Front End Developer

Description:

What You Will Do

• Responsible for the visual design, interactive design and front-end development of the application.
• Enhance customer satisfaction by improving the usability, accessibility, and pleasure associated with a product in a way that is attractive and convenient for users.
• Develop interactive designs that enhance a customer's experience with a brand and facilitate an enjoyable experience using various forms of digital and web media.
• Partner with business analysts and user interface development teams to help define product requirements and prototype design solutions. Ensure the design is functional on all browsers, operating systems, and machine configurations required.
• Developing personas and usage scenarios.
• Develop standard UI components and style guides for portfolio-wide use.
• Ensure an accurate translation of your designs to the final product.
• Create wireframes, storyboards, sitemaps, and screen flows. Translate these into practical output utilizing HTML, CSS/SCSS, JavaScript (working inside of the Angular/ React frame works) to develop the front-end application.
• Develop user interface prototypes.
• Address user interface responsiveness and interactivity in collaboration with the team.
• Consult with clients to understand their goals and explaining design decisions.
• Analyze user feedback and activity and iterating to enhance the user experience.
• Design aesthetics to be implemented within a website or product, from the layout menus and drop-down options to colors and fonts allowing for interface edits as needed.
• Conducting usability testing.
• Be a champion for the user to make their product experience simple and enjoyable.
• Mentor and coach less experienced developers.

What You Will Need

• BA/ BS Degree. Degree can be substituted with 4 additional years of experience.
• 4-6 years of Front end development experience
• Experience in designing, prototyping and developing client-side applications for mobile and web applications.
• In-depth understanding of web standards & markup including HTML5 & CSS3, asynchronous request handling, modern security standards, responsive design, etc.
• Strong interaction design and user interface design portfolio.
• Must understand JavaScript, TypeScript and web application design patterns.
• Direct working experience with front-end component frameworks particularly Angular, AngularJS, React and others.
• Mobile, Node.js
• Understanding of cross browser/device testing.
• Solid experience in using complex REST API from client-side.
• Experience developing accessible websites (Section 508, W3C WAI Guidelines, etc.)
• Proficient in creation of custom reusable components.
• Comfort with an iterative design process based on qualitative and quantitative feedback.
• Expert knowledge of UI design principles and techniques
• Proficiency with build systems such as Gulp, Webpack and Grunt.
• Must be a US Citizen and pass govt background investigation.
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Exceptional customer service skills.
• Strong time-management and prioritization skills.
• Ability to communicate applicable technical subject matter expertise to management and others.
• Ability to apply and provide feedback on service operation model and practices.