Senior UX Front End Developer at Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) in Richmond, Virginia

Job Description:

Company

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

We’re hiring two Front-End Web Developers to join a team that manages several internal and external websites for our national electronic payments and information delivery network. The Federal Reserve System plays a critical role in the economy by operating a nation-wide electronic payments and information delivery network. We serve ~10,000 financial institution customers and transact over 70+ million payments daily, valued at more than $4+ trillion.

As a Senior UX Front-End Developer, you will design, develop and validate user experiences for our numerous financial service websites and applications with a focus on delivering an intuitive, consistent end-to-end customer journey. The level of work is considered advanced. You will not have any direct reports.

Principle Duties and Responsibilities:

• support leadership/team in developing, implementing and evolving an enterprise web strategy to meet the needs and expectations of all audiences and enhance the department`s communication strategies and goals


• provide training and support for users of relevant content management systems, applications and content processes


• meet with customers and project teams to discuss use cases/needs, scope projects and contribute to creative and technical concepts


• implement site update requests for our internal and external online content maintained by the Fed, including credentialed, public and third-party websites where the Bank has a presence


• apply strong understanding of usability and user experience design to design, develop and execute creative, interactive designs


• contribute to our enterprise design system to keep pace with technology and user preferences, including conducting usability/accessibility testing of components/concepts iteratively to ensure they align with customer to confirm they meet usability/accessibility requirements


• assist team in maintaining contingency documentation for varying scenarios and participate in periodic business resumption testing, on call outage support and troubleshooting issues


• lead product improvement projects, including recommending best strategic path forward, including site/application migration plans that offer improved user experiences, streamline website maintenance, personalized user journeys, etc.

Education and Experience:

• bachelor’s degree in human interface design, computer science or related field, or equivalent experience


• continued education relevant to web technology and design/development, UX/CX, etc.


• 7 years of experience designing scalable, high-availability, websites


• expertise with user interaction design across diverse platforms


• experience designing and maintaining scalable, high-availability, high-performance web sites with AI, SEO, AI/ML, personalization, journey mapping, user/accessibility testing

Knowledge and Skills:

• proficiency with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, .NET, Dreamweaver, etc. preferred


• strategic minded with excellent communication, collaboration, adaptability and initiative


• ability to work on multiple, deadline-driven projects in a collaborative environment


• experience working in an Agile methodology, preferably SAFe

What we offer:

• comprehensive benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, 401k savings plan, retirement plan, paid time off, transit benefit, onsite gym and subsidized cafeteria


• a continuous learning environment with opportunities to gain new skills and grow your career

Other Requirements:

• All Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and receive a booster shot within 30 days of being eligible to do so, unless the Bank grants an accommodation based on medical condition or sincerely held religious belief.


• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.


• This position has additional screening requirements (e.g., education/employment verification, criminal history, credit history, reference checks) due to the information accessed while performing the job. These additional screenings would be initiated at the time of offer acceptance and can take up to two months to be completed.


• As a condition of employment, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago employees must comply with the Bank’s ethics rules, which generally prohibit employees, their spouses/domestic partners and minor children from owning securities, such as stock, of banks or savings associations or their affiliates, such as bank holding companies and savings and loan holding companies. If you or your spouse/domestic partner or minor child own such securities and would not be willing or able to divest them if you accepted an offer of Bank employment, you should raise this issue with the recruiter for this posting, who can provide you contact information for our ethics official, if necessary.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status, employment, you should raise this issue with the recruiter for this posting, who can provide you contact information for our ethics official if necessary.

Full Time / Part Time

Full time

Regular / Temporary

Regular

Job Exempt (Yes / No)

Yes

Job Category

Communications/Public Relations

Work Shift

First (United States of America)

The Federal Reserve Banks believe that diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success as an organization, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. The Federal Reserve Banks are committed to equal employment opportunity for employees and job applicants in compliance with applicable law and to an environment where employees are valued for their differences.

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Salary:

$111,360.00

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