Front End Developer

Why AIS?

When you join AIS, you're joining a mission-driven team that's passionate about making a difference. You'll work on projects that matter, alongside industry-leading experts, in an environment that fosters innovation, driving client success, and empowering our team to make a lasting impact. As an employee-owned company, we value collaboration, inclusivity, continuous growth, and shared success.

• Employee Ownership
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  Your contributions directly impact the company's success, and you share in its achievements.

• Continuous Learning
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  Access to resources, training, and mentorship to support your professional growth.

• Inclusive Culture
  : A workplace where diversity is celebrated, and everyone's voice is valued.

• Mission-Driven Work
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  Engage in projects that make a meaningful difference for our clients and communities.

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.

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 Senior Software Engineer.

• Core Knowledge &
  
  Skills:
  
  Works across multiple languages and platforms, designs and implements architectural decisions, applies design patterns, cloud-native services, IAAS/PAAS/SAAS basics, and secure coding practices (e.g., OWASP Top 10).

• Work & Complexity: Performs complex tasks under limited guidance, integrates and troubleshoots distributed or cloud services, and optimizes performance and scalability.

• Quality & Independence: Sets a high bar for code quality, multitasks effectively, owns and corrects errors quickly, and drives continuous improvement.

• Teamwork & Communication: Leads code reviews, mentors teammates, and translates technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.

• Consulting & Engagement: Works directly with clients without oversight, writes technical RFP content when needed, nurtures client relationships, and manages routine client concerns.

AIS is seeking an experienced Front-End Developer to support a federal customer in Washington, DC. The successful candidate will design, develop, and maintain modern, responsive web applications that support mission-critical operations. This role focuses on creating intuitive, scalable user interfaces using React, Type Script, JavaScript, Node.js, HTML, and CSS while integrating with .NET backend services and AWS cloud environments.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on developer who is passionate about delivering exceptional user experiences, building maintainable front-end solutions, and collaborating with cross-functional teams in an Agile development environment. This position requires strong technical expertise, problem-solving skills, and the ability to support secure and scalable enterprise applications.

• Design, develop, test, and maintain responsive web applications using React, Type Script, JavaScript, Node.js, HTML5, and CSS
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• Build modular, reusable, and maintainable UI components following modern front-end engineering standards and best practices.

• Integrate front-end applications with backend .NET services utilizing REST APIs, JSON, and XML data exchanges.

• Implement client-side state management and optimize application performance for enterprise-scale solutions.

• Collaborate with UX/UI designers to translate wireframes and design concepts into functional user interfaces.

• Partner with backend engineers and product teams to deliver seamless end-to-end functionality.

• Participate in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily standups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.

• Conduct peer code reviews and contribute to coding standards, quality assurance, and software engineering best practices.

• Troubleshoot and resolve UI defects, performance issues, and browser compatibility concerns.

• Maintain source code repositories using Git and Git Lab, following branching strategies and merge request workflows.

• Ensure compliance with security, accessibility, and performance requirements, including Section 508 standards where applicable.

• Support application deployments and operational activities within AWS-hosted environments.

• Contribute to CI/CD pipeline improvements and automation efforts supporting software delivery.

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field. Equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.

• 8+ years of professional software development experience, including front-end application development.

• 5+ years of experience developing modern web applications using React, JavaScript, and Type Script.

• 3+ years of experience working with Node.js for development tooling, application services, or front-end build processes.

• Strong experience building user interfaces with…