UX Design Engineer, $85,000- $110,000 Yearly
About Us
The World Equestrian Center (WEC) is a world-class multi-indoor and outdoor arena facility with state-of-the-art amenities that can accommodate numerous different disciplines within the Equine Industry. This state-of-the-art Equestrian Center is designed to offer the ultimate competition experience for both horse and rider. As a professionally operated, family-owned enterprise, WEC illustrates the passion and commitment to equestrian sports in the United States. The facility features multiple indoor and outdoor venues, lodging, retail space, and on-site dining options that include a restaurant, café, and on-site coffee shop.
Job Summary
WEC is growing and has an immediate opening for a UX Design Engineer. As a part of the team (a highly skilled, autonomous engineering team focused on solving complex technical challenges with precision and speed), you’ll be part of a small, elite group of cross-functional engineers who thrive on deep technical work, individual ownership, and close collaboration. Each team member will be trusted to deliver high-impact solutions with minimal oversight. The position reports to the Software Engineering Lead.
This position is located at our Equestrian Center in Ocala, Florida. Successful candidates will play a critical role in developing, optimizing, and maintaining world-class enterprise software and applications in support of the World Equestrian Center’s leadership in equestrian sports and the hospitality industry. This position will be a key position, working with the software organization and business stakeholders to understand real-world business requirements, to design and develop innovative enterprise-grade solutions.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Research, analyze, and optimize user workflows through collaboration with end-users and key stakeholders.
- Design wireframes and mocks in support of new and changing software requirements.
- Contribute directly to the front-end styling and implementation of user-facing code.
- Collaborate closely with other engineering team members in a growing, high-trust environment.
Qualifications
- 4+ years of experience crafting polished, public-facing user design
- 3+ years of experience professional front-end software development.
- Proficiency with HTML, CSS, and JS-based front-ends (React via NextJS preferred).
- Experience with design tools such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, or similar.
- Understanding of accessibility standards (WCAG) and responsive design principles.
- A mindset of ownership, autonomy, and accountability.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and a passion for learning and growth.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Highly organized, independent, and able to interact with individuals from multiple disciplines.
- Bachelor’s degree in: Computer Science, Human-Computer Interface or UX Design.
Nice To Haves
- Experience designing and implementing micro-interactions.
- Experience with design systems (e.g., Material UI, Storybook)
- Experience with back-end C#, ASP.NET APIs.
- Familiarity with performance optimization and cross-browser compatibility.
- Familiarity with event-sourcing and/or vertical-slice architecture
- Familiarity with GitHub, GitHub Actions, and GitHub Enterprise Features
- Contributions to open-source or technical communities.
- Production experience with globally deployed and public-facing web applications.
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