User Interface Engineer II

Company:

Cox Automotive - USA

Job Family Group:

Engineering / Product Development

Job Profile:

User Interface Engineer II

Management Level:

Individual Contributor

Travel %:

No

Work Shift:

Day (United States of America)

Job Description:

The User Interface Engineer is responsible for planning, designing, and producing websites and other screen based digital media solutions. The User Interface Engineer also plays a role in providing advice and guidance, and monitoring emerging trends.

Key Responsibilities:

Agile Planning

Works with Product Management to understand the challenges that end users face and partner with customers to design viable front-end solutions.

Provides input into story sizing, backlog grooming, and release planning for front-end solutions.

Product Development

Designs, creates, develops, and maintains dynamic user interface templates for multiple applications, complete with page-level unit testing

Architects and implements front-end frameworks to increase development speed-to-market.

Develops dynamic web pages for high-volume, multi-tier, architecture-based applications.

Performs trouble-shooting efforts and investigations when necessary.

Application Support

Provides ongoing support, monitoring, and maintenance of deployed products.

Advice and Guidance

Actively works with less experienced user interface engineers providing technical guidance and oversight.

Emerging Technology Monitoring

Actively participates in the engineering community, staying up to date on new web development technologies and best practices and shares insights with others in the organization.

User Experience Design

Ability to:

Collaborate with colleagues from other disciplines to define technology objectives, assess solution options and devise architectural solutions that both achieve strategic business goals and meet operational requirements.

Develop visual user experiences, working with project teams to present propositions and strategies.

Translate concepts into hi-fidelity visual outputs and interactive prototypes.

Capture multi-disciplinary requirements, and translates those requirements into user experiences, prototypes and final assets.

Plan and cost UI development activities, building in time for iteration, user feedback and design changes, and articulating the costs and benefits of different design approaches.

Programming/ Software Development

Ability to:

Design, code, test, correct and document programs and scripts from agreed specifications, and subsequent iterations, using agreed standards and tools, to achieve a well-engineered result.

Take part in reviews of own work and leads reviews of colleagues' work.

Application Support

Ability to:

Manage application enhancements to improve business performance.

Knowledge, Experience & Qualifications

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
• 2+ years of working experience
• Scrum Developer Certification or equivalent
• Working experience in design, development, and implementation of highly scalable, high-volume software systems and components, client-facing web applications, and major Internet-oriented applications and systems
• Working experience realizing applications from conception and design, to implementation and support
• Working experience in coding within front-end technology stacks (e.g. HTML/XHTML/DHTML, CSS, JavaScript)
• Working experience designing and developing Content Management Systems
• Working experience with user interface design patterns and visual design elements
• Working experience with application lifecycle methodologies (e.g. agile, iterative)
• Working experience in analysis, design and programming
• Working experience with appropriate database technology

Preferred Qualifications:

Skills:

- Sass, SCSS, CSS

- JavaScript (Latest ES syntax understanding)

- React

- Node applications

- Agile methodologies

- AWS

- Github

Drug Testing:

To be employed in this role, you'll need to clear a pre-employment drug test. Cox Automotive does not currently administer a pre-employment drug test for marijuana for this position. However, we are a drug-free workplace, so the possession, use or being under the influence of drugs illegal under federal or state law during work hours, on company property and/or in company vehicles is prohibited.

Compensation:

Compensation includes a base salary of $84,600.00 - $127,000.00. The salary rate may vary within the anticipated range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate's experience. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.

About Us:

Through groundbreaking technology and a commitment to stellar experiences for drivers and dealers alike, Cox Automotive employees are transforming the way the world buys, owns, sells - or simply uses - cars. Cox Automotive employees get to work on iconic consumer brands like Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book and industry-leading dealer-facing companies like vAuto and Manheim, all while enjoying the people-centered atmosphere that is central to our life at Cox. Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page. Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer - All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual's age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.