User Experience (UX) Designer 3

Wyetech•Fort Meade, MD

About The Position

At Wyetech, youâll be at the center of an award-winning corporate culture, breaking technological barriers and solving real-world problems for our federal government customers. We are committed to hiring the best of the best, and in return, we offer a world-class, truly unique employee experience that is rare within our industry. Seeking a motivated Senior User Experience (UX) Designer to support the exciting Analysis & Mitigations mission with UX design and front-end development for an Agentic Knowledge Management System. The designer will conduct user research to understand user needs, behaviors, and pain points to write and maintain front-end code for implementing UX designs and ensure seamless integration with backend systems. Additionally, develop and maintain UX documentation, including design guidelines, style guides, technical plans and milestones for UX deliverables, and user guides. Due to federal contract requirements, United States Citizenship and position appropriate security clearance is required. (e.g. Active TS/SCI security clearance with agency appropriate polygraph).

Requirements

TS/SCI with agency appropriate poly
Bachelor's degree plus 8-years of relevant experience or equivalent.
Understanding of Agile and other constructs.
Experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, and Vue.js.

Responsibilities

Write and maintain front-end code to implement UX designs.
Design and conduct user interviews, surveys, and usability tests to identify trends, insights, and opportunities for improvement.
Develop front-end components using modern web technologies.
Collaborate with backend developers to integrate front-end code with existing backend services.
Ensure front-end code is optimized for performance, accessibility, and cross-browser compatibility.

Benefits

Wyetech believes in generously supporting employees as they prepare for retirement. The company automatically contributes 20% of each employee's gross compensation to a Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) IRA, with no requirement for employee matching. All contributions are fully vested from day one, ensuring immediate ownership of retirement funds.
Wyetech provides a generous PTO plan of up to 200 hours annually, aligned with applicable state leave regulations. Employees have the flexibility to adjust their PTO allocation at the start of each calendar year, ensuring it meets their evolving needs.
Full-time employees have the option to participate in a variety of voluntary benefit plans including:
A Choice of Medical Plan Options, some with Health Savings Account (HSA)
Vision and Dental
Life and AD&D Benefits
Short and Long-Term Disability
Hospital Indemnity, Accident, and Critical Illness Insurances
Optional Identity Theft and Legal Protection Services
Employee Referral Bonus Eligibility up to $10,000
Mobility Among Wyetech-supported Contracts
Various contract and work locations throughout Maryland, Virginia, Colorado, Texas, Utah, Alaska, Hawaii and OCONUS
Various team-building events throughout the year such as: monthly lunches, summer company picnic, and an annual holiday party.
Employees receive two complementary branded clothing orders annually.