Principal Front End Engineer

Description

• Define and drive the strategic direction for frontend engineering practices, tooling, and skillset across the organization • Lead development of accessible, performant, user-centered web applications serving government customers • Serve as technical authority and thought leader for frontend architecture and engineering excellence • Design and implement frontend architectures, development pipelines, and deployment infrastructure • Deliver features and improvements to customer-facing applications with emphasis on user experience and accessibility compliance • Collaborate with product managers to balance UI/UX quality and implementation effort • Build and maintain component libraries, design systems, and shared frontend infrastructure • Modernize the frontend stack and lead technical initiatives improving developer experience and application quality • Establish frontend best practices for mobile-first development, testing, performance, accessibility, and code quality • Mentor and coach engineers and establish frontend specialization career pathways • Influence technical decisions across teams and advise on frontend initiatives • Work across the full stack when needed to solve problems end-to-end

Requirements

• 10+ years of related experience • Demonstrated track record of leading and delivering multiple production-ready, accessible frontend applications • Proven experience architecting and implementing modern frontend applications at scale using React and/or Angular • Experience establishing frontend engineering standards, practices, and tooling • Experience with frontend build tooling, bundling strategies, and deployment pipelines, including Webpack, Vite, pnpm, npm, or similar • Strong understanding of WCAG 2.1 AA and Section 508 compliance, with practical accessibility implementation experience • Experience with accessibility linting and automated accessibility testing in CI/CD pipelines • Experience with automated unit, component, and end-to-end UI testing using Playwright, Cypress, or similar tools • Familiarity with frontend infrastructure, CDN strategies, asset optimization, and progressive enhancement • Experience with design systems and component libraries • Strong proficiency in modern JavaScript/TypeScript and web platform APIs • Understanding of CSS architecture, mobile-first responsive design, and cross-browser compatibility • Knowledge of Jest, Vitest, React Testing Library, Angular Testing Library, and Playwright • Experience integrating accessibility validation using axe-core or similar tools • Experience with state management and asynchronous data handling • Knowledge of web performance optimization, Core Web Vitals, and frontend monitoring • Understanding of GraphQL or REST API integration and backend services • Familiarity with CDN and static hosting deployment patterns • Experience establishing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with accessibility checks, linting, and testing • Strong product thinking and knowledge of modern UI/UX principles and user-centered design • Experience collaborating with product managers and designers on customer-facing applications • Data-driven approach using analytics and user feedback • Ability to lead large-scale technical initiatives and influence multiple teams • Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders • Proven mentoring and engineer development experience • Must be a US Citizen and able to obtain and maintain Public Trust 6C • Position requires approximately 0–10% business travel

Benefits

• Medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts • Dental plan options • Vision plan • 401(k) plan with pre-tax and post-tax contributions and company match • Full flex work weeks where possible • Paid vacation, sick, personal, holiday, parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave • Typically 15 days of paid leave per calendar year • 10 paid holidays per year • Up to 160 hours of paid family leave in a rolling 12-month period for eligible employees • Short- and long-term disability benefits • Life insurance • Accidental death and dismemberment insurance • Personal accident insurance • Critical illness insurance • Business travel and accident insurance

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