Sr. UX Engineer

**Senior UX Engineer, Design System**Are you a curious, smart, self-driven UX professional who loves the challenge of turning complex problems and constraints into elegant solutions that meet a customer’s needs? Come and join us as we work to transform Thomson Reuters into a truly Digital company. We aren’t just changing the way customers engage with us, we are transforming and re-imagining our business, by focusing on the individual user.Our work focuses on a large portfolio of transformational efforts as we work together to deliver on the promise of making it easy to do business with Thomson Reuters. Our customers range from small entrepreneurs to large corporations and government clients across the globe. They are under a lot of pressure to ensure the products and services they purchase meet their business needs and are confident in knowing how to use them.As a **Sr. UX Engineer** you’ll work closely with designers, software engineers, content strategists, accessibility specialists, and researchers to develop, grow, and maintain our global design system. Come join a group of passionate design professionals, who are focused on growing and scaling an organization-wide world-class platform.**About the Role**- As a Sr. UX Engineer, you will:_- ** Create and build** - Leverage your deep experience with responsive UI design methodologies and user-centered, iterative design processes. Create high-fidelity prototypes for UX research testing using industry-leading tools. Translate complex design languages into reusable code libraries. Develop scalable and accessible components that adhere to our brand and animation standards. Document your work comprehensively and communicate effectively with development teams.- ** Be part of a collaborative team**: Work closely with the UX Designers, Accessibility Specialists, Content Strategists, and UX Researchers in a collaborative team-oriented environment to lead the project from a UX development perspective, and create new components and tools to be used across our entire organization. Advocate for the user’s needs while developing features that align to the needs of the user.- ** Be an Effective Communicator**:Share ideas, participate in peer-reviews, and exhibit strong listening skills. You justify and articulate development decisions during code reviews. You lead brainstorming sessions with product teams, and can share outcomes using your excellent written and verbal communication skills.- ** Be Curious & Innovative**: Continuously update yourself with next generation user experiences, technology, and contribute to process development practices. Turn user research and usability feedback into easy-to-use solutions. Gather, analyze, and synthesize UX needs for complex product and user requirements.**About You**- You’re a fit for this role if you have:_**Basic qualifications**:- Bachelor's degree preferred; Associate's degree in a technology-related field and/or experience may be considered- Familiarity with working in Agile development environment- Strong knowledge of web standards and accessibility (W3C and WCAG 2.1 AA), interaction design and user-centered design principles- Portfolio of work- Knowledge of web standards, accessibility, CSS-driven layouts and manipulating the DOM- Strong proficiency in React and Angular frameworks- Implement browser-independent designs and cross-browser issues (IE, Firefox, Safari etc) on all platforms- Design experience with a good eye for aesthetics and detailPreferred qualifications:- Extensive knowledge of modern JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, and CSS3/SASS- Developing for mobile and tablet devices- Understanding of Web Components, React, and Angular frameworks- Experience with Stencil.js- Ability to follow technical specifications and production processes- Ability to create and update design tokens- Ability to adjust graphics and create / optimize graphics assets as needed to complete designs- Ability to work with source/version control software- Aptitude to understand and build SEO/semantic solutions- Understands iconography and SVG graphics and performance- Ability to implement animationLI-AZ5**What's in it For You?**You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through:- ** Hybrid Work Model**: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected- ** Wellbeing**:Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days Off; work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year, 4 of those weeks can be out of the country and the remaining in the country, Headspace app subscription; retirement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, an