Software Engineer - Frontend
The Swift Group7 months ago
Chantilly, VA, USASenior
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain reusable, modular, responsive Angular and TypeScript UI components and application views.
- Translate UX specifications and user research into accessible, performant frontend implementations.
- Build and consume RESTful APIs and integrate frontend components with AWS API Gateway, Lambda, and DynamoDB.
- Optimize application performance through code splitting, lazy loading, tree shaking, and caching strategies.
- Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, code reviews, automated testing, and frontend code quality standards.
- Collaborate with backend engineers, platform teams, and UX designers on frontend architecture, component libraries, and integration contracts.
- Create technical documentation for UI components, integration patterns, and frontend architecture decisions.
- Participate in Agile sprint planning, backlog refinement, and iterative delivery.
Requirements
- BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent professional experience.
- 10+ years of software engineering experience.
- Hands-on Angular experience building reusable, production-grade UI components.
- Strong JavaScript and TypeScript skills for responsive and interactive frontend applications.
- Knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, Sass, UI performance optimization, UI design principles, human-computer interaction, and UX best practices.
- Experience integrating frontend applications with backend services and AWS services including API Gateway, Lambda, and DynamoDB.
- Experience with Git-based version control and modern development workflows.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated build and deployment processes.
- Experience working within Agile development methodologies.
- US citizenship and an active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance are required.
- Preferred experience includes Jest, Cypress, Karma, Jasmine, Angular Material, Bootstrap, WCAG accessibility, Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, React, Vue.js, Java, Python, Node.js, EKS, and Step Functions.
Benefits
- The position is onsite in Chantilly, Virginia.
- A $5,000 referral bonus is offered for a hired referral candidate and is paid at the new hire’s 90-day mark.
Tech Stack
Amazon DynamoDBAngularAWSBootstrapCypressGitJasmineJavaJavaScriptJestKarmaNode.jsPythonReactSassTypeScriptVue.js
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About The Swift Group
The Swift Group is a privately held IT services and solutions firm headquartered in Reston, Virginia, founded in 2019. It delivers software development, systems engineering, data science, cyber enablement, logistics, and training to U.S. civilian, defense, and intelligence community clients, largely via federal contracts. Engagements often involve global operations and secure environments, and many positions require U.S. citizenship and high-level clearances (e.g., TS/SCI with polygraph).