Description
Founded in 1998 by Stanford graduate students, Ingenuity Systems is a company that is taking on the challenge of next-generation knowledge management for the life sciences community. Our long-term focus on innovation in semantic search, ontology, and software development has allowed us to create groundbreaking technologies that help life science researchers more effectively search, explore, visualize, and analyze biological and chemical findings related to genes, proteins, and small molecules (e.g. drugs).
Today, Ingenuity's products are used by thousands of researchers at hundreds of leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and academic research institutions worldwide. We are continually looking for new ways to develop and leverage our technology in order to address needs within the constantly evolving life science market. With such a strong focus on our customers, Ingenuity has developed a loyal and passionate user base that is the core of the company's success in this dynamic and evolving market.
Ingenuity is headquartered in Redwood City, California and has offices in Germany, Switzerland, France, the United Kingdom, and Japan. In each of our locations, we hire talented, local people who share our commitment to developing solutions that enable our customers to succeed. We provide a fast-paced, creative, and dynamic work environment that facilitates personal career growth. We also offer an outstanding compensation and benefits package, including a company-paid health club membership, educational benefits, and many other opportunities and rewards for motivated and talented individuals. Please see below for a complete listing.
Position Description
The Scientific Information Visualization Designer plays a critical role in designing and prototyping dynamic interactive graphical diagrams of biological systems. This role will serve as a visualization architect and is expected to contribute to the definition and implementation of effective graphical presentations of Ingenuity’s industry-leading biomedical knowledge in context to scientists. We’re seeking a self-guided, creative professional with strong exposure to information visualization, user-centered design methodology, and basic knowledge of molecular and cell biology.
Primary Responsibilities
• Create high-quality interactive biological pathway diagrams that drive user engagement, insight, adoption, and usage.
• Work with Ingenuity's world-class knowledge specialists to design, develop, and evaluate scientific visualizations that will drive next-generation user experiences in scientific discovery.
• Create conceptual diagrams, interaction flows, and storyboards to drive the design process.
• Perform ad hoc usability testing and evaluations, selecting the appropriate methods as needed.
• Develop and refine interactive prototypes for iterative testing.
• Mentor team members and educate the project team on user-experience best practices.
Required Experience
• Experience with information visualization techniques
• Basic understanding of molecular and cellular biology concepts, and eagerness to help advance biomedical discovery through visual communication
• At least 3 years experience developing innovative graphical interactive designs using an object-oriented programming language (preferably Java)
• Knowledge of human computer interaction, perceptual psychology, analytical reasoning, and related visualization science experience
• Applied knowledge of interaction design best practices and standards
• Demonstrated experience designing and evaluating dynamic, content-centric user interfaces and information visualizations for complex domains
• Experience working with product-development teams and understanding and translating user needs
• Ability to ask appropriate questions and persuasively convey design solutions to a broad range of stakeholders: product management, business development, engineering, executive management, etc.
• Demonstrated ability to develop innovative ideas and execute effectively against them in a highly collaborative environment
• Ability to work quickly and thrive in a fast-paced agile, release-early release-often development environment
• Excellent visual, oral, and written communication skills
• Ability to select among existing methodologies and tools, and where necessary develop new approaches, to drive design processes and communicate design rationale