Delivering one-of-a-kind cloud technology, accompanied by award winning customer service, Paylocity is a software development company in a category of its own. We are a publicly traded company that offers an Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP) which enables employees to share in the long-term growth and future success of the company.
Poised to revolutionize the world of human capital management for hundreds of thousands of small and medium sized businesses, we are seeking the best and the brightest to help us create the future of our talent solutions – enabling our customers to better develop their employees and supervisors.
Our lean development process enables our small product oriented teams to innovate, collaborate and bring amazing features to market.
Our talent anywhere philosophy nurtures a diverse and dynamic group of colleagues with a shared mission to make great products and have fun doing it.
The User Experience Architect (UXA) is responsible for facilitating, generating and executing great user experiences for our clients and their end users. S/he should have strong skills in information architecture, visual design, and interaction design. S/he contributes to the success of the user experience in cross-functional teams that include Developers, Product Owners, Business Analysts, Project Team Leads and other stakeholders. S/he is responsible for developing UX/IA documentation (site outlines, process flows, sketches, scenarios, wireframes, navigation models) for web, desktop and mobile applications. S/he is also responsible for interpreting user input, presenting testing and research feedback and effectively communicates with project teams. A strong understanding of user-centered design processes and interaction design principles to help solve business problems will be critical for success.
Are you the teammate we are looking for?
Who you are:
• Enthusiastic about user experience and architecting the best software available and providing the ultimate customer experience.
• An advocate for continuous improvement of our architecture and research process.
• Interested in staying current by applying new technologies and best practices.
• Able to work in a collaborative environment with a willingness to share your ideas.
• Able to work independently on experiences and complete tasks with high quality, but unafraid to seek out suggestions from other team members.
• Excited to work on cutting-edge user interface technology and user experience practices
How we work:
• Small, self-sufficient product-oriented teams with an entrepreneurial spirit organized into categories
• Dedicated Tech Operations experts committed to cutting-edge infrastructure and developer tools
• We don’t add more folks to our teams, we add additional teams to scale
• Casual, collaborative, agile environment which embraces and operates under our shared principles
• Complete transparency with open, honest discussions about our progress
• Close working relationship between executive stakeholders and product teams
What we offer:
• Lean enabling process that focuses on putting our product teams in the best position to succeed
• A commitment to investing in our products, hiring the best talent, and giving them the chance to meaningfully contribute to a vast market opportunity
• A subscription to Pluralsight for all technology colleagues
• Bachelor's degree in design, Human Computer Interaction, technology or related field or equivalent experience
• Must have at least 3-5 years of hands-on experience creating engaging, multi-platform user experiences that follow a unified design language
• Comfortable using common creative tools such as: Adobe Creative Cloud, Omnigraffle, Axure, Sketch, and InVision
• Proficiency in visual design systems applied through development of state of the art interactive experiences with a focus on collaboration with designers, developers, and QA professionals
• Proficiency in user mapping, rapid prototyping, taxonomy, and user research
• Familiarity with various enterprise architecture/developer environments such as: ASP.NET/MVC and/or JavaScript SPA frameworks such as: Angular, Aurelia, and ReactJS
• Working with the Lean UX methodology to help agile product teams succeed
• Comprehensive portfolio of previous work
During the last three months, you would have:
• Helped define a consistent visual language that contributed to the UX Design System
• Collaborated with our product teams to conduct research with our customers
• Created innovative high/low fidelity wireframes and prototype solutions that revolutionized our
user-experiences
• Collaborated with our product teams to create journey maps, personas, and conduct Lean canvas exercises focused on outcomes-based product discovery
• Enjoyed a team atmosphere that extends beyond the walls of the office
Paylocity’s Awards:
• Glassdoor's Employees Choice Award in 2014 and 2017
• 9-time Winner on Chicago Area's 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For
• Inc Magazine listed Paylocity as an Inc 5000 Fastest Growing Privately Held Firm from 2007-2013
• Ranked #13 on Built in Chicago Top 100 Digital Companies for 2016
• Ranked #24 on Forbes 2013 List of Top 100 Digital Companies in Chicago
• Ranked #38 on Crain's Fast Fifty List of Chicago's Fastest Growing Companies in 2014
• Ranked #334 on Deloitte's 2014 Technology Fast 500 List of Fastest Growing Companies in North America