Are you up for the challenge of building open source software that is elegant and easy for everyone in the enterprise to use?

Jaspersoft, the leader in commercial open source business intelligence, is hiring a Senior User Interaction Designer to join our talented product development team in downtown San Francisco.

Jaspersoft’s product’s have been downloaded by over 3.5 million users, and is the open source BI tool of choice for thousands of enterprise customers.

”It’s not your grandfather’s OLAP.”

The ideal candidate will have deep experience building web 2.0 applications for the enterprise. Reporting and analytics experience are a plus, but not mandatory. Above all, the candidate must be passionate about building elegant, and easy to use open source software.

This position is responsible for defining task flows and designing user interfaces for the Jaspersoft Business Intelligence Suite. This includes consulting with representatives of the user community to gather/validate use case/story/task information, creation of process flow documentation, and providing direction to the implementation team during the development and test phases.

Essential Functions:
- Design Web 2.0 / Ajax user interactions for business users, incorporating usability and human factors considerations and design standards
- Work with Product Management to understand business requirements
- Research features, analyze task flows, and write functional specifications to communicate to Product Managers and Developers how the product is intended to work
- Develop UI outlines, wire frames, and sample screens, as well as detailed user interaction specifications
- Develop production HTML and graphics where applicable
- Follow-through on designs with developers to ensure adherence to the design
- Provide assistance to QA and Tech Pubs organizations to ensure product is properly QA'd and documented

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- 5+ years experience designing web-based enterprise software applications
- 5+ years experience with DHTML, CSS, JavaScript
- 3+ years experience designing applications that utilize Ajax and DHTML
- Experience developing web applications for multiple browsers
- Excellent understanding of Web UI design principles
- Excellent understanding of task analysis and process flow design techniques and tools
- Excellent understanding of human factors and usability
- Experience with enterprise reporting and analytics a strong plus

Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's or higher in Interface Design, Human Computer Interaction, Cognitive Psychology, or related field.
- Minimum job experience is 6 years in software development industry
- Candidate must have extensive experience with graphic productions (e.g. Photoshop, Fireworks, Illustrator, etc.), and flow diagramming (e.g., Visio)

Success factors:
- Ability to understand company products and how they are used by customers
- Ability to understand customer usage scenarios
- Ability to meet projected dates for deliverables.
- Ability to work in a distributed team environment.
- Ability to work well in teams including development, QA, tech writers, and product managers.

Jaspersoft is backed by leading venture capital firms Morgenthaler Ventures , DCM , Partech International, Scale Venture, and SAP Ventures.