Title: Sr. UI/UX Designer /Front-End Design Engineer
Location: HOUSTON Tx 77002 || Hybrid (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday IN OFFICE!)
Duration:6+ Months
Shift Hours:8am-5pm
Description
looking for a design-focused front-end developer who can collaborate with its design and engineering teams to remediate design, a11y, and tech debts while also playing a pivotal role in helping shape the vision for the next generation of WM.com for both internal and external users.
Who We’re Looking For
- A designer turned developer OR a developer passionate about getting the details right—in the code they write to the pixels on the screen.
- A developer well-versed in modern CSS capabilities widely available across major browsers and also has a constant pulse on the future.
- A developer who gets excited about improving user experience, well-versed in a modern headless tech stack, and takes pride in their work being performant, accessible, and pixel perfect.
- A developer who can contribute to the design process by using their technical acumen to bridge knowledge gaps and help
Qualifications
The must-haves:
- Knowledge of modern coding standards and best practices, responsive design principles, and accessibility.
- Proficient with Javascript, React, Redux, NextJS, Unit Testing, CSS/SCSS, UI frameworks, NodeJS, REST APIs, and GitHub.
- Experience working with an enterprise CMS.
- Good communication skills and the ability to work well in a team environment.
- Ability to multitask, meet deadlines, and work in a fast-paced environment.
- Can work on a Mac.
The Nice-to-haves
Familiarity specifically with: Sanity or Contentful, Radix UI, Tailwind CSS, and Vercel.
D2d
- Thinking about design from an organizational structured view.
- Working with FE lead and design manager .
- Team size and how this person fits in? 6
- Biggest challenge foreseen in this role?
- It’ll be messy. Part of the job will be figuring things out- auditing what they currently have, so if you just sort of know what you’re doing it won’t work.
- Auditing what’s going on then creating a path
Biggest priority?
- Design debt. Removing design debt and documentation
- Resolved in a number of ways: either by consolidating design elements or modifying underlying libraries