Senior React Architect - Remote Front-End Lead

GovCIO; Indianapolis (IN); 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 React Software Engineer to rebuild customer-facing applications and define modern front-end architecture. The role focuses on transforming legacy Spring Boot/Thymeleaf systems into a decoupled React-based frontend with strong testing, security, and performance practices.

You'll collaborate with architects, backend, DevOps, security, and product teams; this is a remote US-based opportunity emphasizing automation, quality, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software development experience.
• 5+ years building production applications with React.
• Deep expertise in JavaScript and TypeScript.
• Strong understanding of modern front-end architecture and design patterns.
• Experience with state management solutions such as Redux, Zustand, or React Query/TanStack Query.
• Experience consuming RESTful APIs and/or GraphQL services.
• Strong understanding of responsive design, accessibility (WCAG), and cross-browser compatibility.
• Experience with automated testing using Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress, Playwright, or similar frameworks.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with cloud-native deployments and containerized applications.
• Strong understanding of secure software development practices and DevSecOps principles.
• Experience working in Agile product teams.

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

TypeScript

JavaScript

Front-end Architecture

State Management (Redux)

REST & GraphQL

Accessibility (WCAG)

Testing (Jest/RTL/Cypress)

CI/CD pipelines

DevSecOps

Agile teams

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

GovCIO is seeking a React Software Engineer to rebuild customer-facing applications and define modern front-end architecture. The role focuses on transforming legacy Spring Boot/Thymeleaf systems into a decoupled React-based frontend with strong testing, security, and performance practices.

You'll collaborate with architects, backend, DevOps, security, and product teams; this is a remote US-based opportunity emphasizing automation, quality, and continuous improvement.