View all jobsSoftware Engineer - SME
Chantilly, VAPrimary Responsibilities
- Provide project management, User Interface (UI) design, User Experience (UX) research, and Software Engineering support as part of a mixed skills team
- Manage accessibility and user experience program for the office
- Define accessibility and usability standards and consult with development teams
- Design and shape Human Centered Design (HCD) products and experiences with UI/UX focus
- Conduct qualitative and quantitative research to design user experiences
- Design, develop, and maintain a Multi-Brand Design System
- Create reusable web components and elements that optimize user interaction
- Collaborate on product direction, visuals, and user experience solutions
- Identify design problems and devise solutions
- Develop and conduct design sprints, UX research projects, usability and accessibility testing
- Build wireframes and storyboards for design conceptualization
- Establish and promote design guidelines, best practices, and standards
- Manage and track requirements through JIRA
- Implement customer design standards and create reusable templates
- Assess, monitor, develop, report, and coordinate comprehensive accessibility program plans
- Track accessibility improvement activities and recommend future initiatives
- Develop enhanced testing procedures
Required Skills and Demonstrated Experience
Technical Skills
- Software development with Java and UI frameworks (TypeScript, Angular, Vue, React)
- Agile/DevOps processes
- Section 508 requirements and WCAG 2.1 & WCAG 2.2 AA standards
- COTS accessibility issues
UX/UI Skills
- Qualitative and quantitative UX Research
- UI Design
- Wire-framing tools, storyboards, and user flows
- UI/UX design best practices establishment and implementation
- Complete user interface and user experience design meeting client needs and vision
- Iterative design and solution development using agile/scrum processes
Professional Skills
- Supporting senior leaders and project managers
Highly Desired Skills and Demonstrated Experience
- Experience working directly with large organizations having dozens of development teams in a primary role of promoting and improving accessibility