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Description
Civicplus is a high-growth technology company committed to creating more positive civic experiencesIncMagazine has selected civicplus as “one of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the u.s.” since 2011.
Headquartered in manhattan, kansas, civicplus maintains satellite offices in marlborough, massachusetts, tallahassee, florida, portland, oregon, and new haven, connecticut, and has remote staff nationwideAcross all our in-office and remote locations, we foster fun, fast-paced, collaborative, and innovative environments.
Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
We believe that diversity drives innovationThe best companies, like the best communities, foster environments in which everyone feels safe to be themselvesWe believe our workforce should reflect the communities we serveWe are committed to attracting and retaining those who share our mission of helping government work better through an employee development strategy built on equity and equal opportunityWe promise to foster a culture of inclusion where everyone feels respected, appreciated, and welcome so that together, we create technology to build a better community.
We are looking for an experienced professional with a background in web technologies, standards, and culture.
We offer you
An opportunity to help build technology solutions used by over 7,000 local governments and their citizens
Competitive pay and benefits
Our core values: purpose-driven, ambitious, trustworthy, team-player, and innovative
The ability to work with and be inspired by colleagues who share your passion for using technology to improve citizen experiences
Job overview
The software engineer of ui/ux is responsible for the interactive and visual design of our softwareThey will contribute to virtually every phase of the development process, including project definition, requirements gathering, sketching & prototyping, graphics production, and markup (html, css, and javascript)In addition to the design of individual products, they are also responsible for maintaining a quality, consistent design across our entire product rangeThe software engineer of ui/ux actively communicates with product owners, software development managers, graphic designers, quality assurance, and other software engineers to help ensure we’re building the best product possible.
What we will expect you to do...
Clearly communicate designs, ideas, and concepts to a variety of roles, from software engineers to company leadership
Based on results of project definition and requirements gathering, sketch and/or prototype a product to provide a foundation and framework for development
Clearly and definitively explain design decisions to software engineers and project stakeholders
Create clean, easily understood, semantic html, css, and javascript for our products
Design flexible, adaptable, forward-thinking, as-future-proof-as-you-can-make-it layouts and interfaces that display correctly in our supported browsers
Perform usability testing and make useful changes from the results
Keep up with best practices and evolving standards of the industry
Help educate coworkers in basic techniques to improve usability/design
What you will likely need to succeed...
Bachelor’s degree in interaction design, user experience design, web design, or a similar field or equivalent experience
Strong portfolio of relevant design work for the web
Strong understanding of web technologies, standards, and culture
Familiarity with web accessibility standards, including wcag
Excellent communicator
Ability to sketch/prototype well to communicate ideas and concepts
Advanced skill with semantic html & css
Knowledge and capability using modern javascript (es6/typescript) and component driven design/development (react)
Proficiency in adobe creative cloud, sketch or adobe xd, and a text editor/ide of your choice
Familiarity with git, npm and/or yarn, material ui, and test driven development a plus
Employment practices:
Civicplus is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employerAt civicplus, we celebrate and support diversity for the benefit of our employees, products, clients and communities we serve.
Upon receiving an offer of employment, candidates must complete required pre-employment screenings, which include a drug test and background screenOffer of employment is contingent upon this post offer screening processAll testing will be conducted by a licensed independent administrator, which will follow testing standards and background screens in accordance with state law.
