UI/UX Developer Senior

Location: Ashburn, VA, US

Schedule: Full‑Time, Day shift, hybrid remote (2 days on‑site per week). Travel up to 10%.

Target salary range: $80,001 – $120,000.

Responsibilities

• Employ participatory design, creative brainstorming, and other techniques to collaborate with software developers, systems engineers, and other product team members as part of an agile software development team.
• Ensure quality product and timely delivery meeting stakeholder needs and IT Accessibility Standards.
• Map workflows, user paths, create storyboards, wireframes, mockups, low‑ and high‑fidelity prototypes, and write UI specifications to support development across multiple applications and platforms.
• Design graphics, icons, and other visual elements as necessary.
• Evaluate designs using user‑centric design techniques such as UI reviews and cognitive walk‑throughs.
• Maintain awareness of current trends in technology design and usability, and share information across multiple teams.
• Participate in working groups and/or meetings with application stakeholders to discuss user requirements and present wireframes and mockups.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of experience in UI/UX design, UX strategy, and usability research and testing.
• U.S. citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a public‑trust security clearance (current DHS Public Trust clearance or ability to obtain one; employment contingent on clearance).
• Experience delivering code using modern JavaScript frameworks such as VueJS, Angular, or React, with the ability to implement and support modern JavaScript code.
• Experience delivering products that work across a range of browsers and platforms.
• Experience using modern CSS frameworks such as Bootstrap to deliver responsive, mobile‑aware products.
• Experience delivering and meeting Section 508 Accessibility standards.
• Excellent understanding of the website development life‑cycle (discovery, planning, design, requirements, coding, testing, and user testing/evaluation).
• Proficiency with web‑design tools such as Figma, Axure, Adobe Creative Suite (Web Premium, Photoshop, XD, Dreamweaver, InDesign, etc.).
• Excellent communication and writing skills, with the ability to convey technical concepts to non‑technical audiences.
• Experience with Agile and DevOps tools such as Atlassian Confluence and JIRA.

Soft Skills

• Strong communication and collaboration skills for working with cross‑functional teams.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment.
• Attention to detail and a commitment to delivering high‑quality results.