UI/Accessibility Expert - Front-End Tech Lead

Job Overview

Seeking a senior Front-End Tech Lead with strong Angular development experience, design system implementation expertise, and hands-on digital accessibility experience. This role combines front-end architecture, technical leadership, accessibility compliance, and CI/CD improvement for a government technology program.

Required Qualifications

• Experience: 8+ years in senior front-end engineering or technical leadership.
• Front-End Development: Expert-level Angular, SASS, and HTML skills.
• Accessibility Certification: CPACC, WAS, or equivalent formal certification.
• Accessibility Compliance: Hands-on experience with WCAG 2.2 AA, Section 508, and accessible application development.
• Accessibility Testing: Automated testing tools, JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, keyboard navigation, and manual accessibility validation.
• Design Systems: Experience implementing and maintaining design systems; U.S. Web Design System (USWDS) experience strongly preferred.
• Technical Leadership: Front-end architecture, coding standards, code reviews, design reviews, and developer mentoring.
• CI/CD: Experience improving front-end build, deployment, and release pipelines.
• Backend Integration: Experience collaborating with Java backend teams to integrate APIs and services. Java development is not required.
• Documentation: Technical specifications, architecture decisions, engineering standards, and process documentation.
• Security: Understanding of government security practices and sensitive data handling.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting government or public-sector technology programs.
• Knowledge of Section 508 and Title I/Title II accessibility requirements.
• Experience with enterprise-scale component libraries and front-end architecture.
• Experience establishing engineering standards and improving development processes.
• Experience preparing technical documentation, runbooks, and engineering guides.

What Makes a Strong Candidate

• A senior Angular engineer who has progressed into front-end technical leadership.
• A formally certified accessibility professional with practical implementation and testing experience.
• Demonstrated experience integrating accessibility standards into reusable components and design systems.
• The ability to lead engineering decisions while remaining hands-on with front-end development.