Senior Front-End Engineer — Next.js/TypeScript Impact Platform

Standtogether; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

6% 401(k) match

Flexible time off

Health and dental plans

Wellness and mental health support

Job summary

Stand Together in Arlington, VA is seeking a Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer (Front-End Focused) to own the design and implementation of consumer-facing web applications. You will build a Next.js/React TypeScript monorepo, deliver production-grade UX, integrate with OpenAPI backends and headless CMS, and deploy via CI/CD to AWS Amplify.

You will lead front-end architecture, contribute to a reusable design system, mentor engineers, and ensure accessibility, testing, and performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering or related field.
• 7+ years of full-stack software engineering with a front-end focus and production-grade work.
• Experience mentoring software engineers.
• Strong collaboration and cross-functional skills.
• Proficient in JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, and PHP.
• Back-end Node.js experience, preferably NestJS.
• Experience designing/consuming APIs in distributed or microservices architectures.
• Hands-on JWT/OIDC authentication experience and related patterns.
• Relational and NoSQL databases with performance tuning.
• Docker and AWS ECS experience; familiarity with AWS services (Amplify, API Gateway, S3, IAM, etc.).
• IaC with Terraform/Terragrunt; CI/CD with GitHub Actions; observability and production ops.
• Security best practices, testing with Jest, and headless CMS integration.
• Willingness to contribute to Stand Together’s mission and culture.

Responsibilities

• Lead implementation of Next.js features (App Router, SSR/SSG/ISR, server components, image optimization).
• Design, extend, and maintain a reusable component library and Storybook; own design system standards.
• Integrate client apps with OpenAPI backends and secure auth flows (JWT/OIDC).
• Ensure accessibility, test coverage, and performance using Lighthouse and Web Vitals.
• Own CI/CD builds, deployments, and environment config for AWS Amplify; optimize caching and image transforms.
• Troubleshoot production issues and maintain on-call readiness for client-side reliability.
• Contribute to back-end tasks alongside the team in a Next.js/React TS monorepo.
• Mentor engineers on front-end practices, design system conventions, and performance.

Skills

JavaScript/TypeScript

Python

PHP

Node.js

OpenAPI / API design

JWT / OIDC

SQL / NoSQL databases

Docker

AWS ECS

Terraform / Terragrunt

GitHub Actions

Storybook / design systems

Headless CMS integration

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS / Engineering

Tools

Contentful

Drupal

WordPress

Turborepo

pnpm

Storybook

OpenAPI tooling

Terragrunt / CloudPosse

Job description

Stand Together in Arlington, VA is seeking a Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer (Front-End Focused) to own the design and implementation of consumer-facing web applications. You will build a Next.js/React TypeScript monorepo, deliver production-grade UX, integrate with OpenAPI backends and headless CMS, and deploy via CI/CD to AWS Amplify.

You will lead front-end architecture, contribute to a reusable design system, mentor engineers, and ensure accessibility, testing, and performance.