Front End Developer

REQUIRED AN AUSTRALIAN CITIZEN WITH A BASELINE SECURITY CLEARANCE !!

JOB DESCRIPTION:

We are seeking experienced Front End Developers / User Interface Designers with a dual skill set, working across both disciplines to deliver intuitive, fit-for-purpose interfaces through a lean design process involving rapid prototyping, testing, and implementation. Candidates will work in multi-disciplinary teams to design and develop product improvements, features, user flows, user interfaces, and front-end development.

Key duties and responsibilities: You will work closely with others in the team to:

help define user-centric designs, iterate and improve to add additional value, based on user feedback
Be responsible for user-focused UI designs and specification of user flows, prototypes, high-fidelity interfaces
Plan and perform user experience evaluation to check and confirm that usability and accessibility requirements have been met
Implement UI component using HTML/CSS and JavaScript Work closely with the team’s user researcher and designers to translate findings from usability testing into improvements for the user interface
Advocate and problem solve for user-centric design solutions with developers and Coach back-end engineers on usability and front-end development
As a UI Designer, you will tackle complex problems and transform them into intuitive and easy-to-use designs. Then, communicate them by user flows, wireframes, and prototypes.   As a Front-end developer, you will work with developers translating and problem-solving designs, POC and wireframes into modules and high-quality code for the best usability and accessibility outcomes.

Essential criteria

1. Demonstrated experience designing user interfaces working within to an existing style guide and/or design system using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript frameworks such as ReactJS, and/or Angular.
2. Effective communication skills with the ability to work with and influence multiple stakeholders, and clearly articulate design decisions through a well-conceived rationale.
3. Demonstrated experience in working with others to translate findings from usability testing into actionable improvements to a user interface.
4. Knowledge and implementation of Accessibility requirements - Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, level AA as a minimum.
Desirable criteria

1. Demonstrated experience designing wireframes, user interfaces, and interactive prototypes with a high attention to detail and ability to rapidly prototype, test, and iterate designs.
2. Tertiary Qualifications in a design or computer science/ICT related discipline (Human Factors, Communication/Graphic Design, Systems Design, Psychology, Computer Interaction, Web development etc.)
Pay: $100.00 – $170,440.83 per hour

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Canberra ACT