People and Purpose. Not just paychecks.

Bitwise is a leading software and digital services company that provides mission-focused, transformative technology solutions to the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community. Our team of engineers are driven by a sense of purpose, a thirst for technical excellence, and a culture of growth, wellness, and inclusion.

 

💡  About the Role

We're looking for a User Experience Engineer to join a team of highly talented engineers in support of our AEA UX Design capability. The AEA UX Design team is focused on solving user experience challenges for technologies used within the IC. The AEA UX team partners with developers, managers, and system engineers to keep intelligence products modern and cutting edge. The team researches and documents user workflows, designs front end systems, creates mockups, engages with users, interacts with multiple development teams using tools like Axure and Adobe Creative Cloud Suite (Figma and XD are a plus). Did we mention the option for partial telework? 

💪🏼  Required Skills and Experience

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
• Technical Experience:
  • Experience developing workshop scripts and facilitating UX methods to extract user feedback and synthesize UX artifacts.
  • Evaluate and produce information architectures to determine appropriate product structure and layout.
  • Develop wireframes to help users evaluate product structure before development.
  • Collaborate with other Designers to create UX artifacts.
  • Collaborate with Developers to provide UX expertise during development.
  • Implement usability tests with multiple UX practitioners.
  • Perform heuristic evaluations using standard UX principles to review user interfaces.
  • Conduct qualitative and quantitative research studies such as surveys, interviews, and usability tests.
  • Analyze qualitative and quantitative data to generate strategic and tactical insights.
  • Ability to design graphic user interface elements, like menus, tabs, and widgets.
  • Experience with UI prototyping, visual communication, and interactive design.
  • Enterprise UX experience across multiple applications.
  • Omni channel marketing/design experience is a plus.
  • Background in workflow and usability testing and the capability to generate suggested changes per user and customer requests.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional product development teams.
  • Strong problem-solving abilities used to turn complex ideas into easily understood visuals.
     
• Degree Requirements and Years Experience:
  • 10 years of experience and a B.S. in Graphics Design, Psychology, Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFE), or SE related degree (SE, CompSci, Software, Business Process Engineering) or related field is required
  • Don't quite meet these requirements? Pop some popcorn and peep our other positions, pal

😇  About You

We only hire candidates who have the mindset and ideals to truly make a difference in our company and for our customers' missions. We ask that you be able to:

• Work well in a small- to medium-sized team and contribute meaningful thought leadership — if not right away, over time
• Interact with our customers in a way that fosters confidence in your abilities and an absolute delight to have you on board
• Apply an attention to detail to your work, even if that means managing expectations and taking a little more time
• Contribute your ideas, your ideals, and your personality to improve our company, our products, and our culture
• Know and support our core values every single day

 

🙌  Working at Bitwise

When you come to work with us, you can expect to hop in on the ground floor of our company, contributing your ideas, helping make decisions, and bringing your unique vibe to our culture. You won't be on an island with us – we gather frequently outside of work hours, from team-builds to happy hours and all-hands meetings. Everyone contributes, everyone's heard, everyone has fun, and we're all the better for it.

 

Our Benefits:

• Top salaries because we're top performers
• 4 weeks PTO – 5 weeks after 5 years, 6 weeks after 10 years
• 11 paid federal holidays
• 2 emergency days for snow, etc.
• 24% 401k contribution via a 400% match on the first 6% from you. Don't utilize the full match? Unused matches come back to you as income. C'mon now!
• 3 excellent health plans, 2 dental plans, and a vision plan, with up to 70% of the premium covered for you and your dependents
• 100% covered life and disability insurances
• $5,000 annual education assistance
• Bonuses for obtained certifications, customer recognition, and just about anything else that makes us go "Hot Damn! 🔥". We hope to say that many times about you.

 

🔍  What to expect after applying

You'll get an automated email from us right away just to let you know we got your application. From there, we'll:

• Send over some additional materials about our company and benefits for you to review
• Schedule a video call with you to discuss your application, our company, and your place in it
• Put together a delightful offer package and record a video walkthrough of it for you
• Keep the party going through the onboarding process. Your transition to us will be joyful and easy.

 

Bitwise is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences within our team.