Senior Frontend Engineer - Accessible Web & Design Systems

General Dynamics IT; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics IT seeks an experienced Senior Software Developer (Frontend) to lead frontend engineering efforts for government client applications. You will shape architectures, tooling, and best practices while delivering accessible, high-performance web experiences.

You will collaborate with product teams to balance UX with development effort and mentor engineers across levels to grow frontend specialization.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated track record of leading and delivering multiple production-ready, accessible frontend applications.
• Proven experience architecting and implementing modern frontend applications at scale using React and/or Angular.
• Establishing frontend engineering standards, practices, and tooling that improve team productivity and code quality.
• Working experience with frontend build tooling, bundling strategies, and deployment pipelines (Webpack, Vite, pnpm, npm).
• Strong understanding of web accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1 AA minimum, Section 508) with practical implementation including accessibility linting and automated testing in CI/CD.
• Experience with automated frontend testing strategies (unit, component, end-to-end) with Playwright or Cypress.
• Familiarity with frontend infrastructure, CDN strategies, asset optimization, and design systems.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive frontend engineering strategy, tooling, and skill development across the organization.
• Lead development of accessible, performant, user-centered web applications for government customers.
• Serve as frontend architecture authority and champion engineering excellence.
• Design and implement modern frontend architectures, pipelines, and deployment infrastructure.
• Deliver new features with focus on UX and accessibility compliance (Section 508, WCAG).
• Collaborate with product managers to balance UI/UX with implementation effort.
• Build and maintain component libraries and design systems for velocity and consistency.
• Mentor engineers and establish frontend career development pathways.
• Influence technical decisions across teams and support backend as needed.

Skills

Cloud Computing

Kubernetes

User Experience

Web Accessibility

React

Angular

JavaScript/TypeScript

Testing

CI/CD

Web Performance

Design Systems

WCAG

Tools

Webpack

Vite

pnpm

npm

axe-core

eslint-pluginjsx-a11y

Playwright

Cypress

Job description

General Dynamics IT seeks an experienced Senior Software Developer (Frontend) to lead frontend engineering efforts for government client applications. You will shape architectures, tooling, and best practices while delivering accessible, high-performance web experiences.

You will collaborate with product teams to balance UX with development effort and mentor engineers across levels to grow frontend specialization.