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    Staff UX Software Engineer

    sonatype
    Colombia - Remote
    Remote
    Senior
    Full Time
    UX EngineerStaff levelRemoteAI-accelerated designDeveloper platformPrototyping in code

    Requirements

    • •Significant experience designing enterprise software or developer platforms (typically 10–15+ years)
    • •Experience collaborating deeply with engineers; hybrid UX/engineering backgrounds are a strong plus
    • •Skilled at lightweight research (interviews, surveys, usability tests, UAT)
    • •Able to choose the right level of research for the moment avoiding slow, academic processes
    • •Comfortable building working UX prototypes with HTML/CSS/JavaScript
    • •Familiarity with React
    • •Experience with GitHub and version control
    • •Experience with IDE + AI code editor pairings
    • •Strong interest in expanding code prototyping skills and leveraging AI
    • •Strong UX judgment in complex technical domains
    • •Ability to simplify aggressively within real constraints
    • •Collaborative, positive, and non-defensive attitude
    • •Clear communicator with technical and non-technical stakeholders
    • •Curious and experimental AI mindset
    • •Fluency in English verbal and written

    What You'll Do

    • •Develop a deep understanding of Sonatype’s multi-product developer platform, personas, and core Jobs To Be Done
    • •Work closely with PMs and engineers to co-create user flows and experience direction
    • •Map complex IA, developer workflows, permissions models, and multi-product interactions into clear, intuitive experience patterns
    • •Create user, product, and system flow diagrams in Miro that reflect real constraints, technical realities, and team input
    • •Shape conceptual designs and UX architectures for new features and continuous, iterative improvements
    • •Build coded UX prototypes using Claude Code, VS Code, GitHub workflows, and front-end fundamentals (HTML/CSS/JS/React)
    • •Ensure prototypes are structured enough for AI tools to generate engineering specs, scope definitions, and implementation requirements from code diffs
    • •Conduct lightweight, practical research (interviews, surveys, UAT, quick validation) when needed
    • •Collaborate early and often to align constraints, scope, design direction, and technical feasibility
    • •Facilitate iterative design and exploration sessions with PMs and engineers
    • •Provide clear, structured UX reviews and guidance across product teams
    • •Coach engineers on UX fundamentals, usability, accessibility, and interaction patterns
    • •Contribute high-fidelity coded prototypes that solve customer problems while working with design system and existing user flows
    • •Support the UX Guild’s goal of improving UX quality and alignment across teams
    • •Help evolve AI-accelerated design workflows and strengthen design system alignment

    Nice to Have

    • •Hybrid UX/engineering background

    Benefits

    • •Influence UX across a multi-product developer platform used at massive scale
    • •Prototype in real code environments and shape design/engineering collaboration
    • •Help refine an AI-accelerated design workflow
    • •Work at a company that cares about better user experiences
    • •Contribute to a collaborative UX Guild culture focused on quality, not ceremony
    • •Solve deep, technical UX challenges

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