UX Engineer II (UI/UX Designer Specialist II)
Job description:
Managing a team of junior designers
Working as part of a team of problem solvers, consulting and collaborating with team members and stakeholders to understand business goals, and helping solve complex business issues from strategy to execution
Designing, developing and implementing both client and internal facing applications and providing technology tools that help drive NYS strategic initiatives
Using enterprise architecture across application areas to build delivery models that map capabilities to business needs outlined by NYS
Using multiple sources of information including broader stakeholder views to develop solutions and recommendations
Addressing defects and enhancements as part of the application support lifecycle
Participating in incident resolution post implementation as required
Creating and carrying out user research plans (i.e., surveys, interviews, focus groups, etc.), as well as explaining user research results to internal and external stakeholders
Planning and facilitating design thinking workshops (i.e., journey mapping, user needs modeling, etc.)
Creating UX deliverables (i.e., developing user models and scenarios, sketches, user stories, user flows, interactive prototypes, wireframes, storyboards, sitemaps)
Planning and conducting usability testing, analyzing user feedback and activity, and iterating to improve the user experience
Working closely with developers to bring designs to life, assisting with content development, and creating and iterating on prototypes that require coding to improve
solutions
Collecting quantitative and qualitative UX metrics that support usability validation
Designing for multi-device web, iOS, and Android contexts
Mandatory Qualifications
Level II- More than seven (7) years of experience working on complex projects with 2 or more years in a leadership role as a UX Engineer
Seven or more years of experience in UI/UX engineering on full life cycle of design deliverables including wireframes, mockups, journey maps, prototypes, story boards
and user surveys.
One to two years working in an Integrated Eligibility System Program in various workstreams in a Health and Human Service setting.
Desirable Qualifications
Seven or more years of experience with Adobe Creative Suite or Figma.
Two to five years of experience with user research, user modeling and usability testing.
Two to five years of experience with CSS3, HTML5, and JavaScript.