Senior React Architect for Modern Front-End (Remote)

GovCIO; Trenton (NJ); Remote; USD 90,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Corporate Discounts

Learning & Development platform

Training, Education and Certification

Referral Bonus Program

Internal Mobility Program

Pet Insurance

Flexible Work Environment

Job summary

GovCIO is seeking a seasoned React Software Engineer to rebuild customer-facing apps from the ground up, moving from a Spring Boot/Thymeleaf stack to a modern, scalable frontend platform. You will define architecture, standards, and development practices across teams while collaborating with architects, backend, DevOps, security, and product teams.

You’ll lead front-end modernization, mentor engineers, and establish reusable UI components and design systems.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software development experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of modern customer-facing web applications using React and TypeScript.
• Help define the future front-end architecture, including component libraries, state management, routing, authentication, and API integration patterns.
• Modernize legacy applications by migrating from server-rendered Spring Boot/Thymeleaf applications to a decoupled front-end architecture.
• Collaborate with backend teams to build clean REST and GraphQL APIs that support modern web experiences.
• Establish engineering standards for code quality, testing, accessibility, performance, and security.
• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines for front-end applications within a DevSecOps environment.
• Integrate automated testing, static analysis, dependency scanning, and security validation into the development lifecycle.
• Champion reusable UI components, shared design systems, and consistent engineering practices across applications.
• Mentor engineers and help grow modern front-end development capabilities across the team.
• Evaluate emerging front-end technologies and recommend solutions that improve developer productivity and user experience.

Skills

React

JavaScript/TypeScript

Frontend architecture

State management

REST/GraphQL

Testing

CI/CD

DevSecOps

Agile team

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

OpenShift

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

GitLab CI

Job description

GovCIO is seeking a seasoned React Software Engineer to rebuild customer-facing apps from the ground up, moving from a Spring Boot/Thymeleaf stack to a modern, scalable frontend platform. You will define architecture, standards, and development practices across teams while collaborating with architects, backend, DevOps, security, and product teams.

You’ll lead front-end modernization, mentor engineers, and establish reusable UI components and design systems.