Sr Front-End/Angular Developer

CGI•Fairfax, VA

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

CGI is seeking an enthusiastic, creative senior full-stack developer to join a high-performing Agile team designing and building modern, services-based web applications for a large government agency. The role focuses primarily on frontend development with Angular, while also requiring Java and Spring Framework experience. The team uses a modern development stack and open-source technologies to build and modernize applications for cloud environments. The position is based in CGI’s Fairfax, Virginia, or Lafayette, Louisiana, office, with a hybrid working model acceptable.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or another technical discipline.
At least 7 years of hands-on Java development experience, including Spring Boot, Spring Framework, Spring Data/JPA/Hibernate, and REST APIs.
Experience building and maintaining frontend applications using TypeScript, HTML, CSS, and Angular v14 or later.
Experience designing and developing Spring Boot microservices deployed on AWS, including ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, SQS, SNS, and RDS.
Experience with PostgreSQL or a similar relational database, including schema design, query optimization, and migration tooling such as Flyway.
Experience with Apache Kafka or a similar event-streaming platform.
Experience with AI-assisted pair-programming tools such as GitHub Copilot or Amazon Q.
Experience with CI/CD methodologies and tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and SonarQube.
Experience in API development and application security best practices, including OAuth 2.0, TLS, PKI, and JWT.
Experience with Test Driven Development and paired programming.
Experience with Git and collaborative development workflows, including GitHub or Bitbucket, pull requests, and code reviews.
Demonstrated technical leadership and interest in exploring emerging technologies.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and a continuous-improvement mindset.
Proactive, detail-oriented, self-motivated approach and ability to get started quickly.
Ability to learn quickly, multitask, work under pressure, meet tight deadlines, and adapt to changing requirements.
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to build trusted relationships and partner across a complex organization.
Willingness to ask questions, challenge the status quo, and seek answers.

Nice To Haves

Experience with AWS serverless and analytics services, including Step Functions, Lambda, SES, Glue, Redshift, OpenSearch, Athena, SageMaker, QuickSight, Databricks, or Tableau.
Experience with authentication and authorization platforms such as Okta, SecureAuth, or AWS Cognito.
Experience with UI/UX frameworks beyond Angular, such as Bootstrap or Angular Material.
Experience with log management, alerting, and monitoring tools such as Datadog or Google Analytics.
Experience with load-testing tools such as JMeter or Gatling.
Experience with project management and collaboration tools such as JIRA or Confluence.
Experience with Selenium or Cypress for end-to-end test automation.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with the Agile team to research best practices, design application architecture and microservices, implement solutions, mentor team members, and test and deploy applications.
Contribute to the architecture and development of modern cloud-native applications using technologies such as Angular and Java/Spring Boot.
Work with users, stakeholders, business analysts, and product managers to understand problem statements and functional and non-functional requirements.
Write clean, well-organized code following best practices and share knowledge with the team.
Participate in all phases of the Agile software development lifecycle, including requirements gathering, design, estimation, coding, code reviews, and testing.
Author and review frontend and backend code using AI-assisted paired programming techniques.
Deploy and manage applications on AWS using containerized environments and CI/CD pipelines.
Develop and consume RESTful APIs and work with API design patterns and microservice communication.
Participate in daily standups, code collaboration sessions, and sprint ceremonies.
Engage in client, industry, and end-user discussions, providing technical input on applications.
Lead and participate in technical design sessions, create sustainable and high-performing features, and provide estimates and development timelines.
Improve development tools, technologies, and CI/CD pipelines.
Create automated unit, integration, and end-to-end tests for frontend and backend systems.
Improve system architecture, including microservices design and cloud-native patterns on AWS.
Apply database design expertise with PostgreSQL, optimize data access and queries, and manage schema migrations such as with Flyway.