UX Engineer - Front End/Web Digital Intent
Chicago, IL

Job Description

About Digital Intent

Digital Intent is a venture company helping startups and enterprises identify and build disruptive technology. It was named one of America's 5000 fastest growing companies by Inc Magazine in 2015 and 2016. Founder Equity Fund, its sister company, invests in early stage technology companies.

Responsibilities

* Work with UX designers and the front end team to design and build out front-end applications and user interfaces
* Write clean, maintainable HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript
* Keep up with best practices and developments in web design and usability, browsers, and JS frameworks and tools

Required Skills

* 3+ years experience with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
* Experience with modern JS frameworks like React.js, Vue.js, Backbone, Angular, or Ember
* Familiarity with front end workflows and build tools, e.g. Gulp, Grunt, or Webpack
* Comfort with Git and docker
* Eagerness to jump in and work with leading front-end libraries and frameworks

Preferred Skills

* Some familiarity with a server-side scripting language and the basic principles of API design is desirable
* Some familiarity with cloud platforms, e.g. AWS, is desirable
* Experience developing modular JavaScript applications
* Experience with front end performance optimization
* Knowledge and understanding of cross-browser and accessibility concerns

Location

Candidates can locate in our Chicago or Dallas office.