Lead Front-End Engineer: UI Framework & Tech Lead

Two-Six-Technologies; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Retirement benefits

Paid leave

Tuition assistance

Professional development

Job summary

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. Onsite work up to five days per week in our Arlington, VA or Austin, TX offices, collaborating with design, product managers, and other leads to deliver robust UI features.

You will mentor developers, design reusable UI components, address edge cases, and participate in agile development with modern toolchains

Qualifications

• 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

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

Front-end frameworks

Leadership

Responsive design

AI coding tools

UI/UX collaboration

TypeScript

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Webpack

Vite

Git

Jira

Job description

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. Onsite work up to five days per week in our Arlington, VA or Austin, TX offices, collaborating with design, product managers, and other leads to deliver robust UI features.

You will mentor developers, design reusable UI components, address edge cases, and participate in agile development with modern toolchains