Checkmk

Munich, Bavaria

Senior User Experience / User Interface Designer (m/f/d) at Checkmk

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Checkmk

Checkmk provides leading Infrastructure and Application Monitoring solutions, offering simple configuration, scalability, and flexibility for efficient IT monitoring. It enables a complete view of IT infrastructure and supports IT specialists in runnin...

Information Technology & Services E-commerce Technology Automation
HQ
München, Bayern, Germany
Team size
51-250

Quick Summary

Role Overview

As a Senior UX/UI Designer at Checkmk, you will join a growing team dedicated to making IT monitoring software more consistent, accessible, and user-friendly. You will focus on simplifying complex technical workflows to improve efficiency and error prevention for a global user base.

Key Responsibilities

  • Simplify intricate workflows into intuitive and user-friendly solutions
  • Create user flows and wireframes based on research insights
  • Contribute to and evolve the company design system for scalability
  • Gather user insights through interviews, surveys, and usability tests
  • Collaborate with product and development teams to drive data-informed decisions
  • Translate research findings into actionable design recommendations

Requirements Snapshot

  • Minimum of 4 years experience in UX/UI or product design
  • Degree in a related field or CPUX-F certification
  • Proficiency in Figma, Balsamiq, and Figjam tools
  • Fluency in both German and English for conducting user interviews
  • Experience working with design systems in a data-heavy B2B environment

Expected Impact

You will play a pivotal role in enhancing the usability of Checkmk, making the lives of thousands of administrators easier by reducing friction in complex IT monitoring tasks. Your work will ensure the product remains consistent and accessible as the company continues to scale globally.

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Job Description

YOUR MISSIONAre you a passionate (Senior) UX/UI Designer (m/f/d) who wants to make a direct and measurable impact on users' lives? Are you tired of working in environments where UX/UI takes a back seat or is undervalued? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our growing UX team at Checkmk and make a real difference! At Checkmk, we don't just talk about user-centricity, we live it.

As our new UX/UI all-rounder, your mission will be to create positive UX/UI in initiatives that make our IT monitoring software, Checkmk, more consistent and accessible, improve error prevention and recovery, and ultimately make our users more efficient. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring that our users have a seamless and enjoyable experience when using our product. Here's what your journey with us will look like:

Simplify complexity: Break down intricate workflows and technical concepts into intuitive, user-friendly solutions. Ensure that complexity is handled behind the scenes, allowing users to efficiently achieve their goals with minimal friction.UX/UI Design: Utilize usability best practices and design patterns to create user flows and wireframes based on user stories and research insights in close collaboration with product management, development, and our users.Visual Design: Balance aesthetics with functionality to create clean, user-centered interfaces. Contribute to and evolve our design system to ensure visual consistency, accessibility, and scalability across the product.Work close with our users: Gather feedback and insights from our users via surveys, interviews, usability tests, and casual conversations to gather deep insights into user behaviors, needs, and pain points. Translate findings into actionable recommendations.Collaboration: Work closely with product teams and the UX team to ensure that user research findings are integrated into the design process, driving data-informed decisions that enhance the user experience.

YOUR PROFILEYou have a Bachelor's degree in a field related to UX/UI, HCI or media communications OR a certification such as CPUX-F OR equivalent experienceYou have demonstrated experience of at least 4 years in UX/UI or product design, ideally in a data heavy B2B software sectorYou are passionate about delivering great user experiencesYou are a detail-oriented person with a hands-on mentalityYou are eager to dive into complex problems in complex environmentsYou can confidently lead user interviews and usability tests in German and EnglishYou know how to utilize design and whiteboarding tools, such as Figma, Balsamiq, and FigjamYou embrace AI tools to speed up your work without compromising on qualityYou are excited to engage yourself in highly technical software domain and translate complex functionality into intuitive experiencesYou are comfortable working in a Linux environmentYou have experience contributing to and evolving design systemsNice to have: You have worked in a SCRUM environment with JiraNice to have: You have worked with Limesurvey or similar online survey tools.

WHY US?The chance to make a decisive impact and shape the future of a dynamic, fast growing tech company while growing with your tasks and responsibilitiesFlexible and family-friendly working conditions in a stable environmentWorkation: we offer the opportunity to work 6 weeks within EU to extend f.e. your vacationWith the wide range of sports and wellness offers from Wellpass, you can choose from over 9,000 sports and wellness offersAn agile team that embodies autonomy and fast decision making within flat hierarchiesA unique corporate culture where we emphasize equality, diversity and inclusionA wide range of education and training opportunitiesFully remote work or high flexibility between mobile work and an office in one of the most beautiful, central district of MunichAn attractive salaryRegular onsite events of all sorts (Company Outings, Team events, Checkmk Conference, Conference After Party and more) in a familiar atmosphere

Interested? Then contact us now!You can get insights about working@checkmk at: www.kununu.com/de/checkmk

ABOUT USWe are the creators of Checkmk, a leading hybrid IT monitoring software for both cloud-native and traditional infrastructures and applications. Checkmk is available as an open-source and commercial edition. We are a strong team of software developers and DevOps, open-source enthusiasts and nerds who are passionate about helping small and large companies run their complex IT infrastructures reliably. Over the last years we have grown from 20 to over 250 employees to support our customer growth in Europe, the US and beyond. Our colleagues currently work from our Munich HQ as well as across Germany, Italy, Austria, France, Spain, Poland, USA, Singapore and Malaysia.

We are a dynamic, fast growing and easy-going company where positive collaboration is very important. We are more than just colleagues; we have a strong team and a great customer community. For us, high autonomy and flat hierarchies are not just words on paper, but everyday life. With us you don’t work as one of hundreds or on purely theoretical questions but have an immediate positive influence.

With our product, we make the lives of thousands of administrators easier and help them in coping with the increasing complexity of IT. Our customers love our product and your work helps to keep it that way!

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