Front-End Software Engineer
Booz Allen Hamilton4 days ago
Base Salary
$78k - $176k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build and improve front-end web applications and mission-critical tools using React and related technologies.
- Coordinate UI/UX designers and back-end developers to deliver seamless user experiences.
- Develop accessible interfaces that work across browsers, platforms, and devices while meeting security requirements.
- Implement front-end performance improvements such as code-splitting, lazy loading, and Lighthouse-based optimization.
- Write and maintain automated unit, component, and end-to-end tests.
- Gather user requirements to inform UI designs and usability improvements.
- Guide development teams in adopting new tools and techniques, conduct code reviews, and mentor teammates.
- Work in Git-based workflows involving pull requests, branching strategies, and continuous integration checks.
Requirements
- At least five years of software development experience with front-end programming languages and web development stacks, or eight years of software engineering experience in lieu of a degree.
- Experience with Python, React, Node.js, Next.js, or CSS, plus TypeScript for scalable front-end development.
- Experience with automated front-end testing using tools such as Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress, or Playwright.
- Experience with user-requirement gathering, complex problem solving, and cross-functional collaboration.
- Ability to apply accessibility best practices and WCAG 508 compliance requirements.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, unless qualifying software engineering experience is used in lieu of the degree.
- TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph is required.
- Preferred qualifications include AWS, Terraform, S3, CloudFront, Lambda, API Gateway, Tailwind CSS, Styled Components, Emotion, Sass, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, system design, API integration, and UX heuristics experience.
Benefits
- Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits.
- Paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, dependent care, and recognition awards.
- Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours per week on a regular basis may participate in applicable benefit programs.
- The projected annualized compensation range is $77,600.00 to $176,000.00 USD.
- Work-model expectations vary by posting; remote roles may occasionally require work at a Booz Allen or customer facility, while hybrid and onsite roles include facility-based work as required.
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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).