Front-End Technical Lead – Wagtail CMS
Black Canyon Consulting3 months ago
Responsibilities
- Lead front-end architecture and implementation using Django, React, Next.js, JavaScript or TypeScript, HTML, and CSS.
- Drive adoption of the NCBI Web Design System through component strategy, implementation standards, documentation, reusable patterns, and best practices.
- Guide Wagtail CMS headless or hybrid integrations and consumption of CMS-driven content through GraphQL, REST, or other structured content services.
- Implement reusable UI components and establish front-end coding standards, component patterns, documentation, and review processes.
- Mentor front-end developers and provide technical guidance across projects.
- Collaborate with UX, design, content, backend, CMS, DevOps, product, and stakeholder teams.
- Ensure solutions meet accessibility, performance, SEO, scalability, and maintainability goals.
- Support troubleshooting, testing, deployment, release planning, and production support.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science is required.
- At least 5 years of full-stack web application development experience using Django, React, and Next.js is required.
- Strong experience with Django, React, Next.js, JavaScript or TypeScript, HTML, and CSS is required.
- Proven front-end technical leadership experience on web platform projects is required.
- Experience implementing, extending, or supporting adoption of a Web Design System across teams or products is required.
- Experience integrating headless CMS platforms and consuming GraphQL or REST APIs is required.
- Strong understanding of accessibility, including Section 508 and WCAG, is required.
- Experience with Git, testing, performance optimization, responsive design, and modern front-end workflows is required.
- Strong communication, mentoring, documentation, and stakeholder collaboration skills are required.
- Preferred qualifications include public-facing government, scientific, biomedical, or research website experience; familiarity with the U.S. Web Design System; Wagtail CMS experience; accessibility testing tools; SEO; analytics; Core Web Vitals; Docker; cloud hosting; CDN configuration; and Agile teams.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage; 401(k) with employer contribution; paid holidays; vacation; and tuition reimbursement.
Tech Stack
Categories
About Black Canyon Consulting
Black Canyon Consulting is a privately held, woman-owned IT and program management services firm that delivers contract support to U.S. federal research and health agencies. The company provides systems engineering, custom software, bioinformatics, and project management through government contracts and IDIQ vehicles; it was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia. Recent roles support the National Center for Biotechnology Information at the NIH/NLM.