Multiple Senior Front End Developer User Interface Designer

Location: All Locations

Working Arrangement: Hybrid

Security clearance: Must be able to obtain Baseline clearance

LH-02407

Key duties and responsibilities:

The role involves collaborating within multi-disciplinary teams to enhance products by designing new features, user flows, interfaces, and handling front-end development. You will work closely with colleagues to define user-focused designs, iterating based on feedback to add value. Your responsibilities will include creating user-centric UI designs, defining user flows, building prototypes, and developing high-fidelity interfaces. You will also be responsible for conducting user experience evaluations to ensure usability and accessibility standards are met. In this role, you will implement UI components using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and collaborate with user researchers and designers to apply usability testing insights into interface improvements. You will advocate for user-centered design solutions, work with developers to solve problems, and provide guidance to back-end engineers on usability and front-end development. As a UI Designer, you will transform complex challenges into simple, intuitive designs and communicate them through user flows, wireframes, and prototypes. As a Front-end Developer, you will collaborate with developers to turn designs and wireframes into functional, high-quality code that ensures optimal usability and accessibility.

Required skills and experience include a strong background in implementing responsive UI components using HTML, CSS, ReactJS, and/or Angular, as well as experience with prototyping tools like Adobe XD, Axure, or Figma. A solid understanding of design principles, systems, and the application of WCAG 2.1 level AA guidelines is essential, with knowledge of how design, page structures, and code impact accessibility.

Requirements

Response must be as a one-page pitch addressing the essential criteria:

Essential Criteria:

• Proven experience in designing user interfaces while adhering to an existing style guide and/or design system, utilising HTML, CSS, and JavaScript frameworks such as ReactJS and/or Angular.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate with and influence various stakeholders, effectively conveying design decisions through well-reasoned explanations.
• Demonstrated ability to work with teams to translate usability testing findings into actionable improvements for user interfaces.
• Knowledge of and experience in implementing accessibility standards, specifically the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, at a minimum level AA.

Desirable Criteria:

• Demonstrated experience in designing wireframes, user interfaces, and interactive prototypes with a keen eye for detail, along with the ability to prototype test quickly, and refine designs.
• A tertiary qualification in a design or computer science/ICT-related field (e.g., Human Factors, Communication/Graphic Design, Systems Design, Psychology, Human-Computer Interaction, Web Development, etc.).