Ocean Blue Solutions Inc is hiring: UI-UX-Programmer - Onsite, OH in Columbus

Submission Due Date: 09/10/2025

Client: State of Ohio

There will be 15 minute Teams interviews for intro purposes, but the full interviews will be onsite.

This is an onsite role working at the Shipley building at 1970 West Broad Street, Columbus.

Candidate is required to work on-site for the first 2-3 weeks for training purposes.

The selected Consultant will be directly responsible for designing a modern intuitive UI/UX and will have direct experience interacting with business users to create the UI/UX.

They will work closely with the designated Business Users, I.T. supervisor, project managers, and development staff within an agile development environment, maintaining a user‑centered design approach as they tackle complex design problems and influence product strategy.

Proactively identify areas of the product that need improvement and drive those improvements into a product roadmap.

The Consultant, in working with ODPS staff, will be responsible for researching, designing, and developing user interface using prototyping design tools. The new applications will implement an N‑tier architecture and comply with ODPS coding standards.

During the interview process with ODPS staff, the resource consultant must demonstrate competence/experience in their specific area(s) of project assignment and present or share their portfolio with samples. The resource’s experience must also be documented for review and verification. Off‑ered resources not showing technical or functional competence/experience will be a sufficient reason to reject the Offeror’s proposal. It is the responsibility of the Offeror to pre‑screen their candidates to ensure compliance. A background check will be conducted by ODPS.

• Participate in meetings with stakeholders, business users, and engineering teams to understand and project UI requirements.
• Design wireframes and interactive prototypes and user‑friendly designs that support complex business processes.
• Work on various stages of the product development process from discovery to research to design user interface.
• Test and iterate various product concepts with users; conduct user research and analysis to validate the design.
• Work with project managers, developers, and business analysts to brainstorm ideas, approaches, and design solutions.
• Experience in creating a ‘Design System’ library for reusability.
• Create a seamless UI handoff process to the development team.
• Ensure that user interface and experience designs follow best practices and comply with security requirements.
• Integrate with backend: work closely with backend developers to integrate front‑end components.
• Participate in backlog grooming sessions and other agile ceremonies to ensure Agile development teams have a good understanding of the proposed UI design to implement successfully.
• Strong communication and leadership skills.
• Strong influence, collaboration, and negotiation experience.
• Ability to collaborate with supporting resources across business and/or functional lines.
• Ability to communicate ideas to a wide variety of stakeholders, lead discussions and creative activities, and build consensus while dealing with ambiguity.
• Ability to lead and manage large design initiatives, including managing competing priorities with product and engineering peers.
• Have excellent oral and written skills and strong meeting and work session facilitation skills.
• Have the ability to work independently and as part of a team, manage time and resources to meet assigned deadlines.
• Have strong understanding of prioritization stemming from the elicitation of system and/or user requirements.
• Have excellent organizational skills, proven analytical, planning, problem‑solving, and decision‑making skills.
• Must be knowledgeable in English and speak clearly and understandably.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to technical staff.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

IT Services and IT Consulting