UX/UI Engineer

Quick Facts

• Role: UX/UI Engineer

• Focus: UI/UX design and production frontend development

• Core tech: React, TypeScript, Figma

• Security: Active Secret Clearance required

Description

Design intuitive UI/UX and deliver production frontend features for an enterprise portal by implementing and troubleshooting React/TypeScript components. Collaborate with requirements, development, and testing teams to define acceptance criteria, create Figma prototypes, document expected behavior, and support UI acceptance and accessibility (Section 508) testing. Work within an existing codebase using established coding and review practices.

Responsibilities

• Translate user needs, business rules, and UI requirements into practical designs with measurable acceptance criteria.

• Create user flows, wireframes, mockups, and interactive prototypes in Figma; evaluate and improve application interfaces.

• Document expected behavior (validation, loading/empty states, error handling, permission-dependent behavior, keyboard navigation, responsive layouts).

• Maintain consistent design patterns and reusable components aligned with MUI and the application design system; balance usability and delivery priorities.

• Run design reviews and usability evaluations; explain and adjust designs based on stakeholder/user feedback.

• Partner with testing to define UI acceptance test scenarios and expected results; identify interaction and accessibility edge cases.

• Implement and troubleshoot React/TypeScript components and UI features, integrating with backend APIs and following coding/testing/code review practices.

• Design accessible interfaces meeting Section 508 and project accessibility standards; support accessibility evaluation and remediation.

• Participate in Agile planning/refinement/demos/reviews and communicate progress, dependencies, and risks.

Requirements

• Active Secret Clearance required.

• Education/experience: Bachelor with 5+ years; Master with 3+ years; PhD with 0 years (related).

• Proficiency in Figma for wireframes, interface design, interactive prototypes, and developer handoff.

• Hands-on production web development experience using React and TypeScript (components, hooks, state management, forms, API integration).

• Strong working knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, responsive layouts, and component-based UI development.

• Experience designing enterprise applications with complex workflows and UI patterns (forms, tables, search, dashboards).

• Accessibility experience in design and code: semantic markup, keyboard interaction, focus management, form labeling, color contrast.

• Experience collaborating with requirements analysts and testers to define behavior and acceptance criteria.

• Working knowledge of Git branching and collaborative code review workflows.

• Ability to explain design decisions to technical and nontechnical audiences and work effectively in a cross-functional Agile team.