Optum Tech, part of UnitedHealth Group, is looking for a UX Engineer to design and prototype user experiences for our healthcare technology products. You'll join a team dedicated to improving health outcomes through thoughtful, user-centered design.
What You'll Do
- Create functional prototypes, static mockups, and textual specifications describing product behavior.
- Collaborate with stakeholders including UX Leads, Product Managers, and Development Managers to identify, plan, and implement design activities.
- Participate in gathering research insights and concept testing to inform design decisions.
- Perform design duties for one or more projects to meet UX, technical, and business needs.
- Advocate for user-centered design including research and accessibility.
- Leverage and contribute to existing design pattern libraries and interface guidelines.
- Critique in-progress design work, evaluating the priority and effectiveness of solutions.
What We're Looking For
- Degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Psychology, Information Architecture, Communications, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
- 3+ years of UX design experience, including creating wireframes and prototypes to communicate design concepts.
- 3+ years of demonstrated understanding of mature user-centered design and research practices with a bias towards simplicity, elegance, and minimalism.
- 3+ years of experience participating in user research and concept testing with real users.
- Portfolio of relevant user experience project deliverables.
- Proven excellent communication skills, including the ability to present complex concepts clearly across diverse audiences, including executive leadership.
Nice to Have
- Experience with enterprise software, B2B applications, or large employee-facing systems in the medical, healthcare, or financial domains.
- Knowledge of UX-related analytics, metrics, and measurement techniques.
- Proven ability managing multiple projects simultaneously.
- Proven involvement in the UX community (e.g., associations, meet-ups, clubs, conferences).
- Proven collaborative, low-ego approach to working with others.
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