UI Front End Developer

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a highly skilled UI/UX Front-End Developer to support a federal program by designing, developing, and maintaining modern single-page applications. The ideal candidate has a strong background in Angular (v12+), UI performance optimization, and reusable component development, and is comfortable working in Agile, cloud-based environments using DevOps practices.

This role involves full-cycle application development, close collaboration with stakeholders, and delivering high-performance, scalable user interfaces that meet stringent requirements. This is a fully onsite role based out of Ashburn, VA.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain single-page applications using modern JavaScript frameworks, primarily Angular (v12 or higher).
• Build reusable UI components and shared libraries, including publishing and consuming NPM packages.
• Optimize UI performance and ensure scalable, maintainable component and layout design.
• Implement and manage application state using NgRx.
• Collaborate in an Agile/Scrum environment to gather requirements, demonstrate functionality, solicit feedback, and refine solutions.
• Work closely with backend teams to integrate with microservices-based architectures.
• Participate in CI/CD pipelines and cloud deployments using DevOps tools.
• Develop and maintain unit tests using Jest, ng-mocks, or similar testing frameworks.
• Use modern software engineering tools including Visual Studio and Atlassian products (Jira, Confluence).
• Perform Git operations, including branching, merging, and code reviews.
• Assist with application monitoring and troubleshooting post-deployment.
• Query and manipulate data using SQL as needed.

Required Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience developing front-end applications using Angular (Angular 12+ strongly preferred).
• Advanced experience in:
  • UI performance tuning
  • Component and layout design
• Strong proficiency in:
  • HTML5
  • CSS3 (Flexbox, CSS Grid)
  • SASS
  • JSON
  • CSS frameworks
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with state management using NgRx.
• Experience developing and maintaining reusable components and libraries.
• Experience working with microservices design patterns.
• Proficiency with Git for source control (branching, merging, pull requests).
• Experience writing unit tests with Jest, ng-mocks, or similar frameworks.
• Experience querying databases using SQL.
• Familiarity with backend development, particularly Spring Boot.

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field is required.
• Equivalent applicable professional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.

Security & Citizenship Requirements

• Must be a United States Citizen (Federal program requirement).
• Must possess a current CBP BI clearance or be eligible to obtain one.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing and implementing J2EE software applications.
• Prior experience supporting federal or government programs.
• Experience deploying applications in cloud environments.

Salary

• Salary range is $145,000-$165,000 dependent on experience

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