Lead Front End Engineer

Two-Six-Technologies; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Two Six Technologies is seeking an experienced Lead Front End Engineer to build, deploy, and implement innovative products for critical national security functions. Join our team to enable large-scale data visualization and real-time collaboration with modern frameworks.

On-site roles are available in Arlington, VA or Austin, TX. The role emphasizes leadership, mentorship, and close collaboration with design and product teams to deliver robust, user-friendly interfaces.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, with 7+ years software engineering experience.
• 5+ years with component-based frameworks (Vue, Ember, React, or Angular).
• 4+ years building responsive web applications.
• 2+ years as tech lead in an Agile team.
• Experience collaborating with UI/UX designers and product managers.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement UI framework pieces with reusable components.
• Collaborate with design and other leads to realize detailed designs.
• Develop multiple functionality areas from broad requirements, handling edge cases and errors.
• Provide technical direction and mentoring to developers.

Skills

Frontend architecture

UI component design

Mentoring

Agile leadership

Collaboration with design/PMs

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Tools

Vue

Ember

React

Angular

Webpack

Vite

Job description

At Two Six Technologies, we build, deploy, and implement innovative products that solve the world’s most complex challenges today. Through unrivaled collaboration and unwavering trust, we push the boundaries of what’s possible to empower our team and support our customers in building a safer global future.

At Two Six Technologies, we build, deploy, and implement innovative products that solve the world’s most complex challenges today. Through unrivaled collaboration and unwavering trust, we push the boundaries of what’s possible to empower our team and support our customers in building a safer global future.

Two Six Technologies is seeking an experienced Lead Front End Engineer to work on multi-domain platforms serving critical national security functions using cutting-edge modern frameworks. Join our team to solve hard problems in large-scale data investigation and analysis, real-time collaboration, task and resource planning and coordination, and high-dimensional data summarization and visualization allowing lay persons to easily answer complex questions.

Work will be onsite working up to 5 days in either our Arlington, VA or Austin, TX offices.

What will you do:

• Define and implement UI framework pieces composed of reusable components to support rapid development of new features
• Work closely with design and other leads to implement detailed designs
• Be comfortable developing full sections of functionality given broad requirements, including identifying and handling of edge cases and error states
• Provide technical direction and mentoring to developers, including one-on-one time to educate and ensure success

What you need to perform successfully:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field and 7+ years practical experience in software engineering. In lieu of degree, comparable experience will be considered.
• 5+ years of experience with component-based frameworks, e.g. Vue, Ember, React, and/or Angular
• 4+ years of experience developing responsive web applications
• 2+ years of experience as tech lead for an agile development team
• Experience developing with AI coding tools
• Experience with build tools (e.g. Webpack, Vite)
• Experience working with UI/UX Designers and Product Managers to meet customer requirements
• Experience using Git and Jira (or similar tooling) in a development workflow

Nice If you Have:

• 2+ years of managerial experience
• 2+ years of experience in API development
• Proficiency with TypeScript
• Experience with Python and/or Java
• Experience with AWS / DevOps infrastructure
• Experience creating features allowing for simultaneous editing of content
• Familiarity with SQL and databases in general

Clearance:

• Eligibility and willingness to obtain and maintain a government security clearance up to TS/SCI #LI-MS1

Two Six Technologies is committed to providing competitive and comprehensive compensation packages that reflect the value we place on our employees and their contributions. We believe in rewarding skills, experience, and performance. Our offerings include but are not limited to, medical, dental, and vision insurance, life and disability insurance, retirement benefits, paid leave, tuition assistance and professional development.

The projected salary range listed for this position is annualized. This is a general guideline and not a guarantee of salary. Salary is one component of our total compensation package and the specific salary offered is determined by various factors, including, but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills, geographic location, as well as contract specific affordability and organizational requirements.

Two Six Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices based on race (including traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture, hair type and protective hair styles (e.g., braids, twists, locs and twists)), color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions and lactation), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age (40 and over), marital status, disability, genetic information, and protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. For more information review the Two Six Technologies Equal Employment Opportunity and Affimative Action Policy and the EEO Poster .

If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request reasonable workplace accommodation for any part of our employment process, please send an email to [e-mail] . Information provided will be kept confidential and used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.

Additionally, please be advised that this business uses E-Verify in its hiring practices.