UI/UX Developer
Ignite IT - Innovation & Technology
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Ashburn • Virginia • United States
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About the role
- 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
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
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
UI/UX developmentReactAngularJavaScriptHTMLCSSJavaSpringPostgreSQLresponsive design
Soft Skills
collaborationcommunicationmentoringproblem-solvinguser-centered approachteam-orientedself-startercreativityleadershipadaptability
Certifications
Design Thinking certificationsSection 508 standards