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Data Design Engineer
Posted 16 days agoViewed
💎 Seniority level: Entry, 4+ years
📍 Location: United States
💸 Salary: 105000.0 - 130000.0 USD per year
🔍 Industry: Nonprofit
🏢 Company: Murmuration👥 1-10
🗣️ Languages: English
⏳ Experience: 4+ years
Requirements:
- 4+ years of experience in data visualization and frontend development, ideally within a product-focused environment
- Proficiency in React and Redux or similar frameworks, and a strong understanding of component-based architecture and state management
- Experience with data visualization libraries and frameworks (e.g., Visx or D3.js) for building complex, interactive visualizations
- Experience translating complex datasets into intuitive, engaging visual stories that drive user insight and action
- Strong understanding of design principles, including visual hierarchy, color theory, typography, and user experience, applied to both interfaces and data visualizations
- Familiarity with data querying and transformation (e.g., SQL, Python, or R) to support visualization needs
- Knowledge of accessibility best practices and a commitment to creating inclusive, user-friendly experiences
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail, especially when optimizing frontend performance and rendering large datasets
- Proven track record of collaborating within small, agile teams—comfortable wearing multiple hats and contributing across disciplines
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain technical and design concepts to non-technical stakeholders
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain dynamic, user-friendly data visualizations and interfaces within Explorer to help community organizations translate complex civic data into clear, actionable insights
- Contribute to the broader frontend development of Explorer and other data products, ensuring a seamless, intuitive, and accessible user experience
- Collaborate closely with research engineers, data scientists, product managers, designers, and community partners to understand user needs and translate them into effective visual and interactive solutions
- Prototype and iterate on data visualization and UI concepts, exploring new ways to present data and insights that resonate with diverse audiences
- Design, implement, and maintain scalable, reusable data visualization and UI components ensuring efficient integration with Murmuration’s product ecosystem
- Support special projects including publishing insights, designing presentation materials, and contributing to external-facing reports and products to help communicate complex information to a broader audience
- Ensure all data visualizations and interfaces adhere to best practices for accessibility, usability, and design consistency
- Optimize frontend performance, ensuring smooth integration of real-time and static datasets into visualizations and interfaces
- Stay current on the latest trends and technologies in data visualization, frontend development, and civic tech to continuously improve Murmuration’s tools and workflows
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