Sr. / Lead UI/UX Engineer

Description:Senior Software Engineer, FrontendSanta Clara CA OR Wilmington DE OR Colorado Springs CO3 days onsite Hybrid6 Months Contract to hire roleJustificationThis is one of the Key NextGen ACOM (Sirius) role for DCE team would be for a Frontend or UI/UX Senior Engineer for the following key areas:•Provide Implementation best practices on UX Designs•Define and maintain NextGen UX development process•Setting up and maintaining the UX design system•Provide Quality controls over UX performance, SEO and Accessibility standards•Hands on with UX development when requiredDescriptionWe are seeking a highly motivated and experienced lead frontend engineer with strong creative skills that is familiar with the latest web design trends including responsive web design. You will be responsible for creating the user experience on our website from conception to completion on projects. You oversee other frontend developers to give technical guidance and direction. This role will see you leading other UI/UX developers as well as being an individual contributor to the project. You will be working with Creatives, Designers and Marketing teams on a day-to-day basis, while brainstorming with the platform team to ensure designs meet an established set of principles and standards. This role offers an excellent opportunity to make a real impact and help shape customers digital experience.What you'll do:Work with product managers, on-site and offshore development teams to design, develop, test, and implement customers experience using an iterative and agile development methodology.·Be responsible for technical planning, designing, development and modification of new solution specifications and application.This includes technical design of content structure, user/process flows and interfaces.Ensure the development of UX support lightning-fast performance, SEO and Accessibility needs.Work on setting up structure and governance of a new Design system for customer facing domains. Continue to champion, contribute and maintain the design system.Iterative creation web & mobile prototypes using visual designs to support business concept development.Work closely with the design team to build a design system, component library and a templating framework to make it easier for backend developmentBring user-centered design (UCD) thinking techniques to customer-facing domains, from concept to launchBuild the features that our users see and interact with daily.Translation of business and UX requirements into high fidelity visual designs, branding, and interactive prototypes, in support of on-going digital projectsTesting and support of production-ready web prototypes, for both requirements and production development iterationsResearch and adopt new technologiesWrite and review technical frontend designsProject estimation of visual design, web prototyping, and production development supportWork closely with the developer manager and back-end teams to architect and integrate front-end codeReview requirements and design specificationsRequirements:Bachelor's or master's degree or equivalent years of experience in related field.9+ years of relevant web UX/UI development experience4+ years of experience leading other frontend developers8+ years of experience developing for responsive web sitesStrong verbal and written communication skills to articulate ideas and collaborate with cross-functional teams.Ability to analyze problems and find effective solutions, particularly under pressure.Well-rounded knowledge of UX design principles and techniquesMust have an expert knowledge of building cross-browser user interfaces.Ability to rapidly iterate through prototypesExpert knowledge of JavaScript native libraries.Excellent understanding of Web Optimization strategies to improve page performance including a deep understanding of lighthouse auditing and optimization strategies.Knowledge of RESTful and GraphQL APIs and how to integrate them effectively.Experience with build tools and package managers (like Webpack, npm, or Yarn).Ability to create complex interaction and experiences building custom UI widgets using Angular or React or HTL.Expert knowledge of optimizing client-side performance, through CSS optimization techniques and lazy loadingProficient understanding of web markup, including HTML5, CSS3Basic understanding of server-side CSS pre-processing platforms, such as LESS and SASSStrong written and verbal communication skillsExperience with Governance, setup, structuring and maintenance of home grown UX Design System.Experience with leveraging content caching by browser and content delivery networks (CDN) to provide dynamic and personalize user experienceUnderstanding of frontend security issues (like XSS and CSRF) and how to mitigate them.Experience with one of the public cloud providers AWS, Azure or GCP.Depth in Knowledge of RESTful and GraphQL APIs and how to integrate them effectively.Additional Preferred Skills:Good understanding of single page application (SPA) JavaScript frameworks like ReactJS, AngularJSExperience with eCommerce domain and AEM or similar CMS is preferred.Familiarity with design patterns, developer tools, HTML, and CSSGood understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAXExperience developing rapid prototypesStrong time management skills and the ability to be self-directed when neededStrong technical lead skill to oversee and provide guidance to a small team of frontend developersProficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as gitFamiliarity with state management libraries (like Redux or MobX).Experience with testing libraries (like Jest, Mocha, or Cypress) to ensure code quality.

Created: 2025-01-19