UI/UX junior Developer

Ian Martin Group; Toronto; In loco; CAD 80.000 - 110.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Ian Martin Group is seeking a UI/UX Developer to implement a redesign within Sitecore CMS. You will translate approved vendor designs into accessible frontend code, integrating with real-time data feeds and APIs, while maintaining WCAG 2.0 AA compliance.

You will build reusable UI components, review feasibility, and collaborate with product managers, developers, QA, and designers in an Agile environment. This role focuses on delivering customer-facing digital experiences across multiple devices.

Competenze

• University degree or college diploma in Design, HCI, CS, or related field, or equivalent combo of education and experience.
• Minimum 3–5 years UI/UX or Front-End dev experience delivering customer-facing websites from approved designs.
• Demonstrated portfolio of shipped responsive web interfaces covering UX design and frontend implementation.
• Strong proficiency in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript/TypeScript, with React or similar modern frontend framework.

Mansioni

• Implement the approved redesign translating vendor wireframes and designs into production-ready, accessible frontend code within Sitecore CMS.
• Review vendor deliverables for technical feasibility and assist in handoff and planning.
• Build and extend reusable UI components within the design system ensuring branding and navigation consistency.
• Integrate frontend with real-time data feeds and APIs, including loading, stale-data, and error states.
• Ensure pages meet AODA and WCAG 2.0 AA accessibility requirements and performance budgets.
• Support testing across browsers/devices and perform defect resolution.
• Deliver training materials and handoff documentation and support continuous improvement.

Conoscenze

UI/UX Development

Front-end Development

HTML/CSS/JavaScript/TypeScript

React

Sitecore CMS

WCAG 2.0 AA

ARIA Accessibility

Figma

Real-time Data & APIs

Agile

Communication

Formazione

University degree / college diploma in Design/CS/HCI

Strumenti

Git

Frontend build tools

CI/CD pipelines

Descrizione del lavoro

UI/UX Developer

Pay Rate: (flexible)

Location: Toronto ON

Contract Length:12 months

Skills and Certifications

Mandatory Requirements

• University degree or college diploma in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, or a related discipline, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum 3 to 5 years of experience as a UI/UX Developer or Front-End Developer implementing customer-facing websites from approved designs.
• Demonstrated portfolio of shipped responsive web interfaces spanning both UX design and front-end implementation.
• Strong proficiency in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript/TypeScript, and hands-on experience with a modern front-end framework such as React.
• Experience implementing front-end designs within an enterprise content management system (Sitecore preferred).
• Experience building interfaces compliant with AODA and WCAG 2.0 Level AA, including ARIA, keyboard navigation, and screen-reader compatibility.
• Experience designing multiple form factors and screen sizes, including large-format or kiosk displays and mobile devices.
• Experience with Figma, including component libraries, design tokens, and design systems.
• Experience integrating front-end interfaces with real-time data feeds and APIs (e.g., service alerts, schedules), including loading, stale-data, and error states.
• Experience meeting front-end performance budgets and testing across browsers and devices.
• Experience working in Agile delivery teams with product managers, developers, and QA.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to present and rationalize design and implementation decisions to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Other Skills and Certifications

• Experience with digital signage or passenger information display systems.
• Hands-on Sitecore CMS development experience (templates, components, personalization).
• Familiarity with WCAG 2.1/2.2 success criteria beyond the 2.0 AA baseline.
• Experience planning and conducting usability testing and user research.
• Experience with motion design and micro-interactions for glanceable, at-a-distance interfaces.
• Experience contributing to and maintaining shared design systems and component libraries.
• Experience with Git, front-end build tools, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with customer journey mapping, service design, and user-centered design principles.
• Public sector, municipal government, or transit industry experience is considered an asset.
• UX certification (e.g., NN/g) or related design and front-end certifications are assets.

Assignment Duties

• Implement the approved redesign, translating vendor wireframes, mockups, and design recommendations into production-ready, accessible front-end code within the Sitecore CMS.
• Review vendor Discovery and Definition deliverables for technical feasibility and participate in handoff and implementation planning activities.
• Build and extend reusable UI components within design system, ensuring consistent branding, navigation, terminology, and visual design across the website.
• Integrate front-end interfaces with scheduling and service disruption feeds, real-time trip planning, service alerts, and customer feedback features, working within the existing backend systems.
• Ensure all implemented pages and components meet AODA and WCAG 2.0 Level AA accessibility requirements.
• Meet front-end performance budgets, including page load targets, without degrading accessibility features.
• Design and build the URL-addressable next-arrivals and service alerts web application (one URL per stop code) for large-format suspended displays at bus bays, kiosks, and mobile devices, implementing the specification including bay-grouped pagination, alert displacement behavior, and no-data states, fed by real-time GTFS-RT data.
• Support testing activities, including usability, accessibility, performance, and cross-browser/device testing, and resolve defects in design or implementation.
• Support deployment activities, staff training, and production readiness.
• Develop and maintain design and technical documentation in accordance with standards.
• Provide knowledge transfer and support continuous improvement activities across the Digital Customer Experience team.

Deliverables

The consultant will implement the approved redesign and build new customer-facing digital experiences, including:

• Implemented client redesign pages, templates, and components in production, compliant with brand standards and WCAG
• Front-end integration with real-time scheduling feeds, service alerts, and trip planning features.
• Next-arrivals and service alerts web application: URL-addressable by stop code, real-time GTFS-RT data, responsive across form factors (large-format and kiosk displays, desktop, mobile).
• Reusable UI components and design system contributions.
• Accessibility conformance documentation and test evidence (accessibility, performance, cross-browser/device).
• Defect fixes and deployment support.
• Training materials and handoff documentation.
• Design and technical documentation in accordance standards.

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