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Launchpad Interface Design and Usability Engineer

Posting Date: June 2008
Job Location: At home with broadband. This job involves international travel several times a year, usually for periods of one or two weeks.
Job Summary: Lead the revolution: Interface design and development focusing on usability and accessibility.
Reports To: Launchpad Foundations

Key responsibilities:

Take active ownership of many aspects of the Launchpad user experience ("look and feel")
Actively lead other developers to conceptualize new user interface elements and idea and then implement some components of these designs
Follow projects and trends in user interface design in the open source and web services worlds and integrate the best technologies into Launchpad and ensure their quality
Actively lead additional development work performed by third-party developers and team-mates, ensuring that release goals are met on time
Analyse, triage, and respond to interface bug reports using your expertise to propose solutions and potentially implement the same
Web Service interface and layout polishing, icon design (limited), CSS coding and bugfix
Cross-browser diagnosis and testing
Participate in regular Launchpad "sprints", and potentially Ubuntu Developer Summits, involving international travel
Experience working on web sites which involve engineering in PHP, Java, Python, Ruby or Perl

Required skills and experience:

A keen and insightful eye for user interaction
A passion for intuitive, usable and visually appealing interfaces
A strong desire to produce distinctive ideas that stand Launchpad out from the crowd
Experience with Javascript
Experience with AJAX, Flash, and CSS
Demonstrated leadership abilities
Experience with interface design focusing on usability and accessibility
Ability to be productive in a globally distributed team through self-discipline and self-motivation, delivering according to a schedule
Solid grasp of Linux technologies including experience with Ubuntu
Strong English language communication skills, especially in online environments such as mailing lists and IRC
Minimum 5 years of solid web interface experience
Programming experience not necessary but welcome