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Job Description:
Silver Spring Networks is hiring for the position of User Interface and Graphic Designer in our San Mateo, California office.
We are a venture-backed company that has gained solid traction with electric, gas and water utility companies and suppliers worldwide. Using open, standards-based networking infrastructure technologies, we build hardware and software products that extend utility companies’ networks to the customer’s location to gather and send information in real-time. This enables critical command, control, and information functions, helping our customers meet the demands of a changing business climate, without imposing on the environment by building more power plants.
What you will be doing:
In this role, you will work collaboratively with other software engineers in a small team within a fast-paced environment. You will design user interface components of our highly reliable, massively scalable, high performance, and high transaction volume web application software. This system will scale to collect data from millions of devices (utility meters) daily, as well as provide command, control and analysis of the heterogeneous network connecting those devices. Design work will include defining new browser-based screens, refining the look & feel of existing screens, icon creation and refinement, design of thick-client application user interfaces, and other product or corporate-related graphical or interface design activities.
Essential Functions:
• Design the user experience of multiple projects, both web and handheld-based
• Translate product / solution requirements into scalable and efficient designs.
• Iterate on designs with Product Management and Development staff to ensure the designs can be implemented within project resource constraints and conform to refined requirements.
• Deliver web designs in the form of production-ready XHTML / CSS
• Produce icons and other graphical elements to illustrate common elements
• Work closely with developers to refine implementation details, in a hands-on manner wherever appropriate
• Leverage and improve on existing brand standards (typography, color palette, etc.)
• Work closely with Product Management and senior Engineering management to evolve the product based upon emerging technology trends, customer feedback, and competitive pressures
• Collaborate with senior business managers to visually communicate complex ideas for presentations / documentation
Qualifications:
• Significant experience (4+ yrs) web-based UI design, with at least 2 years designing commercial software products
• Excellent analytical and design skills
• Expertise with current prototyping / design tools
• Thorough knowledge of standards-based, semantic design using XHTML and CSS; cross-browser design compatibility experience highly desired
• PHP and JavaScript knowledge highly desired
• Experience working with source control systems is preferred
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate complex ideas and designs to both technical and non-technical staff
• Enjoy working in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment
• Self-motivated; able to demonstrate initiative and risk-taking
