Principal Front End Engineer

Accountabilities:

• • Define and drive the strategic direction for frontend engineering practices, architecture, tooling, standards, and technical capabilities across the organization.
  • Lead the architecture and development of scalable, accessible, performant, and user-focused web applications, with a strong emphasis on Section 508 and WCAG compliance.
  • Design and implement modern frontend architectures, build systems, development workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment infrastructure.
  • Establish and maintain shared component libraries, design systems, and reusable frontend infrastructure that improve consistency, quality, and engineering velocity.
  • Champion engineering excellence through best practices for mobile-first development, testing, performance optimization, accessibility, code quality, and maintainability.
  • Modernize frontend technology stacks and lead technical initiatives that improve application quality, developer experience, reliability, and delivery efficiency.
  • Establish robust automated testing strategies spanning unit, component, and end-to-end testing, including accessibility validation within CI/CD pipelines.
  • Partner with product managers and designers to balance user needs, business objectives, technical constraints, and implementation effort when shaping solutions.
  • Provide technical leadership across teams, influence architectural decisions, and serve as a strategic advisor for frontend initiatives with organization-wide impact.
  • Mentor and coach engineers at different levels, helping develop frontend expertise, engineering standards, and career growth pathways.
  • Contribute across the full stack when necessary to solve complex problems, while maintaining frontend engineering as the primary area of expertise.
  • Communicate technical strategy, architectural decisions, risks, and recommendations clearly to engineers, product leaders, designers, executives, and other stakeholders.

  Requirements:

  • 10+ years of related software engineering experience, with a demonstrated record of delivering production-grade frontend applications and leading significant technical initiatives.
  • Proven expertise architecting and implementing modern web applications at scale using React and/or Angular.
  • Strong proficiency in modern JavaScript/TypeScript and a deep understanding of web platform APIs, CSS architecture, responsive design, and cross-browser compatibility.
  • Strong practical experience with frontend build and deployment tooling such as Webpack, Vite, pnpm, npm, or comparable technologies.
  • Hands-on knowledge of automated testing, including unit testing with tools such as Jest or Vitest, component testing with React Testing Library or Angular Testing Library, and end-to-end testing with Playwright, Cypress, or similar platforms.
  • Strong understanding and practical implementation experience with WCAG 2.1 AA, Section 508, accessibility linting, and automated accessibility testing using tools such as axe-core or eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y.
  • Experience with state management, asynchronous data handling, API integration patterns, REST and/or GraphQL, and backend service integration.
  • Knowledge of frontend performance optimization, Core Web Vitals, asset optimization, CDN strategies, monitoring, progressive enhancement, and cloud-based frontend deployment.
  • Experience establishing CI/CD pipelines incorporating automated testing, accessibility checks, linting, and quality controls.
  • Demonstrated ability to create and maintain design systems and reusable component libraries across multiple applications.
  • Strong product mindset, with the ability to collaborate with product managers and designers and make pragmatic trade-offs between user experience, business value, and technical feasibility.
  • Proven leadership experience guiding large-scale initiatives from concept through production and influencing technical outcomes across multiple teams.
  • Strong communication, documentation, stakeholder management, and mentoring skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and cloud deployment patterns is valuable.
  • Must be a U.S. citizen and able to obtain and maintain Public Trust 6C.
  • Comfortable working remotely with approximately 0–10% business travel.

  Benefits:

  • Estimated base salary range of $147,292–$199,278 per year, with actual compensation determined by experience, geographic location, and applicable contractual requirements.
  • Full-time schedule of approximately 40 hours per week with a remote work arrangement.
  • Multiple medical plan options, including plans with Health Savings Accounts, plus dental and vision coverage.
  • 401(k) savings plan with company matching and pre-tax and post-tax contribution options.
  • Flexible work arrangements where possible to support work-life balance.
  • Paid time off, including vacation, sick and personal leave, with new employees typically receiving up to 15 days of paid leave per year.
  • Approximately 10 paid holidays annually, with additional paid parental, military, bereavement, and jury-duty leave.
  • Paid Family Leave program providing up to 160 hours over a rolling 12-month period for eligible employees.
  • Short- and long-term disability, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel and accident insurance options.
  • Opportunities to work on large-scale technology initiatives spanning AI, cloud, cybersecurity, software development, and mission-focused solutions.
  • A remote environment that supports senior-level technical ownership, cross-functional collaboration, and continued professional growth.