UI Developer (React)
Blink UX is the product design firm crafting your next breakthrough. We partner with ambitious companies like Amazon, Google, and NASA to create transformative products and experiences through strategy, research, and design. With headquarters and labs in Seattle and studios in Boston, San Diego, San Francisco, New York City, and Bengaluru, we partner with clients around the world. This opportunity is a part of Blink's Embedded practice which supports long-term opportunities with some of Blink’s largest client partners.
Location: hybrid - 3-5 days per week onsite in San Diego, CA
Duration: 6 months to start
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We are looking for a UI Developer to build engaging, responsive, and accessible interfaces for our client's enterprise e-commerce platform. The ideal candidate has strong JavaScript and React experience, working knowledge of Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), and a strong design sensibility.
This role is primarily focused on maintaining, updating, and improving the existing product, with some involvement in new feature development. This person should bring a broad range of front-end experience and be comfortable jumping in to support various initiatives as priorities shift.
What you'll be doing
- Maintain, update, and improve existing UIs for our client's e-commerce platform using React, with some work in AEM
- Debug and resolve front-end issues across browsers and devices; optimize for performance, scalability, and cross-browser compatibility
- Analyze functional/technical design docs and UI wireframes for new features and enhancements
- Translate design concepts and business requirements into polished, functional interfaces
- Build reusable components and contribute to a scalable design system, including new AEM components as needed
- Handle edge cases, error states, and dynamic data s cenarios
- Collaborate with UX designers and engineers on requirements and implementation
- Document components and maintain style guides for consistency
What we are looking for
- 5+ years working in a UI Developer or Front End Engineer focused role
- Extensive JavaScript experience and modern frameworks and libraries such as React
- Responsive design expertise across devices and screen sizes, as well as cross-browser compatibility knowledge
- Familiarity with version control systems (Git)
- Experience with UI development tools (Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD)
- Hands-on experience with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)
- Experience building and maintaining design systems or reusable component libraries
- Understanding of accessibility standards (WCAG)
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Problem-solving and debugging abilities