UI Designer/Developer at Blinkux

Blink is the user experience firm for the world’s leading companies. We use evidence-driven design to create products that people use, love and remember. With studios in Austin, Boston, San Diego, San Francisco, and Seattle, Blink brings two decades of experience to research, design, and strategy for clients such as Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, NASA, Starbucks, and USAA.   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 days/week from Austin, TX What you'll do • Design and develop beautiful, functional front-end UI and experiences • Translate business and customer requirements into elegant experiences • Collaborate with designers to build and maintain visually appealing, user-friendly, and accessible design systems • Collaborate with front-end developers to ensure design integrity throughout the development lifecycle, bridging the gap between design and code • Leverage your diverse skill set to craft prototypes and proofs-of-concept that push the boundaries of what’s possible and bring joy to every customer interaction • Craft code that controls the look and feel of an experience: colors, typography, responsive layout, motion, interactions, and any other visual aspect of the UI • Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code • Optimize code for performance, stability and maintainability • Work with cross-functional teams of application/UI software engineers, UI/UX designers, and QA/Validation Your background • Experience with responsive design, mobile-first development, and cross-browser compatibility • Strong understanding of modern UI design patterns and human-centered design principles • Knowledge with React JavaScript framework, CSS, HTML, node - npm, Node.js. • Experience with Sketch, Figma, Adobe. • Excellent communication and teamwork skills • Strong attention to detail and ability to work in a fast-paced environment • Bachelor's degree in Interaction Design, or related field About Us: Blink UX is a design consulting firm creating products that people use, love and remember. Blink has over two decades of experience in UX research, strategy, and design partnering with innovative industry leaders including Amazon, Chase, Gates Foundation, Google, Meta, and NASA. For more information visit blinkux.com.   EEO When hiring, we aim to build teams of compassionate people with diverse experiences, thoughts, and skills. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sexual preference, gender identity or age, disability, or length of time spent unemployed.    Following your application submission we encourage you to disclose personal demographic information in order to help us comply with federal and state Equal Employment Opportunity record-keeping requirements. We will also use this information in an anonymous aggregated form to help us measure and improve diversity at Blink.