UX Engineer

Salt Digital Recruitment; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A digital recruitment agency is seeking a UI/UX Designer for a 6-month contract role in Singapore. The position focuses on modernizing UI components, creating new designs, and supporting development teams. Candidates should have at least 5 years of front-end experience, a strong command of HTML/CSS/JS, and proficiency in TypeScript. Excellent UX design skills are a must. The role offers a competitive salary, negotiable on a monthly basis.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in front-end development and technical UX.
• Strong experience with a templating language is a plus.
• Experience developing user interfaces using HTML/CSS/JS without relying on a framework.

Responsibilities

• Modernizing and enhancing the visual presentation of existing UI components.
• Creating new custom UI components where needed.
• Conducting usability tests and primary/secondary research.

Skills

Front-end development

Technical UX

HTML/CSS/JS development

CSS and SaSS

TypeScript

Well-structured code

UI testing

Documenting changes

Tools

Js layout/Wiz

Job description

Overview

Salt is looking to hire an UI/UX Designer for a 6 months extendable contract role.

What Will You Do

• Modernizing and enhancing the visual presentation of existing UI components to adapt to a new design system
• Replacing existing UI components with modern, standardized components. This includes identifying suitable replacements and implementing the necessary code changes within the existing templating system
• Modifying and styling existing components to align with specific visual design specifications. This involves applying visual adjustments like colors, fonts, and spacing, using a system of design tokens and the established styling mechanisms.
• Creating new, custom UI components where standard components do not fully meet the project’s needs. These components will be developed to align with the overall design system’s principles, and may include code written in TypeScript and TSX.
• Support development teams throughout the implementation cycle.
• Be an advocate for the user. Conduct primary and/or secondary research, as well as quick rounds of usability tests.

What will You Need

• 5 years of experience in front-end development, technical UX
• Strong experience with a templating language (Js layout/Wiz is a plus).
• UI Development: Experience developing user interfaces using html/css/js without relying on framework
• Proficiency with CSS and SaSS
• TypeScript & TSX: Experience with TypeScript and TSX for UI development
• Writing well-structured, maintainable code
• A passionate experience designer with a proven track record of great designs and strategy that meet user needs, product requirements, and business goals.
• Experience with unit and UI testing
• Functional replacements of older components with modern alternatives, integrated into the existing UI and or as standalone testable
• Participating in code reviews with a broader Engineering team.
• Documenting implemented changes

HOW to apply

Manage your job search in the right direction by applying via the links below. Alternatively, you can reach out on vramaswamy at welovesalt dot com for more details. ( CEI No: R1763696 | Licence No: 07C3147 )

Salt is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Job Information

• Job Reference: JO-2509-356160
• Salary: Negotiable
• Salary per: month
• Job Duration:
• Job Start Date: 27/10/2025
• Job Industries: Technology
• Job Locations: Singapore
• Job Types: Contract

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