Front-End Developer, Information Technology, Dell Medical School

Job Posting Title:

Front-End Developer, Information Technology, Dell Medical School

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Hiring Department:

Dell Medical School

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Position Open To:

All Applicants

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Weekly Scheduled Hours:

40

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FLSA Status:

Exempt

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Earliest Start Date:

Immediately

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Position Duration:

Expected to Continue

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Location:

UT MAIN CAMPUS

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Job Details:

General Notes

Your skills will make a difference. You’ll be working for a university that is internationally recognized for research and the work you do will make a difference in the lives of our students, faculty and staff. If you’re the type of person that wants to know your work has meaning and impact, you’ll like working for our campus. The University of Texas at Austin and Dell Medical School provide an outstanding benefits package to our staff. Those benefits include:

• Competitive health benefits (Employee premiums covered at 100%, family premiums at 50%)

• Vision, Dental, Life, and Disability insurance options

• Paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays

• Teachers Retirement System of Texas (a defined benefit retirement plan)

• Additional Voluntary Retirement Programs: Tax Sheltered Annuity 403(b) and a Deferred Compensation program 457(b)

• Flexible spending account options for medical and childcare expenses

• Training and conference opportunities

• Tuition assistance

• Athletic ticket discounts

• Access to UT Austin's libraries and museums

• Free rides on all UT Shuttle and Capital metro buses with staff ID card

For more details, please see: https://hr.utexas.edu/prospective/benefits and https://hr.utexas.edu/current/services/my-total-rewards

Must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis for any employer without sponsorship.

Purpose

Provide front-end development and UX/UI design for websites, enterprise applications and other digital products for Dell Medical School and UT Health Austin. Collaborate closely as part of the DevOps team and with members of the enterprise to deliver high quality products and services that are engaging, sustainable and aligned with business goals. 

Responsibilities

UX/UI Design

• Translate abstract ideas and requirements into tangible UX artifacts to help enterprise customers align on a vision and path forward for digital products.

• Create user-centered designs by considering market analysis, customer feedback, technical constraints/opportunities and usability findings.

• Design the user interface and interaction flows for a variety of digital products for various device platforms, screen sizes and interaction models.

• Rapidly iterate on prototypes, visual design mockups and wireframes to test new concepts/ideas to collaborate with customers for final product implementation.

• Advocate for users and ensure the user experience is in line with the goals and mission of a product and the enterprise mission.

• Solve UX/UI problems for emerging technologies, platforms, and devices.

• Ensure designs generated through such service meet accessibility standards as required by the University and DMS.

Frontend Development

• Utilize industry standard web design tools (such as HTML 5, CSS3 and JavaScript) to design, build and maintain mission aligned digital products with a strong usability focus that are accessible on a variety of devices.

• Leverage design patterns and frontend frameworks/libraries to enhance usability, functionality and reduce development times.

• Produce immersive digital experiences that provide unique storytelling opportunities.

• Build, update, and maintain templates, design systems and visual style guides.

• Optimize and maintain codebases to ensure the best performance.

• Consult with internal teams to ensure compliance with applicable policies on website usage, style and standards, in collaboration with other DMS IT teams and UT Information Security Office(ISO).

• Stay informed about and current on new technologies and best practices with frontend development.

Quality Assurance

• Provide guidance to customers about best practices from an industry standard aspect as well as for conformity with the mission of the enterprise.

• Listen to customer feedback and recommendations to help inform future product improvements.

• Implement metrics tracking, and analyze product performance to help make data-informed recommendations for improvement.

• Work with DevOps team to meet SLAs and provide good overa