UX/UI Designer

Overview

BigBear.ai is seeking a UX/UI Designer who is an expert in UI design, UX design, and front-end development to join our growing company. You will be natural at understanding human-computer interaction design (HCID), in coming up with elegant solutions to improve our application, and in developing on. (tech stack: e.g., a modern JavaScript framework)

What you will do

• Conduct research and deconstruct our users' digital interactions and habits
• Come up with UI and UX strategies based on our target goals
• Create and maintain digital assets, such as interface design files, wireframes, and interactive mockups using (Design and prototyping tools: e.g., Sketch and InVision)
• Design, build, and maintain highly reusable JavaScript, HTML and CSS code
• Understand the limitations of our tech stack and business model and provide technical advice wherever necessary

What you need to have

• Bachelor's Degree and 8 to 10 years of experience (in lieu of Bachelor's degree, 6 additional years of relevant experience)
• Experience working and developing applications in modern JavaScript libraries such as Vue, React, and Angular
• A portfolio or live examples of code produced
• Knowledge of pre-processors/transpilers such as PUG/SCSS/Babel
• Experience working with NodeJS
• Experience with GIT and familiarity with code versioning practices on large teams, i.e., branching strategies, pull requests, code reviews, etc.
• Experience with C# or .NET technologies would be helpful but not required
• Proficient with image authoring tools like Photoshop or Illustrator
• Proficient with wireframing/design tools like Mock Plus, Sketch, Figma, or Adobe XD
• A portfolio that demonstrates both JavaScript proficiency and understanding of SOLID design principles (plugins, node packages, etc.)
• Expert knowledge of CSS, CSS extension languages (Less, Sass), and CSS preprocessor tools
• Expert knowledge of HTML5 and its best practices
• Proficiency in designing interfaces and building clickable prototypes using (Sketch, InVision, Axure, etc)
• Proficiency in using Git version control
• Proficiency using the command line

What we'd like you to have

• Experience as a front-end developer
• Experience as a UI/UX designer
• Experience writing semantic-accessible HTML and CSS (Flex/Grid/CSS Custom Properties/CSS Functions/Scalable CSS) utilizing BEM naming methodology
• Experience writing/working with modern JavaScript (ESNext), including working with features such as Module Syntax and native Web Components

About BigBear.ai

BigBear.ai is a leading provider of AI-powered decision intelligence solutions for national security, supply chain management, and digital identity. Customers and partners rely on BigBear.ai's predictive analytics capabilities in highly complex, distributed, mission-based operating environments. Headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, BigBear.ai is a public company traded on the NYSE under the symbol BBAI. For more information, visit https://bigbear.ai/ and follow BigBear.ai on LinkedIn: @BigBear.ai and X: @BigBearai.

What you will do

• Conduct research and deconstruct our users' digital interactions and habits
• Come up with UI and UX strategies based on our target goals
• Create and maintain digital assets, such as interface design files, wireframes, and interactive mockups using (Design and prototyping tools: e.g., Sketch and InVision)
• Design, build, and maintain highly reusable JavaScript, HTML and CSS code
• Understand the limitations of our tech stack and business model and provide technical advice wherever necessary

What you need to have

• Bachelor's Degree and 8 to 10 years of experience (in lieu of Bachelor's degree, 6 additional years of relevant experience)
• Experience working and developing applications in modern JavaScript libraries such as Vue, React, and Angular
• A portfolio or live examples of code produced
• Knowledge of pre-processors/transpilers such as PUG/SCSS/Babel
• Experience working with NodeJS
• Experience with GIT and familiarity with code versioning practices on large teams, i.e., branching strategies, pull requests, code reviews, etc.
• Experience with C# or .NET technologies would be helpful but not required
• Proficient with image authoring tools like Photoshop or Illustrator
• Proficient with wireframing/design tools like Mock Plus, Sketch, Figma, or Adobe XD
• A portfolio that demonstrates both JavaScript proficiency and understanding of SOLID design principles (plugins, node packages, etc.)
• Expert knowledge of CSS, CSS extension languages (Less, Sass), and CSS preprocessor tools
• Expert knowledge of HTML5 and its best practices
• Proficiency in designing interfaces and building clickable prototypes using (Sketch, InVision, Axure, etc)
• Proficiency in using Git version control
• Proficiency using the command line