Job description

Company Overview:
XPECT Solutions, Inc. has built a strong reputation by supporting our clients in meeting their strategic goals and mission objectives. We provide high quality resources for a wide range of IT and security solutions at best-value pricing. Our success is built on a solid foundation of well-vetted, highly technical personnel, a disciplined project management approach, and an overarching commitment to customer service. We develop, test, deploy, and support exceptional solutions that enhance system functionality, while maximizing reliability and availability, and ensure the tightest security.

Position Overview:
Xpect Solutions is looking for a User Interface Developer to join our team supporting our federal customer out of Washington DC. The candidate should have a strong understanding of of software best-practices, including familiarity with SOLID and DRY coding principles. They should also excel in the implementation production, and shipment of highly-polished user interfaces.

**Hybrid Work Model**

Responsibilities:

• Create and assess design solutions based on user goals and key scenarios
• Contribute technical expertise throughout all stages of product design and development, conceptual design, visual design language and motion personality, input language, UI platform and tools maturity, prototyping and production
• Offer alternatives when technology constraints require design compromises
• Ownership of quality standards, process, schedule, costing, resources and deliverables
• Presentation layer UI development and prototyping synthesizing visual, motion, input and interaction design
• Implementation of accessible UI
• Help develop and refine UI pattern libraries and interaction guidelines
• Utilization of responsive design and emerging coding and design practices
• Bring a multi-disciplinary point of view of product design to the conversation
• Synthesizing requirements underlying feature requests, recommend alternative technical and business approaches, and facilitate engineering efforts to meet aggressive timelines.
• Designing/developing web, software, mobile apps, prototypes, proofs of concepts (POC's), and production ready pilots.
• 100% hands-on coding
• Resolve defects/bugs during QA testing, preproduction, production, and post-release patches
• Will integrate with consumable security services, driving adoption of 24X7 proactive security monitoring on all TIO environments and systems, while integrating compliance operations
• Articulate technical challenges and solutions.
• Dealing well with ambiguous/undefined problems; ability to think abstractly.
• Work cross-functionally with various FBI teams: product management, QA/QE, various technical and operational divisions to drive forward results
• Contribute to the design and architecture of the projects within the TIO's portfolio
• Experience with Agile Development, SCRUM, or Extreme Programming methodologies

Requirements:

• Active Top Secret Clearance with the ability to obtain an SCI.
• BS in computer science or equivalent work experience
• 3+ years' experience developing web, software, or mobile applications
• 1-2+ years' experience developing prototypes at the right level of fidelity for each phase of development, from startup through launch and beyond.
• Experience with AWS, CI/CD, and containerization (Cloud formation, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon S3, Amazon EC2, Amazon Redshift, automation tools, Linux, Docker, chef or puppet, etc…)
• Strong experience in Python and at least one other Object-Oriented Language (OOD)
• Experience with the entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• 1+ years' experience with web services (consuming or creating) with REST or SOAP
• Solid communication skills: Demonstrated ability to explain complex technical issues to both technical and nontechnical
• Expertise in software processes, web services, multi-tiered systems, and enterprise application integration.
• Experience with distributed (multi-tiered) systems, algorithms, and relational databases.
• Experience with unit testing & Test- Driven Development (TDD) 5+ years of work experience on web or device applications
• Excel in the implementation, production, and shipment of highly-polished user interfaces
• Expert in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and the ability to execute production-quality code from designs
• Experience with any CSS tools (SASS, PostCSS, LESS, etc.)
• Experience with client-side JavaScript frameworks such as Angular/React, etc.
• Familiar with server-side technologies such as Node.js or .NET
• Experience building responsive and mobile-first applications
• Exposure to RESTful APIs and familiarity with industry bestpractices
• Familiar with unit testing libraries like Jasmine, Mocha, etc.
• Familiar with version control systems (Git, TFS, etc.)
• Experience developing, maintaining, and innovating large scale, consumer facing web or mobile applications
• Experience with social, mobile, cloud/SaaS, big data, or analytics
• Experience with open source technologies
• Advance skills in AWS Lambda
• Advance skills in Javascript/React/Python/Django
• Advance skills in Postgres/Relational Database Service/Cross Domain Solutions
• Ability to create and assess design solutions based on user goals and key scenarios

Desired Skills:

• AWS Solutions Architect Certification
• Familiar with the development challenges inherent with highly scalable and available web applications
• Experience with Open-Source software, and an appreciation for contributions is a plus
• Experience with UI automation testing and integration tests is a big plus
• Experience with cross-platform mobile development such as React Native, React, Xamarin, Ionic, PhoneGap, etc. is a plus. Online portfolio (public github or similar is a plus)
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively cross functionally with other teams (Engineering, Program Management & Marketing)
• Strong collaboration influencing skills, proven ability to lead and inspire
• An ability to work through ambiguity and multiple priorities
• Have a passion for quality, innovation, and world-class design Experience with multiple devices and platforms (e.g., cross browser, tablet, smart phone)
• Understanding of front-end performance characteristics
• Experience with SPA (Single Page Application) development
• Knowledge of localization techniques for the web

Benefits

Company Culture and Benefits:
Xpect Solutions, Inc. is a one-of-a-kind employer with a talented team that is cleared at various levels and is certified in dozens of industry-recognized certifications. Our talented staff are the key to our success. They bring the knowledge, experience and technical skills to deliver the best solutions to our customers.

We support our team by providing open communication, win-win partnerships with clients and vendors, a team-oriented culture that supports employee diversity, and a focus on professional development and growth for a long-lasting and happy career.

We offer a benefits package that is designed to keep our most important assets – our employees – healthy, happy, energized and moving forward. Our philosophy is simple – empower our employees with the benefits, resources and the financial incentives they need to be successful.

Below is an overview of our amazing benefits and perks:

• A competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision plan.
• Retirement Savings Plan (with company match)
• Life Insurance
• AD&D Insurance
• Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance
• 3 weeks of annual PTO
• 11 days of Holiday PTO
• Performance Awards
• Referral Bonus Plan (of up to $2,500/year)
• Education Reimbursement/Training (of up to $2,500/year)

Xpect Solutions, Inc. is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, who participates in E-Verify. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, veteran's status, or any other classification as required by applicable law. EOE/M/F/D/V

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