UI​/UX junior Developer

Pay Rate: (flexible)

Location:

Toronto ON

Contract Length:12 months

• University degree or college diploma in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, or a related discipline, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum 3 to 5 years of experience as a UI/UX Developer or Front-End Developer implementing customer-facing websites from approved designs.
• Demonstrated portfolio of shipped responsive web interfaces spanning both UX design and front-end implementation.
• Strong proficiency in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript/Type Script, and hands-on experience with a modern front-end framework such as React.
• Experience implementing front-end designs within an enterprise content management system (Sitecore preferred).
• Experience building interfaces compliant with AODA and WCAG 2.0 Level AA, including ARIA, keyboard navigation, and screen-reader compatibility.
• Experience designing multiple form factors and screen sizes, including large-format or kiosk displays and mobile devices.
• Experience with Figma, including component libraries, design tokens, and design systems.
• Experience integrating front-end interfaces with real-time data feeds and APIs (e.g., service alerts, schedules), including loading, stale-data, and error states.
• Experience meeting front-end performance budgets and testing across browsers and devices.
• Experience working in Agile delivery teams with product managers, developers, and QA.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to present and rationalize design and implementation decisions to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Experience with digital signage or passenger information display systems.
• Hands-on Sitecore CMS development experience (templates, components, personalization).
• Familiarity with WCAG 2.1/2.2 success criteria beyond the 2.0 AA baseline.
• Experience planning and conducting usability testing and user research.
• Experience with motion design and micro-interactions for glanceable, at-a-distance interfaces.
• Experience contributing to and maintaining shared design systems and component libraries.
• Experience with Git, front-end build tools, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with customer journey mapping, service design, and user-centered design principles.
• Public sector, municipal government, or transit industry experience is considered an asset.
• UX certification (e.g., NN/g) or related design and front-end certifications are assets.

• Implement the approved redesign, translating vendor wireframes, mockups, and design recommendations into production-ready, accessible front-end code within the Sitecore CMS.
• Review vendor Discovery and Definition deliverables for technical feasibility and participate in handoff and implementation planning activities.
• Build and extend reusable UI components within design system, ensuring consistent branding, navigation, terminology, and visual design across the website.
• Integrate front-end interfaces with scheduling and service disruption feeds, real-time trip planning, service alerts, and customer feedback features, working within the existing backend systems.
• Ensure all implemented pages and components meet AODA and WCAG 2.0 Level AA accessibility requirements.
• Meet front-end performance budgets, including page load targets, without degrading accessibility features.
• Design and build the URL-addressable next-arrivals and service alerts web application (one URL per stop code) for large-format suspended displays at bus bays, kiosks, and mobile devices, implementing the specification including bay-grouped pagination, alert displacement behavior, and no-data states, fed by real-time GTFS-RT data.
• Support testing activities, including usability, accessibility, performance, and cross-browser/device testing, and resolve defects in design or implementation.
• Support deployment activities, staff training, and production readiness.
• Develop and maintain design and technical documentation in accordance with standards.
• Provide knowledge transfer and support continuous improvement activities across the Digital Customer Experience team.

The consultant will implement the approved redesign and build new customer-facing digital experiences, including:

• Implemented client redesign pages, templates, and components in production, compliant with brand standards and WCAG
• Front-end integration with real-time scheduling feeds, service alerts, and trip planning features.
• Next-arrivals…