate setting. 

Requirements

• 1 to 2 years experience working with Java POJO or any of the following Enterprise Java Frameworks (JavaEE, Spring, Quarkus, e.t.c).

• Experience in work with version control software such as Git, Bit Bucket.​

• Understanding of Agile Software Development.

• Ability to work and collaborate within a team.

• Availability to work for a minimum of 30 hours per week.

• Ability to quickly adapt to new ideas and learning of new skills.

• Applicants must have the necessary tools required to work remotely; A good laptop, Internet connection and access to power supply.

Benefits

• 50k Monthly allowance.

• Mentorship from Experienced Software Development and Design Engineers.

• First-hand exposure to Software Development Industry and experience building exciting products.

• Access to Workspaces (Where Flexisaf offices are located across Nigeria).