User Experience (UX) Engineer Job at Purple Drive LLC in Omaha

Overview

Job Title: User Experience (UX) Engineer Vue.js / Laravel / HTML5 / CSS3 / WCAG

Experience: 8+ years

Location: Omaha, NE

Role Summary: Seeking a highly skilled UX Engineer to drive the design, development, and optimization of user interfaces across modern web applications. The ideal candidate combines strong front-end coding (Vue.js, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3), back-end integration (Laravel/PHP), and hands-on accessibility with deep expertise in user-centered design, prototyping, and usability testing.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product managers and designers to translate design mockups, workflows, and specifications into responsive, interactive web experiences using Vue.js and Laravel.
• Implement user interfaces based on HTML5 and CSS3, adhering to best practices in accessibility, performance, and cross-device compatibility.
• Apply WCAG principles to web projects, ensuring all digital content is fully accessible to people of all abilities.
• Conduct and document user research, persona development, journey mapping, and usability testing.
• Build and manage reusable UI components, collaborating across teams to ensure consistency, maintainability, and scalability.
• Integrate front-end components with backend Laravel APIs, optimizing state management and data flows.
• Analyze user feedback and usability findings, iterating on designs to improve user satisfaction.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to establishing coding guidelines, design systems, and style guides.
• Maintain detailed documentation for UI code, design rationale, and accessibility testing results.

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science, HCI, Design, or equivalent field.
• Required: 5+ years professional experience as a UX Engineer/UI Engineer or Frontend Developer.
• Required: Deep expertise in Vue.js, JavaScript/ES6+, HTML5, CSS3, and responsive web application development.
• Required: Advanced experience developing with Laravel and integrating front-end and back-end codebases.
• Required: Strong knowledge of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and ability to evaluate and remediate accessibility issues.
• Required: Demonstrated capability in user-centered design, wireframing, prototyping, and usability testing.
• Required: Experience with version control tools (Git), CI/CD workflows, and automated testing frameworks.
• Required: Excellent collaboration, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with Figma, Adobe XD, or related prototyping/design tools.
• Experience with code linting, performance profiling, and web analytics integration.
• Track record of delivering enterprise-scale, multi-language, or e-commerce web interfaces.
• Knowledge of additional accessibility standards (ARIA, Section 508) a plus.