Senior Creative Technologist

Job Title: Senior Creative Technologist

Location:100% Remote

Duration: 06 Months

Top 3 Skills:
Expert in front-end development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and modern frameworks).
Experience within a design system team
Knowledge of accessibility standards

Years of experience Required: 5+ years of experience in front-end development, or UX engineering role.

Key Responsibilities:

Component Development: Build and maintain responsive, accessible, and reusable UI components in frameworks like React or Web Components, ensuring they meet design specifications and usability standards.
Component Library Management: Support the design team in refining and evolving reusable UI components, ensuring they are built pixel-perfect and consistent with standards.
Collaboration with Development: Work closely with front-end feature teams to ensure that component specifications are accurately implemented and troubleshoot discrepancies between design and code.
Prototyping and Experimentation: Ensure coded library supports ability to rapidly build prototypes to test design concepts, providing feedback on interaction patterns and component behaviors, and iterating based on feedback.
Design System Maintenance: Collaborate with design and development teams to evolve and maintain the coded component system, managing updates, and ensuring documentation is clear and accessible.
Documentation: Work closely with designers and technical writers to document design and development guidelines, component usage, and best practices for internal stakeholders.
Accessibility and Performance: Ensure that all components are built to accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG 2.1) and are optimized for performance across multiple devices and platforms.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Act as a bridge between design and engineering feature teams, advocating for the best user experience while balancing technical feasibility.
Research and Innovation: Stay updated with emerging technologies, design system best practices, and tools that could enhance the efficiency or functionality of the design system.
Quality Assurance: Participate in code reviews, design reviews, and user testing to ensure quality and alignment with the design system standards.

Requirements:

Education & Experience: Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience. 5+ years of experience in front-end development, or UX engineering role.

Technical Skills:

Expert in front-end development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and modern frameworks).
Experience with design tools and familiarity with handoff processes.
Knowledge of component-driven design and development methodologies.
Familiarity with accessibility standards (WCAG) and inclusive design practices.
Experience with version control

Soft Skills:

Strong problem-solving abilities and a passion for creating polished, efficient user interfaces.
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain technical details to both technical and non-technical team members.
A collaborative mindset with a proactive approach to bridging gaps between design and engineering.

Preferred Qualifications:

Advanced Experience: Prior experience working on or contributing to a design system, preferably in an enterprise environment.
AI enabled workflows: Building and maintaining code libraries that align with approved component standards, using AI along the process to build and validate code with greater efficiency.
CMS and Web Performance: Basic understanding of CMS integrations and performance optimization techniques.