Position OverviewThis position serves as a key liaison between XML schema development for the Federal Register and Congressional Record and the XPub Horseshoe application used by PrePress staff to create, edit, and publish XML documents. Specific activities include but are not limited to:
Core Responsibilities- Improving the user experience and workflow for document editors, ensuring Horseshoe effectively supports XML markup, validation, and correction activities.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, XML schema developers, and software engineers to translate publishing requirements into intuitive application functionality while leveraging knowledge of XML technologies, document publishing workflows, and enterprise web applications.
- Experience with Microsoft Blazor, C#, LINQ-to-XML, and REST-based architectures is highly desirable
Minimum Requirements:- HTML5 experience
- Advanced Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) experience
- Web design experience
- UI/UX Research and requirements gathering
- Figma prototyping
- HTML coding skills and prototyping
- Advanced CSS design skills
- Education: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science recommended, but not required
- Experience: 5+ years recent experience as a Senior Developer
- Technical Proficiency: CSS, HTML5, UI design, XML content creation, XML Schema
Preferred Expertise:- Experience with XML syntax
- Experienced at creating XML documents that conform to an established schema or DTD (DITA / DocBook / MIL-Specs / etc.)
- Experience designing web sites with Microsoft Blazor
Halvik offers a competitive full benefits package including:Company-supported medical, dental, vision, life, STD, and LTD insurance
Benefits include 11 federal holidays and PTO
Eligible employees may receive performance-based incentives in recognition of individual and/or team achievements.
401(k) with company matching
Flexible Spending Accounts for commuter, medical, and dependent care expenses
Tuition Assistance
Charitable Contribution matching
Halvik's pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
