Senior Drupal Front-End Developer: USWDS & Accessibility

NuAxis, LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

NuAxis is seeking an experienced IT professional to serve as a Drupal front-end developer for government-focused portals. You will translate UI/UX designs into production-grade interfaces using Drupal 10+, USWDS, and accessibility best practices across multiple public-facing platforms.

Key responsibilities include building scalable themes, implementing bilingual interfaces, and ensuring performance and security in a DevSecOps environment. Collaboration with agile teams and QA is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in CS/IS/Design.
• 5+ years of front-end development experience, including 3+ years Drupal theming.
• Expert HTML5, CSS3/Sass, and JavaScript (ES6+); Twig templating.
• Experience with USWDS or comparable design system.
• Experience theming Drupal Webform, Layout Builder, Paragraphs, and Views.
• WCAG AA / Section 508 conformance testing with screen readers.
• Git, Composer, npm tooling, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience using AI-assisted programming tools (Copilot).
• Experience on Agile/Scrum teams using Jira.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain Drupal 10+ themes and sub-themes (Twig, Sass/CSS, JavaScript) aligned with USWDS and DOL.gov styles.
• Translate wireframes, prototypes, and style guides into reusable front-end components, Twig templates, and patterns.
• Configure and theme Drupal content structures (Layout Builder, Paragraphs, Views) for admin ease.
• Build the front end of Webform-based public forms with multi-step flows and validation.
• Implement Drupal behaviors and JavaScript for interactive features, including AI chatbot UI.
• Deliver responsive, mobile-first layouts across major browsers and devices.
• Build accessibility in from the start: WCAG AA / Section 508; ensure screen-reader compatibility.
• Implement bilingual English/Spanish interfaces with Drupal multilingual support.
• Optimize front-end performance for ≤3-second page/form loads.
• Integrate front-end tagging for analytics without capturing PII.
• Use secure AI coding tools and review generated code; commit via GitLab in DevSecOps.
• Write front-end unit and visual regression tests; support releases via CI/CD.

Skills

HTML5

CSS3/Sass

JavaScript

Twig

USWDS

Drupal theming

Accessibility

Agile/Scrum

Testing

CI/CD

Git

NPM

Copilot

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IS/Design

Tools

Git

Composer

npm

Jira

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

NuAxis is seeking an experienced IT professional to serve as a Drupal front-end developer for government-focused portals. You will translate UI/UX designs into production-grade interfaces using Drupal 10+, USWDS, and accessibility best practices across multiple public-facing platforms.

Key responsibilities include building scalable themes, implementing bilingual interfaces, and ensuring performance and security in a DevSecOps environment. Collaboration with agile teams and QA is essential.