UI​/UX Developer

Description

C. Mack Solutions is seeking a UI/UX Developer with agile methodology experience to join our team and support a complex program to provide Agile development and operations and maintenance for critical systems on a mission-critical program for the Federal Government. 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.

Experience with 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
• Developing compelling, creative, and user-focused experiences and points of view that align with clients’ business objectives
• Collaborating 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.
• Ensuring 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, Git Lab, unit testing and harness.
• Providing mentoring to junior members of the team
• Must be able to work on-site in Ashburn, VA 1-2 days per week

You must live within the DC, MD, VA area.

U.S. Citizenship is required. Candidate must have an Active CBP Public Trust clearance.

• Degree in a related field, such as Interactive Design, Architecture, Industrial Design, Graphic Design or Human Factors
• 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
• Professional
  
  Experience:
  
  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, Type Script, 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, Git Lab 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

• Design Thinking certifications such as those offered through IDEO, Stanford, Cornell, MIT or a host of other organizations
• Proven experience designing for web accessibility (Section 508 standards)
• Experience with information architecture
• Ability and interest in educating others on user-centered design best practices
• Advanced understanding of Lean processes, and Agile principles