Angular Developer — Mentorship, Growth & Impact (Rockford)

Innovatelab; Rockford (IL); On-site; USD 50,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

InnovateLab in Rockford, IL is seeking an Angular Developer to join a collaborative team. You will own frontend work, integrate REST APIs with a Spring Boot pipeline, and explore gRPC alongside existing services.

The role emphasizes practical decision-making, mentoring, and delivering tangible outcomes in a fast-paced environment. You should bring roughly 1+ years in Angular, a portfolio of tech work, and comfort defending recommendations in cross-functional settings.

Qualifications

• 1+ years in an Angular Developer role.
• Portfolio or work samples demonstrating technology expertise.
• Experience with REST APIs and gRPC is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Untangle the AWS dependency knots that have slowed Rockford releases for months.
• Maintain and improve CI/CD infrastructure across IL engineering teams.
• Stitch REST API events into the Spring Boot pipeline feeding InnovateLab's technology reports.
• Read the gRPC stack traces others skim past, and trace bugs to their root.
• Prototype rough Strategic Planning ideas fast, then decide which earn a place in InnovateLab's stack.
• Spike a Ruby on Rails proof of concept fast when InnovateLab needs a yes-or-no answer.

Skills

Angular

REST API

gRPC

CI/CD

Ruby on Rails

Communication

Tools

Spring Boot

AWS

Job description

InnovateLab in Rockford, IL is seeking an Angular Developer to join a collaborative team. You will own frontend work, integrate REST APIs with a Spring Boot pipeline, and explore gRPC alongside existing services.

The role emphasizes practical decision-making, mentoring, and delivering tangible outcomes in a fast-paced environment. You should bring roughly 1+ years in Angular, a portfolio of tech work, and comfort defending recommendations in cross-functional settings.