Lead UI Developer

DPP is seeking a Lead UI Developer for an opportunity with our client in the healthcare insurance industry.Work location: Fully onsite in State College, PADuration: 12 monthsTerms: W2 contract to hirePosition summary:

• As a Lead UI Developer, you will serve as the technical anchor for our client’s DocFinity enterprise content management solution.
• In this role, you will bridge the gap between design and engineering, taking full ownership of the product lifecycle from initial requirements through deployment.
• As the organization transitions its interface to React, you will act as a primary architect, balancing the implementation of modern front-end standards with the strategic maintenance of legacy systems.
• You will drive UX/UI decisions, mentor team members, and ensure the enterprise software remains intuitive, accessible, and high performing. 

Required technologies:

• Modern React.js and core principles, including state management and hooks
• Accessibility and WCAG guidelines
• Automated testing libraries and principles (Cypress, Argos-CI, Jest, React Testing Library, Mocha, Chai, Karma)
• Experiencing leading, mentoring, or driving a product / feature through a full SDLC 

Nice to have:

• DevOps experience - tools such as Azure, Github Actions, Docker, Gradle and AWS
• Experience with enterprise software, large datasets, complex queries using Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle, and
• performance optimizations
• Experience with wireframe or prototype tools, or conducting user research and usability testing
• Experience using MaterialUI (MUI) for building responsive and accessible UI components 

Soft skills:

• Demonstrates strong communication skills; gathers requirements and presents features to stakeholders.
• Applies design thinking and creativity to support UX decisions.
• Leads and drives products through the full SDLC. 

About the team:

• You’ll join a 10-person development team made up of 7 developers, a UX Designer, an SDET, and a Technical Writer. This role is one of the developer positions on the team.
• The team works in one-week agile sprints and uses a Kanban board to manage work. Together, they support and enhance DocFinity, an enterprise content management (ECM) product.
• The environment is fast-moving and collaborative. The team makes decisions quickly, adapts to changing priorities, and stays closely connected using Google Workspace tools.
• Although this is an on-site role, the team is distributed and works together virtually every day. Your manager and two developers—including another UI developer—are based in the Pennsylvania office alongside you. 

Minimum required work experience:

• 4 years of application development, systems testing, or other job-related experience. 

Required education/equivalencies:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or other job-related degree;
• OR, Associates degree in CS, IT, or other job-related degree plus 2 years of work-related experience;
• OR, 4 years job-related work experience (total 8 years without a degree) 

Interested? Learn more: Click the apply button or contact our recruiter Mike at Mike.Strain@dppit.com to learn more about this position (#26-00671).Authorized US Worker - US Citizens and those authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this time. EOE/AA/V/DDPP offers a range of compensation and benefits packages to our employees and their eligible dependents. Call today to learn more about working with DPP.