Senior React Architect: Remote Front-End Lead

GovCIO; Lansing (MI); Remote; USD 90,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Corporate Discounts

Learning & Development platform

Training, Certification Assistance

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 to a modern front-end platform. You will lead architecture and development practices, collaborating with architects, backend engineers, DevOps, security, and product teams across a fully remote US-based role.

The role emphasizes building fast, secure, maintainable web applications with modern design patterns and automated delivery pipelines in a DevSecOps environment.

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

REST/GraphQL

CI/CD

DevSecOps

OpenShift

Docker

Kubernetes

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

OpenShift

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

GitLab CI

Job description

GovCIO is seeking a React Software Engineer to rebuild customer-facing applications to a modern front-end platform. You will lead architecture and development practices, collaborating with architects, backend engineers, DevOps, security, and product teams across a fully remote US-based role.

The role emphasizes building fast, secure, maintainable web applications with modern design patterns and automated delivery pipelines in a DevSecOps environment.