UI/UX Developer

Role Overview

• Use Agile development methodologies and ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams, including developers, product owners, and stakeholders
• Develop user interfaces that meet business requirements and user needs
• Lead the development of a cohesive look-and-feel and standardized user experience across applications
• Develop compelling, creative, and user-focused experiences and points of view that align with clients’ business objectives
• Collaborate with cross discipline team to create and execute experience style guides, interaction patterns, and information design standards
• Develop wireframes, mockups, and/or prototypes supporting design ideas and effectively communicate ideas to various stakeholders
• Establish standard layout and style libraries across applications
• Work closely with the functional team to determine feasibility of requirements and collaborate on design ideas and improvements.
• Ensure product quality and timeliness of work, providing advice and guidance, resolving problems to meet objectives, and providing periodic performance reports
• Work independently and efficiently within agile software development environment, utilizing tools and practices like JIRA, Confluence, GitLab, unit testing and harness.
• Provide mentoring to junior members of the team
• Must be able to work on-site in Ashburn, VA 2-3 days per week

Requirements

• Experience working collaboratively to communicate effectively through websites and web applications that are easy for real people to use and responsive across all device viewports
• 5 + years’ experience in UI/UX development
• Professional experience with enterprise UI design tools such as Figma (preferred), or similar tools
• Professional experience communicating designs with stakeholders such as product owners, end users, development teams, and management
• Ability to understand trade-offs between designs, technical feasibility, and maintenance
• Proficiency in development and maintenance of web applications using React, Angular, JavaScript, browser technologies such as HTML, HTTP and CSS and JavaScript framework such as Kendo UI.
• Familiarity with Java and associated frameworks such as Spring/Spring boot
• Familiarity with our tech stack: Java 17, Spring/Spring boot, React, UI state management, ORM such as Hibernate, PostgreSQL, Amazon AWS
• Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment tools such as Harness, Jenkins, GitLab or Bamboo
• Stay current on important industry and customer trends to ensure our applications are delivering relevant solutions
• Collaborate effectively with stakeholders inside the company and with customer groups to drive effective solutions
• Use data, validation, and feedback strategies that deliver code backed by qualitative and quantities testing
• Experience with responsive and mobile-first development
• Willing to take risks and champion new ideas.
• Have experience developing applications, from consumer facing to internal tools
• Maintain a user-centered approach while respecting business needs
• Able to work and be effective in an agile design environment
• Working knowledge of and ability to assist others in the use of design tools to support process improvement (Figma, Axure, Sketch, Invision, XD, etc)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Highly responsible, team-oriented individual with very strong work ethics and a self-starter
• Preferred: Design Thinking certifications such as those offered through IDEO, Stanford, Cornell, MIT or a host of other organizations
• Preferred: Proven experience designing for web accessibility (Section 508 standards)
• Preferred: Experience with information architecture
• Preferred: Ability and interest in educating others on user-centered design best practices
• Preferred: Advanced understanding of Lean processes, and Agile principles

Tech Stack

• Angular
• AWS
• Axure
• Hibernate
• Invision
• Java
• JavaScript
• Jenkins
• Postgres
• React
• Spring
• Spring Boot
• SpringBoot

Benefits

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance