As a Lead UX Engineer you will bridge the gap between Design and Technology by understanding the importance of human-centered design and the implication of technology on experiences. As a Lead Engineer, you will execute on multiple small to medium sized projects as an individual contributor with a focus on at least one specialized technology domain. If you have enterprise level experience and are a master Front End Developer with a keen design eye, please read on!

You Will:

• Participate as a team member in design validation sessions
• Execute design technology tasks as assigned in detail
• Execute on multiple small and medium-sized projects as assigned in a cross-functional environment
• Understand the competitive landscape, regulatory marketing, etc.
• Articulate clearly the main industry dynamics
• Understand key principles of design thinking, what it is and why it is important, and how technology can be used in the process to explore possibilities
• Explore all ideas, regardless of their source
• Work to create an understanding of how individual people and things fit within larger structures (like systems or organizations), as well as the relationships between parts of a system and the system as a whole
• Translate user-centered design requirements into technical implementations for projects
• Keep participants focused on task and end process
• Guide participation to include all present
• Solicit information about absent stakeholders

You Have:

• Ability to create moderately interactive prototypes (in code) to express interactive design ideas based upon user and stakeholder input and feedback
• Enterprise level experience
• Ability to independently translate designs (e.g. wireframes, mockups, and requirements documents) to engineering teams
• Demonstrate awareness of the software development process and how UX designers can best support development efforts
• Demonstrate knowledge of business’ structure (P&Ls) and the interplay of functions to support business goals
• Natural curiosity to seek out processes and ideas that are out of the norm

Technical Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Design or in “STEM” Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math)
• 2 - 5 years of professional experience, OR Master's degree with 2 years of experience
• Advanced knowledge of HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, and principals of responsive design
• Experience with Front-End Framework technologies such as AngularJS (v. 2+), React, and Polymer, and how to optimize them
• Understanding of Javascript and front-end build tools such as NPM, Webpack, Sass, Jenkins, etc.
• Up to date on HTML5 technologies and trends such as Web Components, Shadow DOM, Web Workers, etc.
• Experience with website creation and static site generators (Jekyll, Statamic, etc.)
• Use and implement coding standards and guidelines and a desire to craft beautiful code
• Strong understanding of RESTful APIs, databases, and at least one server-side language (e.g. Node.js, Python, Java, etc.)
• Understanding of native mobile development (iOS, Android, etc.) preferred

Logistics:

• Start: As soon as possible
• End: 6 months, possible temp to perm for the right candidate
• Onsite, but must be willing to travel 10% 
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required

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