Remote Design Frontend Engineer
at Nava

Summary

Join Nava, a consultancy and public benefit corporation working to make government services simple, effective, and accessible to all, as a Design Frontend Engineer. This role serves as a bridge between the design team and the engineering team, converting visual designs into clean, accessible code. The incumbent's responsibilities are twofold: on the design side, they assist with user research and develop wireframes, mockups, prototypes, and other artifacts. On the engineering side, they develop frontend software using modern techniques and web frameworks for complex projects.

Requirements

• 5-7 years of experience working in an agile, multidisciplinary team environment, preferably designing and building medium or large-scale web applications
• Experience working with Engineers and Product Managers on scoping work and defining the definitions of done
• Experience mapping and driving systemic improvements within complex service environments
• Understanding of web and mobile user interface design best practices
• Experience with research methodologies like usability testing and prototyping
• Significant experience in JavaScript, CSS, and responsive design
• Demonstrated ability to design, build, and test semantic, accessible, Section 508 compliant web applications
• Understanding of inclusive design methodologies
• Some experience with a modern JavaScript framework, such as React, Vue.js, Angular or Ember
• Familiarity with a JavaScript testing framework such as Jest, Jasmine, or Mocha
• Tenacity to dive into problems and iterate in working code
• Ability to think strategically around trade-offs and short term vs. long term benefits
• An adaptive, empathetic, collaborative and positive mindset
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities

• Use modern web frameworks (HTML5, JavaScript, CSS) to create user-friendly web pages
• Help facilitate communication between the Design and Engineering practices
• Collaborate with back-end developers and other designers to improve the usability of a product or feature
• Independently own working with visual designers to turn research insights into wireframes, mockups, prototypes, and other artifacts
• Push design work through approvals — internal critique from project team and external feedback from client stakeholders
• Review code and giving feedback on technical specs
• Iterate on existing prototypes and applications to improve ease-of-use, interactivity, and responsiveness
• Write functional requirement documents and guides
• Independently own writing functional requirement documents and guides
• Make improvements by proposing new tools and practices
• Present or attend project meetings with team members and clients (demos, planning, daily standups)
• Assist with scoping design tasks — participating in planning and breaking down contract requirements into tasks
• Work with other designers to synthesize previous research and artifacts to come up with a plan of action
• Attend regular Nava-internal Design org meetings
• Independently lead conversations about design process improvements and sharing insights with designers on other projects

Benefits

• Competitive benefits: We prioritize your well-being, offering highly competitive medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Generous time off: Enjoy 20 days of accrued PTO, 12 paid federal holidays, 5 floating holidays, and unlimited sick leave
• Annual discretionary bonus: Paid annually to eligible employees. When Nava does well, you do well
• Parental leave: Receive 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave and weekly meal deliveries during your leave
• Employee wellness program: Access our comprehensive Employee Wellness Program
• Virtual doctor visits: Enjoy zero copay virtual doctor visits through UHC
• Fertility support: Benefit from fertility support and treatment options
• Sabbatical leave: We offer a sabbatical leave program
• 401k contributions: We match 4% of your salary in 401k contributions
• Flexible work arrangements: We offer flexible work arrangements to suit your needs
• Home office setup: Receive assistance with your home office setup and a monthly phone allowance
• Utilities reimbursement: Get a monthly partial reimbursement for utilities (where applicable)
• Learning and development: Access our comprehensive learning and development program
• Tuition and Professional development budget: Receive a prorated annual tuition and professional development budget and a LinkedIn Learning license
• Equity stock options: Benefit from equity stock options
• Employee referral program: Participate in our employee referral program
• Commuter benefits: Enjoy commuter benefits
• Insurance coverage: Receive short and long-term disability insurance, as well as life and accidental death insurance