Senior UX Engineer, Front-End Development

Senior UX Engineer, Front-end development Are you a curious, smart, self-driven UX professional who loves the challenge of turning complex problems and constraints into elegant solutions that meet a customer's needs? Come and join us as we work to transform Thomson Reuters into a truly Digital company. We aren't just changing the way customers engage with us, we are transforming and re-imagining our business, by focusing on the individual user. Our work focuses on a large portfolio of transformational efforts as we work together to deliver on the promise of making it easy to do business with Thomson Reuters. Our customers range from small entrepreneurs to large corporations and government clients across the globe. They are under a lot of pressure to ensure the products and services they purchase meet their business needs and are confident in knowing how to use them. Role Summary As a Senior UX Engineer on the UX Engineering team, you'll work closely with designers, software engineers... content strategists, accessibility specialists, product owners, and researchers to develop, grow, and maintain our global design system. Come join a group of passionate design professionals, who are focused on growing and scaling an organization-wide world-class platform. You may also work on a side project initiative in addition to project work. About the Role As a Senior UX Engineer, you will: Create and build: Have deep experience with responsive UI design methodology and processes (user-centered and iterative design). Translate design language into a reusable code library. Create scalable and accessible components. Implement brand and animation standards. Document and communicate with project teams. Be part of a collaborative team: Work closely with the UX Designers, Accessibility Specialists, Content Strategists, and UX Researchers in a collaborative team-oriented environment to create, test, and support HTML/SASS components and static UI patterns. Use tools to speed up development across our entire organization. Advocate for the user's needs while developing features that align with the needs of the user. Be an Effective Communicator: Share ideas, participate in peer reviews, and exhibit strong listening skills. Justify and articulate development decisions during code reviews. You participate in brainstorming sessions with product teams and can share outcomes using excellent written and verbal communication skills. Be Curious & Innovative: Continuously learning next-generation user experiences, and technology, and contributing to process development practices. Turn user research and usability feedback into easy-to-use solutions. Gather, analyze, and synthesize UX needs for complex product and user requirements. About You You're a fit for this role if you have: Basic Qualifications: Minimum 5 years of experience developing large, complex front-end web applications Design experience with a focus on design tenants, aesthetics, and detail Ability to create production-quality CSS, SASS, and semantic Modular CSS, SASS mixins, and functions Knowledge of web standards and accessibility (W3C and WCAG 2.1 AA), interaction design, and user-centered design principles Ability to navigate ambiguity, driven for self-learning and to find solutions, challenge the status quo Familiarity with working and leading in an Agile development environment Portfolio of work and demonstration of skillset Implement browser-independent designs and fix cross-browser issues (Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari) on all platforms Bachelor's degree is preferred; an Associate degree in a technology-related field and/or experience may be considered Preferred Qualifications: Experience building web applications leveraging JavaScript, ES6, TypeScript, Web Components, React, and Angular frameworks Source code management experience with utilities such as git, Github, yarn, npm Developing mobile and accessible features for customer-facing products and tablet devices Ability to follow technical specifications and production processes Ability to create and update design tokens Ability to adjust graphics and create/optimize graphic assets as needed to complete designs Ability to work with source/version control software Aptitude to understand and build SEO/semantic solutions Understand iconography and SVG graphics and performance What's in it For You You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through: COVID-19 Response: Currently, as part of our COVID-19 a majority of our employees are working remotely and following local COVID-19 bylaws and guidelines, with the majority of our offices planning to embrace a hybrid work environment consisting of in-office and remote work in 2022. Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; company-wide Mental Health Day Off; Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing. Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters caf networking. Social Impact: Eight employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact. #LI-RN1 Salary Range: $80K -- $100K Minimum Qualification Software Development, Design & UXEstimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualificationsShow full descriptionCollapse