Principal Front End Engineer

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the strategic direction for frontend engineering practices, tooling, and skillset across the organization
• Lead the development of accessible, performant, and user-centered web applications for government customers
• Design and implement modern frontend architectures, development pipelines, and deployment infrastructure
• Build and maintain component libraries, design systems, and shared frontend infrastructure
• Mentor and coach engineers at all levels on frontend technologies
• Collaborate with product managers to balance UI/UX experience with implementation effort

Requirements

• 10+ years of related experience
• Proven experience architecting and implementing modern frontend applications at scale using React and/or Angular
• Strong proficiency in modern JavaScript/TypeScript and deep understanding of web platform APIs
• Strong understanding of web accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1 AA minimum, Section 508 compliance)
• Experience with automated frontend testing strategies including unit, component, and end-to-end testing
• US Citizenship required

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with frontend build tooling like Webpack, Vite, pnpm, or npm
• Familiarity with frontend infrastructure, CDN strategies, and asset optimization
• Experience with state management patterns and asynchronous data handling
• Knowledge of API integration patterns, GraphQL or REST

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plan options
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid time off including vacation, sick, and personal time
• Paid parental leave
• Health Savings Accounts available