Senior UI Engineer

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Job Description

How you’ll contribute:

The SUSE Cloud Native UI/UX engineering team is looking for a talented UI Engineer to work on SUSE Rancher open source projects based on Kubernetes and Cloud-Native technologies.

The Cloud Native UI/UX team within SUSE is responsible for the User Interfaces and User Experiences across the Rancher product suite. We build open-source software that addresses the operational and security challenges of managing cloud native platforms like Kubernetes, while providing DevOps teams with integrated tools for running containerized workloads. Our flagship product SUSE Rancher has over 100 million downloads to-date and is managing mission critical services at Fortune 500 companies and many other organizations large and small around the world.

This is an opportunity to help shape and deliver compelling user experiences for SUSE’s Cloud Native customers, contributing directly to the Rancher Manager UI (https://github.com/rancher/dashboard). You’ll be working with a team of talented UI engineers and product designers to ensure SUSE continues to offer market-leading UIs for Kubernetes and Cloud Native users.

Our goal is to make Rancher the premiere tool for deploying, managing, and operating Kubernetes and containerized workloads across on-prem datacenters, public clouds, and the edge.

As a member of the UI/UX team, you will contribute directly to the web-based management User Interfaces for Rancher and its associated projects.

• Apply User Interface engineering knowledge to contribute to the development of web-based management interfaces for Rancher using Vue.js.

• Work directly with Product Designs to refine and deliver product enhancements and new features based on design specifications.

• Be willing to learn new technologies you may not be familiar with. We know no one can be an expert in every aspect of Kubernetes or the broader cloud native ecosystem, but we are looking for someone who is open to new challenges.

• Participate in design and implementation reviews, providing feedback based on your understanding of UI best practices.

• Cooperate with internal teams to understand and help resolve UI-related issues.

• Collaborate with the wider UI/UX team to ensure consistency and usability across Rancher products.

• Contribute to the improvement of UI development processes and tooling; driving the use of automation to streamline development and improve quality

What you’ll bring:

• Bachelor or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.At least 3 years of software engineering or equivalent experience.

• A solid software engineering background - we’re looking for someone who can understand and use complex systems like Kubernetes

• Proven hands-on software development experience with Vue.js (or equivalent front-end framework), HTML, CSS and JavaScript/Typescript.

• A pro-active, can-do attitude and a willingness to get stuck in, working both independently and as part of a team

• An eye for detail and a passion for delivering user experiences that delight users

• A track record of working with product designers to take product designs and realize them in the browser 

• A track record or clear desire to work in the world of Open Source software

• Experience working in an enterprise software environment, shipping software on-time to a defined release schedule

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Experience and/or interest in Agile methodologies.

• Experience working remotely with teams across multiple time zones.

• Excellent communication skills.
   

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