Digital Experience Engineer

Accenture Federal Services•Washington, DC

3d•$83,600 - $196,000•Hybrid

About The Position

At Accenture Federal Services, our purpose is to make the US federal government stronger and safer, and to improve the lives of its citizens. We are a technology company within the global Accenture network, comprising over 13,000 individuals dedicated to leveraging technology and innovation for clients across defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations. We are recognized as a Glassdoor Top 100 Best Place to Work, offering a supportive community where employees are empowered to grow, learn, and thrive through hands-on experience, certifications, and industry training. Join us to drive meaningful change and advance government missions. You are a product-minded engineer passionate about user experience. You blend modern front-end engineering with practical full-stack skills to create accessible, responsive, and reliable digital products for federal clients. Whether you are building your engineering foundation or ready to lead features independently, this role accommodates a range of experience. As you grow, you can transition from contributing to components and features to leading product areas, defining front-end and full-stack patterns, mentoring engineers, and influencing architectural standards.

Requirements

Professional experience in front-end, full-stack, web, mobile, or product engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
Hands-on experience with JavaScript or TypeScript and at least one modern framework such as React, Angular, Vue, Next.js, or a comparable technology.
Experience with HTML, CSS, responsive design, reusable components, and modern web development practices.
Experience consuming or building REST APIs and integrating user experiences with back-end services or data sources.
Understanding of automated testing, source control, code review, debugging, and Agile delivery practices.
For candidates with deeper experience, demonstrated ability to independently lead complex features, mentor others, influence technical patterns, and resolve ambiguity across teams.
U.S. Citizenship required.
Ability to work with federal clients and comply with applicable AFS, client, security, and program requirements.
Ability to work in a hybrid, remote, or client-site environment as program needs require.
Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Human-Computer Interaction, or equivalent practical experience.
Experience with design systems, component libraries, accessibility standards, Section 508, WCAG, or accessible testing tools.
Experience with Node.js, Python, Java, serverless technologies, or other back-end development used to support digital experiences.
Experience with AWS, Azure, cloud-native application development, containers, or serverless platforms.
Experience with web performance optimization, observability, CI/CD, automated UI testing, or front-end security practices.
Ability to communicate clearly, learn quickly, work collaboratively, and take increasing ownership of features or technical workstreams.
Previous federal consulting, government, or mission-oriented delivery experience.

Responsibilities

Build modern, responsive, accessible web and mobile experiences using contemporary JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks and component-based architectures.
Translate product requirements, UX designs, prototypes, and user feedback into production-ready features and reusable components.
Develop and integrate front-end experiences with APIs, services, data sources, and serverless or lightweight back-end capabilities.
Create and maintain design-system components, shared UI patterns, and engineering standards that improve consistency and delivery speed.
Write clean, testable code and participate in code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD, debugging, refactoring, and release activities.
Build accessibility, Section 508 considerations, responsive behavior, security, and web performance into the engineering lifecycle.
Use AFS-approved AI-assisted engineering tools and workflows to accelerate development, testing, documentation, and problem solving while validating outputs and maintaining engineering quality.
Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Business Application Engineers, Quality Engineers, designers, platform teams, security teams, and client stakeholders.
As your experience grows, lead complex features, mentor engineers, shape design-system or application patterns, and help teams make sound technical tradeoffs.