Principal Front End Engineer

• Strong understanding of web accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1 AA minimum, Section 508 compliance) with practical implementation experience including accessibility linting (axe-core, eslint-pluginjsx-a11y) and automated accessibility testing in CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with automated frontend testing strategies including unit testing, component testing, and end-to-end UI testing with tools like Playwright, Cypress, or similar
• Familiarity with frontend infrastructure, CDN strategies, asset optimization, and progressive enhancement patterns • Experience with design systems, component libraries, and maintaining consistency across multiple applications

Technical Excellence

• Strong proficiency in modern JavaScript/TypeScript and deep understanding of web platform APIs
• Solid understanding of CSS architecture, mobile-first responsive design, and cross-browser compatibility
• Working knowledge of automated testing strategies including unit testing (Jest, Vitest), component testing (React Testing Library, Angular Testing Library), and end-to-end UI testing (Playwright) 1
• Experience integrating accessibility validation into testing pipelines using axe-core or similar tools
• Experience with state management patterns and asynchronous data handling in frontend applications
• Practical knowledge of web performance optimization, Core Web Vitals, and frontend monitoring
• Understanding of API integration patterns, GraphQL or REST, and working with backend services
• Familiarity with cloud deployment patterns for frontend applications (CDN, static hosting)
• Experience establishing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with automated accessibility checks, linting, and testing Product Mindset & User Experience

Product Mindset & User Experience

• Strong product thinking with ability to balance user needs, business requirements, and technical constraints
• Willingness to work closely with product managers to ideate on best UI/UX experiences, making pragmatic trade-offs between optimal user experience and implementation effort
• Working knowledge of modern UI/UX principles, design patterns, and user-centered design methodologies
• Experience collaborating with product managers and designers throughout the development lifecycle on customer-facing applications
• Ability to provide technical input during design discussions and advocate for feasible, accessible solutions
• Data-driven approach to measuring and improving user experience through analytics and user feedback

Leadership, Ownership, & Communication

• Demonstrated ability to lead large-scale technical initiatives from vision to production, influencing outcomes across multiple teams
• Quality driven, sets the standard for excellence in communication, code, and documentation
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts and strategic vision clearly to engineers, designers, product managers, executives, and external stakeholders
• Proven track record of mentoring and developing engineers at all levels, building organizational frontend capability
• Recognized advocate for sound engineering practices who establishes patterns and influences engineering culture
• Comfort leading cross-functional initiatives, making architectural decisions with organizational impact, and navigating technical/business trade-offs at the principal level

Required

• Must be a US Citizen and able to obtain and maintain Public Trust 6C
• Position is remote, with approximately 0-10% business travel

#EDopportunities

The likely salary range for this position is $147,292 - $199,278. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Travel Required

Less than 10%

T elecommuting Options

Remote

Work Location

Any Location / Remote

Additional Work Locations

Total Rewards at GDIT

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

Our Identity Verification Process

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

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