UI/UX Developer

Are you a creative problem solver and design leader passionate about crafting smart, simple, and lovable digital experiences? NS2 Mission is looking for a UI/UX Developer to support our team in Tysons Corner, VA. In this role, you will drive customer-centric strategies, shape service roadmaps, and optimize user experiences through innovative design thinking and front-end development.

Role Overview

As a UI/UX Developer, you will collaborate with stakeholders to define a customer experience-led vision for the business, identifying the capabilities needed to bring it to life. You'll assess the impact of your strategies, contribute to business cases, and lead opportunity modeling through stakeholder interviews and touchpoint design. Your work will ensure alignment with business goals throughout the service design process, from concept to execution.

In addition to design, you will play a key role in the development and implementation of UI/UX solutions, applying user interface & interaction design principles to build intuitive digital products. You'll work closely with designers, developers, and business leaders to translate customer needs into clear, compelling service strategies that enhance the overall user experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead customer-centric project streams and pitches, ensuring alignment with business goals.
• Conduct business analysis and opportunity modeling to identify design-driven growth areas.
• Develop user personas, journeys, and information architecture to optimize digital experiences.
• Guide the planning, execution, and synthesis of user research and usability testing, ensuring findings translate into actionable recommendations.
• Design and develop user interfaces that are both visually appealing and highly functional.
• Facilitate workshops and presentations, articulating design and development decisions with clarity.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with designers, engineers, and business leaders to ensure a seamless user experience.

Required Skills

• 5-8+ years of experience delivering UI/UX design and development solutions.
• 5+ years of experience with professional design software, including Adobe Creative Suite (XD), InVision, and more.
• 5+ years of experience conducting user research and usability testing.
• Strong written and verbal presentation skills, including facilitating groups of 5-30+ people.
• Ability to provide clear, articulate rationale for design and development choices.
• Expertise in Agile methodology and iterative product design cycles.
• Proficiency in front-end development (e.g., HTML, CSS, JavaScript) to support UI implementation.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.

Desired Skills

• Experience using scrappy design tools like paper and slides to quickly prototype ideas.
• Background in software engineering or familiarity with custom development practices to effectively collaborate with technical teams.
• Experience delivering design solutions across multiple networks.
• Proven ability to lead and mentor UI/UX teams (3-7+ people).
• Ability to translate user research insights into actionable design requirements and deliverables.

Position Clearance Requirement:

TS/SCI with an FSP

Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain or maintain a U.S security clearance which requires U.S citizenship.

NS2 Mission is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. NS2 Mission is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws.

By submitting your resume for this position, you understand and agree that NS2 Mission may share your resume, as well as any other related personal information or documentation you provide in your application, with its affiliated companies for the purpose of considering you for other available positions.

NS2 Mission maintains a drug-free workplace and may perform pre-employment substance abuse testing, where required by contract and permitted by law.