UI/UX Developer

Job Description

Ready to Ignite your career and work alongside some of the most innovative and brightest professionals in innovative technology? Join us and unleash your potential working in an Agile environment while modernizing enterprise systems and applications needed to support the men and women charged with safeguarding the American people and enhancing the Nation’s safety, security, and prosperity.

! Long-Term Government Contract for Leading Edge Technologies !

As a UI/UX developer of an Agile team you will be responsible for creating intuitive, user-centered designs and developing responsive, interactive user interfaces that are maintainable, efficient and reliable as part of a dynamic and passionate team of industry-leading individuals supporting the best practices in Agile Software Development for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). You will bring creative ideas to solve complex problems, both technical and procedural at the team and portfolio levels. The ability to be adaptable and to work constructively with a technically diverse and geographically separated team will be key to the overall success.

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

In this role you will:

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

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

Full-time