Lead Frontend Engineer – React/TypeScript, AWS

AIS (Applied Information Sciences); Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 117,000 - 177,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Ownership

Continuous Learning

Inclusive Culture

Mission-Driven Work

Job summary

AIS, an employee‑owned company, seeks a Senior Front End Engineer SME to lead modern UI development in AWS environments, mentoring teams and guiding best practices. You will architect scalable React/TypeScript solutions, collaborate with designers and backend engineers, and ensure secure, accessible, high‑quality frontends for mission‑critical applications.

You will influence frontend standards, perform code and security reviews, and help shape ongoing modernization efforts across enterprise

Qualifications

• 8+ years of frontend development experience with React, JavaScript, TypeScript, and Node.js.
• Expertise in building scalable UI components and modern frontend architecture.
• Experience integrating frontend with backend services via REST APIs and cloud deployments (AWS).

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of responsive, high‑performance user interfaces using Node.js, React, JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, and CSS.
• Architect modular, maintainable UI components aligned with engineering standards.
• Mentor mid/senior frontend developers and review code for quality and best practices.
• Integrate frontend with .NET services via REST APIs and data formats like JSON/XML.
• Drive performance optimization and accessibility across enterprise applications.
• Collaborate with UX/UI, backend engineers, and product owners to deliver end‑to‑end features.

Skills

React

JavaScript

TypeScript

Node.js

Frontend architecture

Mentoring

AWS

Tools

Git

GitLab

AWS

REST APIs

HTML/CSS

JSON/XML

Job description

AIS, an employee‑owned company, seeks a Senior Front End Engineer SME to lead modern UI development in AWS environments, mentoring teams and guiding best practices. You will architect scalable React/TypeScript solutions, collaborate with designers and backend engineers, and ensure secure, accessible, high‑quality frontends for mission‑critical applications.

You will influence frontend standards, perform code and security reviews, and help shape ongoing modernization efforts across enterprise