Front-End Software Engineer
Booz Allen Hamilton4 days ago
Base Salary
$78k - $176k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop accessible, cross-browser front-end interfaces and web applications using React and TypeScript.
- Coordinate UI/UX designers and back-end developers to deliver seamless user experiences.
- Guide development teams in adopting new tools and techniques and mentor teammates.
- Identify and implement system improvements, including front-end performance optimizations.
- Create and maintain automated unit, component, and end-to-end tests.
- Gather user requirements and collaborate with designers on usability improvements.
- Participate in code reviews, Git-based workflows, branching strategies, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Apply accessibility, security, and WCAG 508 best practices to mission-critical tools.
Requirements
- 5+ years of software development experience using front-end programming languages and web development stacks, or 8+ years of software engineering experience in lieu of a degree.
- Experience with React, TypeScript, and front-end development; familiarity with Python, Node.js, Next.js, or CSS.
- Experience with automated front-end testing using tools such as Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress, or Playwright.
- Experience with performance optimization techniques such as code-splitting, lazy loading, or Lighthouse-based improvements.
- Experience gathering user requirements and solving complex problems in collaborative, cross-functional teams.
- Ability to apply WCAG 508 accessibility best practices.
- Ability to work in Git-based workflows with pull request reviews, branching strategies, and CI checks.
- TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, unless substituted by 8+ years of software engineering experience.
- Preferred experience with AWS, Terraform, cloud-native architectures, S3, CloudFront, Lambda, API Gateway, Tailwind CSS, Styled Components, Emotion, Sass, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI.
- Preferred knowledge of API integration and UX heuristics.
Benefits
- Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits.
- Paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care.
- Recognition awards for exceptional performance and demonstration of company values.
- Benefits eligibility applies to regular full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours per week.
- Salary is listed as an annualized range of $77,600.00 to $176,000.00 USD.
- The role’s specific remote, hybrid, or onsite work model is not stated; virtual employees may occasionally need to work at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
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About Booz Allen Hamilton
Booz Allen Hamilton builds and integrates software, analytics, AI, cloud, and cybersecurity solutions while providing engineering and consulting services, primarily for U.S. defense, intelligence, and civil government clients, with select commercial partnerships. Its business is largely government contracting and professional services delivering mission systems and cyber defense. Founded in 1914 and headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Booz Allen is a public company traded on the NYSE (ticker: BAH).