UI Developer

Role: UI Developer

Location: Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

Must haves:

AWS, Azure, GCP

AI, healthcare, or life sciences domains

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain AI-driven web applications, ensuring high performance, scalability, and accessibility (WCAG compliance).
• Write quality source code, including detailed documentation and high-level technical designs in collaboration with other engineers.
• Conduct and lead root cause analysis on defects, ensuring fixes are implemented correctly.
• Implement creative solutions to technical challenges, applying out-of-the-box thinking to improve existing products.
• Deliver quality products by embracing transparency, inspection, and adaptation in an agile environment.
• Mentor junior developers and contribute to best practices in frontend development.
• Work in a Scrum team with developers of varying skill levels.
• Guide the team on best practices for automation across testing, integration, and deployment activities.
• Support the team with technical solutions to ensure business needs and technical feasibility.
• Champion technical standards and architectural alignment within the team.
• Advocate for defining and testing Non-Functional Requirements (Availability, Scalability, Reliability and Maintainability).
• Collaborate with and guide team members to ensure that implementations satisfy requirements.
• Collaborate with team members while fostering trust, commitment, and accountability.
• Drive discovery and minimization of technical debt, proactively addressing implications and consequences of technical decisions.

Mandatory skills

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 8+ years of frontend development experience, with a strong track record of delivering complex web applications, preferably in AI, healthcare, or life sciences domains.
• Strong foundation in computer science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, design patterns, operating systems, and networking.
• Expertise in TypeScript and modern JavaScript, along with working knowledge of Python for full-stack collaboration.
• Advanced experience with Angular or React, including state management tools such as RxJS, Redux, NgRx, or Zustand.
• Hands-on experience building enterprise-grade UIs, including use of component libraries like Kendo UI or similar.
• Ability to implement pixel-perfect, accessible UIs from design tools such as Figma, adhering to WCAG and responsive design principles.
• Experience with frontend build tools like Webpack, Vite, or similar bundlers for performance optimization.
• Strong debugging and performance profiling skills using Chrome DevTools, Lighthouse, and other observability tools.
• Solid experience with CSS methodologies (e.g., SCSS, Tailwind CSS, CSS-in-JS) and responsive layout systems
• Proficient in API integration, including REST, and WebSocket protocols
• Familiarity with Node.js in support of frontend tooling or full-stack collaboration
• Experience deploying frontend applications on AWS, Azure, or GCP, and working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines
• Familiarity with Terraform or similar tools for infrastructure-as-code
• Good understanding of SSO, OAuth2, and web security best practices.
• Proficient in unit and integration testing with Jest, Mocha, or Jasmine, and end-to-end testing using Cypress or Playwright
• Strong focus on code quality, linting, and automated testing Practice

Nice to have

• Experience with feature flag tools like LaunchDarkly or Unleash to enable controlled feature rollout

• Understanding of Natural Language Processing (NLP) concepts and prompt engineering is a plus.