UI/UX Web Developer

Peak Performers is seeking a UI/UX Web Developer to support the ongoing development, enhancement, and design of a Texas State Agency website based in San Antonio, TX. This hybrid contract role focuses on front-end implementation, responsive accessible user interfaces, CMS updates, and planning and delivery of new website features.

Location and Engagement

• Worksite: San Antonio, TX
• Work model: Hybrid
• Job type: Contract
• Duration: 6 month contract with opportunity for extension

Rate and Employment Type

• Pay rate: USD 40.00 per hour
• Employment: W2 contract
• Payment: Weekly through direct deposit

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain the agency website’s page structure, layout, site maps, information architecture, user flows, wireframes, mockups, and interactive prototypes.
• Develop responsive, mobile-first, accessible front-end layouts aligned with agency brand standards to improve navigation and content findability.
• Build and maintain front-end code using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, including templates, content types, views, blocks, and layout configurations.
• Apply and manage CMS updates, move code through development, test, and production environments, and troubleshoot front-end display issues.
• Plan, design, build, and test website features including forms, press releases, dashboards, alerts, and event calendars.
• Collect requirements from agency stakeholders, recommend supported solutions, and train staff and contractors on content management workflows.
• Conduct accessibility testing and support compliance with Texas state website, security, and data-handling requirements.
• Monitor and improve site performance, mobile responsiveness, SEO, and the overall user experience.
• Collaborate with the agency Strategic Communications team and other stakeholders to translate communications needs into website solutions.
• Maintain technical and design documentation, including repository details, configuration notes, style guides, and editor guides.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• 5 years of UI/UX and website design experience, including user research, page structure and layout, information architecture, wireframes, mockups, interactive prototypes, SEO, and responsive, mobile-first design and optimization.
• 5 years of web development experience building and maintaining responsive website layouts and interfaces using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript, including custom theming, content types, views, blocks, module configuration, and custom module development.
• 4 years of experience building web forms and submission workflows, including validation, email notifications, submission routing, and integration with back-end services or APIs.
• 4 years of experience designing and developing websites that meet accessibility standards, including testing with automated tools and assistive technologies.
• 4 years of experience producing design files, component libraries, and style guides using Figma, Adobe XD, Adobe Creative Cloud, or comparable design tools.

Technologies

• HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• HTML5, CSS3
• Figma
• Adobe XD
• Adobe Creative Cloud

Preferred Experience

• 2 years of experience building web forms and submission workflows, dashboard development, event calendars, news or press release publishing, and site-wide alert or notification banners.
• 2 years of experience working on state government, municipal government, or other public-sector websites.
• 2 years of experience with web analytics and AI SEO.

Benefits

• Excellent medical health, dental & vision insurance at 60 days
• Opportunity to participate in a 403(b) retirement plan
• Qualified applicants with chronic medical conditions and/or disabilities receive priority placement
• Weekly pay via direct deposit

Equal Opportunity and Screening

• Employment offers are contingent on successful completion of a pre-employment criminal background check, in compliance with applicable federal and state laws.
• Applicants must possess work authorization that does not require visa sponsorship now or in the future.
• Peak Performers is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants without regard to protected characteristics.
• Peak Performers does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.