Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Anaconda, Inc. is a leading company in AI and open source technologies, seeking a UX Researcher II to join their User Experience team. The role involves planning and executing evaluative research studies, synthesizing findings into actionable insights, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to inform product decisions.
Responsibilities
- Plan and execute evaluative research studies, including usability tests, surveys, and interviews, selecting appropriate methods for each goal with light oversight
- Synthesize findings into clear, actionable insights that connect directly to product decisions, design iteration, and roadmap trade-offs
- Partner with designers and product managers to define research questions, frame study goals, and ensure findings reach the right people at the right time
- Collaborate on defining user segments and recruitment criteria to ensure studies reflect the people we build for
- Deliver research readouts and documentation that are clear, accessible, and reusable by cross-functional teams
- Contribute to research libraries, documentation templates, and operational processes that improve how the team delivers at scale
- Build proficiency across research tools such as Great Question and User Interviews to support efficient study execution and synthesis
Skills
- 1–3 years of applied UX research experience in a product organization, including hands-on execution of evaluative studies such as usability tests, surveys, or interviews
- Demonstrated ability to synthesize research findings into clear documentation tied to product decisions
- Experience collaborating with designers and product managers to frame research goals and deliver findings that inform design or roadmap work
- Experience selecting and applying research methods appropriate to study goals with limited oversight
- Develop UX artifacts including personas, user journeys, and mental models that bring user understanding to life for teams across the organization
- Portfolio or work samples showing research execution, synthesis, and the connection between findings and product outcomes
- Bachelor's degree in HCDE, Human Factors, Cognitive Psychology, or a related field, or equivalent work experience
- Experience working effectively in a fully remote environment
- You embody our values: 'Curious by Default', 'Build Together', 'Own It', and 'Lead with Guts and Heart', and our behaviors: Clarity, Care and Candor
- You care deeply about fostering an environment where people of all backgrounds and experiences can flourish
- Experience researching developer, data scientist, or technical practitioner audiences in an open-source or AI-oriented product company, you don't need to code, but familiarity with technical workflows is a strong advantage
- Early exposure to quantitative methods or behavioral data analysis, including comfort working with usage data or analytics tools to complement qualitative findings
- Experience contributing to research operations, including documentation templates, recruitment processes, or research libraries that improved team efficiency
- Experience presenting research findings to cross-functional stakeholders, advocating for users in rooms where they are underrepresented
Benefits
- Flexible Vacation Policy
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Short Term and Long Term Disability
- Paid Parental Leave
- Monthly Wellness Stipend
- Employee Assistance Program and Mental Health Resources
Company Overview
- Anaconda, the leader in advancing AI innovation, is the trusted foundation for AI-native development that empowers builders and enterprises to secure, orchestrate, and accelerate data and AI at scale. It was founded in 2012, and is headquartered in Austin, Texas, USA, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is https://www.anaconda.com.