UI/UX Design Engineer III

KONAMI GAMING INC•Las Vegas, NV

2d•$90,000 - $100,000•Onsite

About The Position

Konami Gaming is looking for a UI-UX Design Engineer III to join our team! A User Interface (UI)/User Experience (UX) Design Engineer III demonstrates extensive Design, FIGMA, HTML/CSS coding (or other software/programming languages suitable to user interface development) skills applied to department and customer objectives and requirements. Work with quality assurance, software design, software engineers, and senior managers to develop new system features, refactoring the existing User Interface and maintain current system and industry requirements. Project manages enhancements of system as necessary. This position also requires flexibility to always act autonomously while adhering to overall department and company policies and procedures.

Requirements

BSEE or BSCE from a four-year college or university (Computer Sciences, Engineering, or related field), or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Five years or more experience as a website software designer with HTML / CSS front-end coding.
3 or more years’ experience in graphical user interface (GUI) design development.
High degree of knowledge and understanding of software design systems.
Ability to communicate professionally and efficiently, both verbal and written with all levels of the business.
Must be able to obtain and maintain Gaming licensure(s).
High degree of knowledge and understanding of computer systems, front-end development including HTML/CSS and UI design.
Graphical User Interface programming skills and experience required.
Ability to obtain licensing, gaming card, or other certifications required by gaming regulations or jurisdictions.
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.
Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
Demonstrates high integrity, trust, and strict confidentiality.
Ability to maintain excellent communication and a positive, respectful, and professional attitude and relationship with clients, employees, peers, co-workers, all levels of management, and all outside organizations conducting business or otherwise interacting with the company.
Ability to always act autonomously while adhering to overall department and company policies and procedures.

Nice To Haves

Casino Gaming or Lottery System experience a plus.
Casino Gaming, Lottery Systems or RDBMS experience a plus.

Responsibilities

Writes, tests, debugs/troubleshoots, and maintains the source code of computer programs.
Research, design and developing system software in conjunction with the SYNKROS Casino Management System and related product development.
UI Software programming and development of documentation.
Store, retrieve, and manipulate data for analysis of system capabilities and requirements.
Applies strong HTML/CSS/FIGMA (or other software/programming languages suitable for user interface development) developer experience to code new and enhanced development objectives; analyze objectives and problems specified by engineers and/or designers.
Assists management team in conducting code reviews.
Provides mentoring and oversight to junior developers on functional development, KGI coding practices and company policies and procedures.
Maintain less than 5% kick-back ratio from Quality Assurance and project Management of Functional Specification review.
Maintain less than 5% kick-back ratio from Quality Assurance and Project Management of Usage Document review.
Review internal processes and submit improvement recommendations bi-annually.
Assists in project management enhancements of system as necessary.
Coordinates the testing scripts, documentation, and deployment schedule with the QA, Training and Documentation departments.
Meets difficult technical challenges and tight deadlines.
Determines or coordinates purchasing requirements for programs or enhancements.
Consults with customers or other departments on project status, proposals and technical issues such as software system design and maintenance.
Coordinate installation plan of Systems Software/Firmware.
Prepare reports and correspondence concerning project specifications, activities and status.
Confer with data processing and project managers to obtain information on limitations and capabilities for data processing projects.
Reports any discrepancies, changes or recommendations, and/or problems for resolution to senior management.
Initial Orientation – Objectives listed in the Engineering. Training Portfolio must be completed within 60 days of employment.
Technology Research – Submit at least 2 innovative ideas/suggestions per year for Patent/Intellectual Property consideration.
Knowledge of the Information Technology industry, its systems, platforms, tools, and technologies.
Knowledge of graphical user interface design and development.
Customer visits 2 to 4 annually (discuss business requirements).
Creates and maintains solid customer relations and feedback.
Contacts customers, as necessary, to attain feedback of stability and reliability of systems software.
Troubleshoot and diagnose client issues and resolve in efficient and timely manner.
Performs other related duties as assigned.