UI Front End Developer

*Candidates must possess an active Top Secret Clearance or CBP clearance for consideration*

Zachary Piper Solutions is currently seeking a UI Front-End Developer to support a mission-critical federal program based in Ashburn, VA . This is a full-time, fully onsite role supporting the design, development, and maintenance of modern, high-performance single-page applications.

In this role, you will play a key part in delivering scalable, user-focused interfaces that meet stringent federal requirements. You will collaborate closely with stakeholders, backend engineers, and DevOps teams in an Agile environment to deliver modern, secure, and maintainable UI solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain modern single-page applications using Angular (v12 or higher).
• Build and maintain reusable UI components and shared libraries, including publishing and consuming NPM packages.
• Optimize UI performance and ensure scalable, maintainable component and layout designs.
• Implement and manage application state using NgRx.
• Collaborate within an Agile/Scrum environment to gather requirements, demonstrate functionality, solicit feedback, and refine solutions.
• Work closely with backend teams to integrate UI components with microservices-based architectures.
• Participate in CI/CD pipelines and cloud deployments using DevOps best practices.
• Develop and maintain unit tests using Jest, ng-mocks, or similar testing frameworks.
• Utilize modern development tools including Visual Studio and Atlassian products (Jira, Confluence).
• Perform Git operations including branching, merging, pull requests, and code reviews.
• Assist with application monitoring and troubleshooting post-deployment.
• Query and manipulate data using SQL as needed.

Required Qualifications

• Top Secret Clearance or CBP Clearance
• 6+ years of front-end development experience using Angular (v12+).
• Advanced experience with:
  • UI performance tuning
  • Component and layout design
• Strong proficiency in:
  • HTML5
  • CSS3 (Flexbox, CSS Grid)
  • SASS
  • JSON
  • Modern CSS frameworks
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with NgRx for state management.
• Experience developing and maintaining reusable components and shared libraries.
• Experience working with microservices design patterns.
• Proficiency with Git for source control (branching, merging, pull requests).
• Experience writing unit tests using Jest, ng-mocks, or similar frameworks.
• Experience querying databases using SQL.
• Familiarity with backend development, particularly Spring Boot.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Equivalent applicable professional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing and implementing J2EE software applications.
• Prior experience supporting federal or government programs.
• Experience deploying applications in cloud environments.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary Range: $145,000 - $165,000 depending on experience
• Comprehensive Benefits Package, including:
  • Medical, Dental, Vision
  • 401(k)
  • Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • Sick Leave (where required by law)

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