Senior Front-End Engineer

Quick Facts

• Role: Senior Front-End Engineer

• Experience: 5+ years

• Clearance: US Citizen required; must be able to obtain and maintain Public Trust 6C

• Work model: Remote (0–10% travel)

Description

Lead the strategic direction for frontend engineering practices, tooling, and skillsets. Build and deliver accessible, performant, user-centered web applications for government customers, and serve as the technical authority for frontend architecture and engineering excellence. Own modern frontend architectures, development pipelines, and deployment infrastructure, while mentoring engineers and influencing cross-team decisions.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive frontend engineering strategy across the organization

• Lead development of accessible, user-centered applications with UX and accessibility compliance (Section 508, WCAG)

• Design and implement modern frontend architectures, build tooling, and deployment pipelines

• Build and maintain component libraries, design systems, and shared frontend infrastructure

• Modernize the frontend stack to improve developer experience and application quality

• Establish frontend best practices (mobile-first, testing, performance, accessibility, code quality)

• Mentor and coach engineers and establish frontend career development pathways

• Collaborate with product managers on pragmatic UI/UX trade-offs and implementation effort

• Work end-to-end when needed; backend experience is valuable but frontend is primary focus

Requirements

• US citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain Public Trust 6C

• 5+ years of related frontend engineering experience

• Demonstrated delivery of production-ready, accessible frontend applications

• Architecting and implementing modern frontend applications at scale using React and/or Angular

• Experience with frontend build tooling, bundling strategies, and deployment pipelines (e.g., Webpack, Vite, pnpm, npm)

• Accessibility expertise: WCAG 2.1 AA minimum and Section 508 compliance with accessibility linting/testing (axe-core, eslint-pluginjsx-a11y) and CI/CD integration

• Automated testing experience: unit, component, and end-to-end UI testing (Playwright, Cypress, or similar)

• Strong JavaScript/TypeScript and web platform API knowledge

• CSS architecture skills, mobile-first responsive design, and cross-browser compatibility

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plan options (including HSAs)

• 401(k) with company match

• Flex work weeks (where possible) and paid time off (vacation, sick, personal, holidays, and more)

• Paid Family Leave program (up to 160 hours for eligible employees)

• Short- and long-term disability, life and other insurance benefits