What are we looking for?

At AIS, we're looking for more than just skills - we're looking for driven individuals who are passionate about making a difference, eager to grow, and aligned with our core principles.

 

Working@AIS
At AIS, we are dedicated to providing our employees with diverse opportunities to grow their careers while supporting a variety of impactful projects. For this position, we are seeking a talented individual to join AIS as a Lead Software Engineer.

• Core Knowledge & Skills: Operates independently or as a team lead, selects appropriate persistence technologies (e.g., EF, Dapper), defines source control strategies, and designs subsystem infrastructure.

• Work & Complexity: Tackles complex problems with thorough analysis, manages cross-functional delivery, and improves system reliability and scalability.

• Quality & Independence: Consistently meets deadlines even under challenging conditions, enforces standards through detailed reviews, and establishes productivity benchmarks for the team.

• Teamwork & Communication: Provides functional leadership by setting objectives, organizing resources, resolving conflicts, and engaging confidently with both internal and external stakeholders.

• Consulting & Engagement: Troubleshoots advanced client issues, supports requirements gathering, and contributes to vendor presentations or proposal activities.

As your initial project assignment, you will support the unique needs of our client as a Sr Front End Engineer SME. Project Summary

As a Senior Front0end Developer, you will play a pivotal role in architecting, building, and optimizing modern user interfaces that support mission0critical applications. You will lead the development of scalable, high0performance front0end solutions using React, TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, and AWS0hosted environments, ensuring seamless integration with .NET back0end services. In this role, you will mentor mid0level developers, set engineering standards, and champion best practices in code quality, accessibility, and performance. You will collaborate closely with designers, back0end engineers, product owners, and mission stakeholders to deliver intuitive, secure, and reliable user experiences that meet evolving customer and program needs. Drawing on deep technical expertise and strong problem0solving skills, you will help guide architectural decisions, drive continuous improvement, and ensure front0end components operate effectively within enterprise0grade systems.

Key Responsibilities

 Lead the design and development of responsive, high-performance user interfaces using Node.js, React, JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, and CSS

 Architect modular, maintainable, and scalable UI component libraries aligned with modern engineering standards

 Mentor and provide technical guidance to mid level and junior frontend developers, including reviewing code, coaching on best practices, and supporting skill development

 Integrate frontend applications with backend .NET services using REST APIs, JSON, and XML

 Drive client-side state management patterns, rendering optimization, and performance tuning for enterprise-grade applications

 Collaborate closely with UX/UI designers, backend engineers, and product owners to ensure seamless end-to-end functionality

 Establish and enforce coding standards, accessibility guidelines, and quality controls across the frontend codebase

 Use Git and GitLab for version control, branching strategies, and merge request workflows

 Troubleshoot complex UI issues across environments, platforms, and browsers, providing root-cause analysis and actionable remediation

 Operate within AWS cloud-hosted environments and support integration, deployments, and environment troubleshooting

 Promote a culture of high-quality engineering through code reviews, design reviews, and knowledge-sharing sessions

 Support planning, estimation, and architectural discussions for new features and modernization efforts

 Partner with teams to ensure frontend solutions meet accessibility, security, and performance requirements

 Review code and container scans and remediate both code and package vulnerabilities on a regular basis.

Required For This Opportunity

 Must have an active Top-Secret clearance and be eligible for SCI.

 8+ years of experience developing modern frontend applications using React, JavaScript, TypeScript, and Node.js

 Advanced experience building UI components with HTML, CSS, Sass, and responsive design frameworks

 Strong experience integrating with REST APIs and working with JSON and XML data formats

 Proficiency with Git and GitLab for source control, collaboration, and code review workflows

 Ability to design, refactor, and maintain scalable frontend architectures in cloud environments (AWS preferred)

 Deep understanding of frontend performance optimization, browser behavior, debugging techniques, and application profiling

 Demonstrated ability to mentor developers and lead best-practice discussions across the engineering team

 Experience building cloud-native solutions in AWS

 Experience with YAML and CI/CD pipeline development (GitLab CI preferred)

 Experience with package scan vulnerability remediation

 Experience with integration with .NET APIs or full stack environments

Nice to Have Skills

 Experience with automated UI testing frameworks (Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress)

 Familiarity with accessibility standards (Section 508, WCAG)

 Familiarity with JFrog Artifactory

 Familiarity with Jira for DevOps

At AIS, we are committed to offering competitive and fair compensation that reflects the skills, experience, and contributions of each team member. The targeted base salary range for this role is $117,000-$177,000 per year. Please note that this range is provided as a guideline and the final offer will be based on several factors, including but not limited to, skillset and competencies, level of experience, education, certifications, and location. We value transparency in our hiring process and are happy to discuss how your unique qualifications align with our compensation structure during the interview process.