UX Engineer

TECHEAD is celebrating over thirty-five years of incredible heritage, talent, and accomplishments! To learn more about TECHEAD, visit us at TECHEAD.com or on Glassdoor. UX Engineer 1 Year Contract Onsite Richmond, VA Position Summary The UX Engineer designs and develops user-centered digital experiences that support insurance product integrations and optimization initiatives across strategic partner channels. Combining expertise in user experience design and front-end development, this role creates, implements, and enhances responsive digital solutions that align with partner requirements, business objectives, and UX best practices. Serving as a core technical resource within cross-functional teams, the UX Engineer translates business and user requirements into effective designs and production-ready code. This position is responsible for developing prototypes, user interfaces, and reusable components while actively contributing to design system standards, accessibility compliance, and continuous improvement efforts. Key Responsibilities Design & Development: Architect, prototype, and build responsive, user-centered digital interfaces and components for partner insurance product integrations.Front-End Engineering: Translate UX/UI design wireframes and user workflows into clean, maintainable, production-ready code.Design System & Standards: Contribute to the evolution and maintenance of enterprise design system standards, ensuring UI consistency across channel integrations.Accessibility & Compliance: Ensure all digital solutions adhere to modern accessibility standards (WCAG) and UX best practices.Cross-Functional Collaboration: Serve as a technical bridge between design, product, and engineering teams to validate technical feasibility and execute partner requirements.Optimization & Testing: Iterate on existing interfaces based on user feedback, performance analytics, and strategic channel goals to drive continuous digital experience improvement. Qualifications & Requirements Proven experience bridging UX/UI design and front-end software engineering.Strong proficiency in modern front-end technologies (HTML5, CSS3/SASS, JavaScript/TypeScript, and modern frameworks such as React, Angular, or Vue).Hands-on experience building and maintaining reusable UI component libraries and design systems.Familiarity with design and prototyping tools (e.g., Figma, Adobe XD, Sketch).Solid understanding of digital accessibility guidelines (WCAG 2.1+) and responsive web design principles.Strong problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.Experience in financial services, insurance, or partner-facing software integration environments is a plus. TECHEAD's mission is to make our associates successful by placing them in the right environment so they can grow and prosper. How we treat and respond to our clients and employees is a reflection of who we are and makes us stand out from the rest. Keeping our business focused on building and maintaining relationships with our employees and clients is the key to our success. We won't strive for anything less. TECHEAD provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. For more information on TECHEAD please visit www.techead.com. No second parties will be accepted.