OverviewBigBear.ai is seeking a
UI/UX Developer to join our Land Border Integration team. You will have a fast moving, challenging, and highly rewarding position keeping the infrastructure running that helps Customs and Border Protection keep our borders safe.
What you will do- 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 graphic, icons and other visual elements as necessary
- Evaluate designs using user-centric design techniques such as UI reviews and cognitive walk-throughs
- Maintain an 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/or present wireframes and mockups
What you need to have- Bachelor's Degree and 5 to 8 years of experience; Master's Degree and 3 to 6 years of experience; PhD and 0 to 3 years of experience (in lieu of Bachelor's degree, 6 additional years of relevant experience)
- 5+ years of experience in UI/UX design, UX strategy, and usability research and testing
- 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 life cycle process of website development (discovery, planning, design, requirements, coding, testing, and user testing and evaluation)
- Experience with web design using Figma, Axure, Adobe Creative Suite Web Premium, Photoshop, XD, Dreamweaver, InDesign etc.
- Excellent communication and writing skills (ability to communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience).
- Experience with Agile, DevOps tools such as Atlassian Confluence, JIRA
- Current holder of a DHS Public Trust clearance or the ability to obtain one
What we'd like you to haveStrong 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.
