Front End Developer (Remote)

Halvik; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with company matching

Paid time off + federal holidays

Tuition assistance

Commuter benefits

Job summary

Halvik Corp is seeking a seasoned Frontend UI Engineer to support USPTO Patent Center modules, translating requirements into polished interfaces. You will collaborate with Product Managers and UX designers, participate in design reviews, and ensure code quality via reviews and tests.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years of experience in Angular, TypeScript, RxJS, and responsive layouts, with a strong focus on accessibility, security, and performance. Hybrid work in McLean, VA is offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, IT or related field.
• 5+ years of mid-level frontend experience.
• Strong Angular and TypeScript capabilities.
• Proficient in HTML5, CSS3, and responsive layouts.
• Experience with Angular forms and reactive programming.
• Knowledge of accessibility and 508 compliance.
• Understanding of web security and secure auth patterns.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex UI problems and performance.

Responsibilities

• Collaboration: Work with clients, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams.
• Technical Performance: Front end expertise to build platforms using TypeScript and Angular.
• Modern JavaScript & TypeScript: Proficiency in Angular, RXJS, async patterns, and testing.
• HTML5 & DOM: Semantic HTML and browser rendering pipeline understanding.
• CSS & Layouts: Responsive design with Flexbox/CSS Grid and container queries.
• Framework Expertise: Proficiency with Angular and state management concepts.
• Accessibility Standards: Semantic HTML, a11y attributes, keyboard navigation.
• Web Security: Prevent XSS/CSRF and secure authentication practices.
• Troubleshooting: Deep debugging of changes, routing, forms, and performance.
• System Design Reasoning: Define APIs and data models before coding.

Skills

Angular 18+

TypeScript

RxJS

Semantic HTML

CSS Grid/Flexbox

Unit testing

Accessibility (a11y)

Web security

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Bootstrap 4

Angular forms

Jest/Vitest

Angular routing

Job description

Halvik Corp delivers a wide range of services to 13 executive agencies and 15 independent agencies. Halvik is a highly successful WOB business with more than 50 prime contracts and 500+ professionals delivering Digital Services, Advanced Analytics, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Cyber Security and Cutting-Edge Technology across the US Government. Be a part of something special!

Position Overview

Provide solutions supporting front-end requirements and features. Capable of coordinating and delivering user interface and experience across USPTO for Patent Center modules. Participate in design meetings, understand complex architectures and integrations. Ensure code quality through code reviews.

Work with USPTO Product Managers and UX designers to translate requirements and business objectives into complete user interfaces. Experienced in UI/UX design and development, user sessions, wireframes, 508 compliance, browser compatibility, coding.

Core Responsibilities

• Collaboration: Work with clients, key stakeholders, as well as cross functional teams.
• Technical Performance: Front end expertise to build project platforms using TypeScript to develop rich User Interfaces. Designs wireframes based on Bootstrap 4 designed for Angular. Use RxJS to deal with async implementation and call backs. Use Angular forms to build reactive forms. Ensures the application is covered with unit tests, and is 508 compliant.
  • Modern JavaScript & TypeScript: Fluency in Angular 18+, asynchronous patterns (Promises, async/await), closures, event loops, and this binding. Strong TypeScript capability, including generics and utility types.
  • HTML5 & DOM API: Understanding of semantic HTML and the browser's rendering pipeline.
  • CSS & Layouts: Understanding of responsive design using Flexbox and CSS Grid, along with modern features like CSS Container Queries.
  • Framework Expertise: Proficiency with Angular. Candidates must understand framework-specific rendering lifecycles (e.g., avoiding unnecessary re-renders). Proficiency in understanding State Management
  • Accessibility Standards: Ability to use semantic HTML, WAI-ARIA attributes, and manage focus for keyboard navigation. Custom control accessibility is also critical
  • Web Security: Preventing Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF), and implementing secure authentication patterns (e.g., HTTP-only cookies vs. Local Storage).
  • Troubleshooting expertise: Strong Angular troubleshooting requires deep debugging of change detection, RxJS, routing, forms, performance, builds, and API issues, plus clear triage, root-cause analysis, and effective communication of fixes. Testing Strategies: Unit, integration, and End-to-End (E2E) testing using tools like Jest, Vitest. Candidates should understand what and how to test behaviors instead of implementation details.
  • System Design Reasoning: Ability to decompose complex UI problems, define API interfaces, and plan for data models before writing code

Minimum Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, IT or related field experience
• Experience: 5+ years, Mid-level
• Technical Proficiency:
  • Modern JavaScript & TypeScript: Fluency in Angular 18+, asynchronous patterns (Promises, async/await), closures, event loops, and this binding. Strong TypeScript capability, including generics and utility types.
  • HTML5 & DOM API: Understanding of semantic HTML and the browser's rendering pipeline.
  • CSS & Layouts: Understanding of responsive design using Flexbox and CSS Grid, along with modern features like CSS Container Queries.
  • Framework Expertise: Proficiency with Angular. Candidates must understand framework-specific rendering lifecycles (e.g., avoiding unnecessary re-renders). Proficiency in understanding State Management
  • Accessibility Standards: Ability to use semantic HTML, WAI-ARIA attributes, and manage focus for keyboard navigation. Custom control accessibility is also critical
  • Web Security: Preventing Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF), and implementing secure authentication patterns (e.g., HTTP-only cookies vs. Local Storage).
  • Troubleshooting expertise: Strong Angular troubleshooting requires deep debugging of change detection, RxJS, routing, forms, performance, builds, and API issues, plus clear triage, root-cause analysis, and effective communication of fixes. Testing Strategies: Unit, integration, and End-to-End (E2E) testing using tools like Jest, Vitest. Candidates should understand what and how to test behaviors instead of implementation details.
  • System Design Reasoning: Ability to decompose complex UI problems, define API interfaces, and plan for data models before writing code
• Compliance: Obtain Public Trust

Preferred Expertise

• Backend knowledge of Java, Spring Boot and Node.js integration
• Understanding of AWS architecture and AI technologies

Privacy Policy – Halvik Corp

Halvik Offers a Competitive Full Benefits Package Including

• Company-supported medical, dental, vision, life, STD, and LTD insurance
• Benefits include 11 federal holidays and PTO
• Eligible employees may receive performance-based incentives in recognition of individual and/or team achievements.
• 401(k) with company matching
• Flexible Spending Accounts for commuter, medical, and dependent care expenses
• Tuition Assistance
• Charitable Contribution matching

Halvik Corp is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

Halvik's pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.