Lead UX Developer

Location: Remote US or Canada (must be willing to work Eastern or Central Time Zone hours)

Travel: Less than 5%

Manages Others: Yes

Experience: 7+ years of experience in front-end or UX development, 3+ years of team lead experience, 2+ years of experience of developing a design system or component library (e.g. Storybook), strong experience with Vue.js required.

The Opportunity:

The successful candidates will report to the Product Design Lead and be responsible for executing and delivering well-tested code. You will be the first UX Developer hired at BusPatrol and will play a pivotal role shaping the organization to become design led. We need someone who is self-directed, strategic in structuring development work, and provides mentor opportunities. You will lead a small team and roll up your sleeves as an individual contributor to lead work on several projects, including our core applications and customer-facing interfaces. Your ability to resolve issues and make recommendations reduces the need for front-end development rework and helps drive improvements.

First Initiative: We are seeking someone passionate about extracting our design system from Figma into Storybook components. Each scrum team will use the component library to enable scalable, modular components, have a unified language, design consistency, and foster inclusivity. By providing a "blueprint" (e.g. time, tools, resources, accessibility, education, documentation) and anticipating their needs, you ensure the component library can be used effectively by developers.

Second initiative: Using Product Design's 10-star experience, or product vision, you will lead, develop, and produce iterative UX prototypes. Besides understanding how the code affects the user experience, you can also identify usability issues. Pixel pushing impacts user goals, trust, and branding, so you know why it matters. You will ensure a smooth transition for the scrum team when a UX prototype is ready to be handed off.

What we need you to do:

Lead, mentor, and develop a small team of engineers while still acting as an individual contributor.Actively provides clarity, sets expectations, and helps standardize best practices around UX development work.Translates product design limits when building a component library and UX prototypes.Educates and shows how interactions, processes, and behaviors impact the overall user experience from a development lens.Consider user experience when developing web and mobile applications in an agile process (e.g. user needs, goals, pain points, design process).Advocates for resources, frameworks, toolsets, and using a component library.Creates and evolves the Storybook component library using Figma's design system for BusPatrol.Analyzes, tests, and evaluates the appearance, functionality, performance, and accessibility of the design system (UAT)Plan and catalog UX design components strategicallyBring design system adoption into Scrum teams through documentationProvides a blueprint of BusPatrol's macro-level features and product vision through front-end prototypes.Follow best practices (continuous integration, SCRUM, refactoring, and code standards).Design iterations through wireframes and rapid prototypingContinuous collaboration with tech leads by integrating a feedback loop for reviewing components.

What you bring:

7+ years of experience in front-end or UX development and 3+ years of team lead experience.2+ years of experience of developing a design system or component library (e.g. Storybook) from start to finish.Strong proficiency in front-end technologies such as HTML5 and lower, CSS3 and lower, SCSS, ES6+ and JavaScript.Intimate knowledge of Vue.js required.Subject matter expertise to plan, develop, produce, and maintain a component library using Storybook.Web accessibility experience that meets WCAG 2.2 level AA compliance.Practices agile methodologies and knows how UX fits into agile.Experience using relative design tools for sketches, wireframes, and translating design specs: Figma (required)*Portfolio is required

Some Preferred Experience:

Experience facilitating design thinking workshops.Knowledge of testing libraries (preferred: Jest).Demonstrated experience with AWS Services (CloudFront, Amplify, S3).

WHO WE AREBusPatrol is a technology company with a public safety mission. Through relentless innovation and discovery, we are strengthening trust, safety, and transparency across the student transportation space and making the trip to and from school safer for students. As a leader in smart transportation, BusPatrol brings cutting-edge AI, machine learning and IoT safety tech solutions to school buses across North America. BusPatrol’s technology has been deployed onto more buses and has been used to issue more school bus stop arm citations than any other company in the world.

WHAT WE OFFERBusPatrol employees get:A competitive salary and benefits packageComprehensive personal time off, including volunteering and birthday days offAn opportunity to help build a company dedicated to children’s safetyThe chance to join an innovative and dedicated team, focused on leading edge technologyThe occasion to participate in BusPatrol’s culture of safety, learning, and teamwork

BusPatrol’s school bus safety programs are violator-funded, meaning that those who break the law pay for the technology that protects children. We build solid partnerships in the communities in which we operate which, coupled with our innovative business model, leads to sustainable efforts to change driver behaviors.

HOW WE WORKOn our mission to make the journey to and from school safer for children, the way we work together and with our partners is built on foundational cultural pillars.

SAFETYSafety is our focus, for the children we protect and for each other. We follow the letter and spirit of occupational safety law, relentlessly employ safety best practices, and foster learning and development on our worksites. We are safe to be ourselves and to make mistakes, and we create safe environments for our teams.CONNECTIONWe build strong relationships and teams in support of our mission. We promote and provide opportunities for employees to grow together.EXCELLENCEWe commit to innovation and quality work in support of our mission and each other. The children we safeguard are at the forefront of our decisions and actions and we excel on their behalf.IMPACTWe measure success by fulfilling our mission and keeping the company strong. We invest our time and energy in the actions that deliver results for students and for their communities.

We are looking for a valued member of the BusPatrol team to assist us in our quest to improve children’s safety. This is an important role for us and a great opportunity for the right candidate. Our environment is inclusive, diverse, ignited, built on integrity, and deeply committed.

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Key Skills

• Frontend
• Vue.js