GovCIO is hiring a Frontend Developer to build and modernize federal applications on a serverless AWS GovCloud stack. The developer starts with a focus on frontend work and is expected to grow into a full-stack role.
This position is remote within the Continental United States (CONUS).
Job DescriptionA GovCIO Frontend Developer works inside a cross-functional product team with designers, backend developers, DevOps engineers, and test engineers. The developer builds and maintains modern web applications using JavaScript, React, and Redux, integrating them with REST APIs on a serverless AWS backend. Strong skills in JavaScript patterns and practices, frontend frameworks, and CSS/SASS are essential. The role is hands-on and deadline-driven. Work starts and finishes inside the sprint. The developer works from user stories and designer wireframes, builds accessible and secure user interfaces, and understands how the frontend and serverless backend fit together. This Frontend Developer position is expected to grow into a full-stack developer role, building backend services with Python and AWS serverless technologies such as API Gateway, Lambda, and Step Functions. Skills in AWS, Python, and AI coding assistants is essential for this growth.
Responsibilities- Build and maintain React and Redux applications in JavaScript.
- Integrate frontends with REST APIs on AWS API Gateway and Lambda.
- Build backend services in Python on AWS serverless technologies as you grow into full-stack work.
- Integrate AI features built on large language models and vision models into applications, including prompt and context engineering.
- Build applications that handle non-deterministic AI output, where the same input can produce different valid results.
- Build pages from designer wireframes using CSS and SASS.
- Meet Section 508 and WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility standards.
- Apply frontend security practices, including OWASP guidelines, authentication, JWT handling, and PHI/PII protection.
- Maintain the frontend build chain and keep dependencies current.
- Write unit and component tests. Build and maintain Cypress end-to-end tests in the CI/CD pipeline.
- Submit and review GitHub pull requests.
- Take part in sprint planning, backlog refinement, and estimation. Write user stories and tasks in Jira.
- Post daily status updates in Jira.
- Support UAT, Authority to Operate (ATO), and security compliance activities.
QualificationsRequiredSkills and Experience - Education: Bachelor's degree (required) in computer science, information systems, engineering, mathematics, or a related STEM field, with 5 to 10 years of professional frontend or full-stack development experience. A bachelor's degree in a non-STEM field is acceptable when combined with equivalent professional software engineering experience, technical certifications, or completed technical coursework (such as an accredited bootcamp or graduate certificate).
- 5+ years of JavaScript development.
- 2+ years of React, including Redux or similar state management.
- 2+ years of CSS and SASS.
- Experience integrating frontends with REST APIs on a serverless backend (AWS API Gateway, Lambda).
- Python for backend development.
- Familiarity with machine learning and AI, especially large language models and vision models.
- Automated testing experience, including Cypress and Jest or similar.
- Git and GitHub pull request reviews.
- Agile/Scrum experience.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Willing to earn an AWS Associate certification within the first 9 months.
Clearance: Public Trust.
Preferred Skills and Experience- AWS Associate Certification: Architect, Developer, or CloudOps
- ML basics: training versus inference, overfitting, and class imbalance.
- Generative AI fundamentals: tokenization, context windows, hallucination, and temperature.
- NET Core and C# for legacy application maintenance.
- Frontend security: OAuth/OIDC, JWT, Amazon Cognito.
- AWS services such as S3, CloudFront, and CloudWatch.
- Build tools such as npm, Webpack, or Vite.
- AI coding assistants, especially Claude Code.
- Human-centered design.
- VA or federal program experience.
Posted Salary RangeUSD $90,000.00 - USD $110,000.00 /Yr.
