UX/UI designer

At MindWave, we’re not just building teams. We’re building a new way of working. We’re creating a community of experts who thrive in a transparent, human and forward-thinking environment. We are currently looking for a Senior User Experience (UX) designer/analyst responsible for the product design for financial software applications. Collaborate with the product owner/manager to analyse user/customer needs/wants and use this knowledge in defining useful product features. Work with a team of UX experts to design usable and efficient application front-ends and GUIs. Prepare and facilitate design thinking workshops. Prepare and conduct usability tests, customer workshops and review sessions to refine designs and specifications. Collaborate with IT delivery teams to ensure that product designs and specifications are implementable and correctly interpreted. Key activities:
• User needs analysis including preparing and conducting user interviews, contextual inquiries and user workshops.
• Creating, documenting and maintaining user personas.
• Task and activities analysis. Creating storyboards, user journeys, flow diagrams.
• Conceptual modelling, information analysis and information architecture and in particular in the context of complex software products.
• Interaction design and UI design for complex software products.
• Prepare, conduct and facilitate design thinking workshops.
• Build mock-ups and prototypes of GUIs for complex software products. Prototyping with Figma.
• Documenting software front-end specifications.
• User testing
- preparation, conducting and results analysis of usability tests.
• Perform product design reviews or heuristic evaluations.
• Present solutions / concepts. Persuade others.
• Minimum of 6 years of professional experience in a UX role with proven track record in the domain of software products UX design.
• You are a mindful and keen observer of human behaviour. Empathy is part of your nature.
• Very strong inter-personal skills. You have the ability to establish, coordinate and facilitate relationships with business and IT units. You are able to independently and confidently facilitate UX related discussions with/between project stakeholders and to assertively present and communicate UX activity outcomes.
• Experience with Design Thinking methods and experience with facilitating design thinking activities.
• Strong business analytical

skills:
ability to quickly grasp complex business context of a product or service; ability to quickly study and analyse customer requirements and functional specifications.
• Technical understanding & vocabulary – You understand how systems work; you can understand and speak engineers’ language.
• Excellent English, both written and spoken is a mandatory pre-requisite.
• Financial software product design experience is a plus.
• General experience in software product management is a plus. 🌱 Soft Skills and MindWave Mindset At MindWave, we value people who are not only strong in what they do, but also in how they work with others. You take ownership and feel comfortable working with a high level of autonomy. You don’t wait for perfect instructions before moving forward: you explore, challenge assumptions and turn ideas into working solutions. You combine thoroughness with pragmatism and communicate openly when you see opportunities, risks or better ways of doing things. You enjoy collaborating across disciplines and can explain complex technical ideas clearly. Curiosity is part of how you work. You’re interested in the possibilities of AI and new technologies, eager to experiment and happy to share what you learn with the wider community. Above all, you value transparency, trust and human connection. Because at MindWave, we believe the best results come from strong experts who are given the freedom and support to do meaningful work. Benefits 🧠 A true community of experts, with both natural and planned knowledge-sharing moments such as brown bag sessions on AI, innovation and emerging technology topics. 🏝️ A flexible working culture that combines remote freedom with meaningful connection to your team and the wider MindWave community. 🚀 A transparent and human working environment where you can grow, contribute and be yourself. 🌱 Strong and accessible leadership, with direct interaction and genuine involvement from the CEO in the lives of our consultants and community. 🌍 A long-term, technically challenging project where your work has a visible and meaningful impact. 🔬 The opportunity to work at the intersection of large-scale data engineering, AI and scientific innovation. ⚖️ A competitive employee package including medical insurance, meal vouchers, an annual training budget and a remote-work budget for internet and mobile costs. 🤝For freelancers: full transparency on rates and fees. No surprises, just fairness. 🤝