React Developer Jobs in Reston, VA (NOW HIRING)

Description

Travel Requirement: Up to 25%

Security Clearance: Ability to obtain a Secret Clearance required

Citizenship: US Citizenship required

Sherpa 6 is looking for a passionate and talented Web Developer to join our growing team. If you enjoy building high-impact, mission-critical systems that support the Department of Defense (DoD) and commercial partners, you'll fit right in.

We're seeking developers with strong experience in React to help build modern, intuitive web applications. Familiarity with Angular is a big plus, as our projects span both frameworks and offer opportunities to work across multiple technologies. This role is a great fit for someone who loves solving complex problems, collaborating with a tight-knit team, and contributing to products that truly matter.

If you're excited about working in a fast-moving environment where your contributions have real-world impact, we'd love to meet you.

Responsibilities:

• Develop high-quality, scalable React web applications.
• The preferred candidate will have extensive experience with software development and software engineering principles
• Act as a subject matter expert for React Development
• Code and test software based upon software specifications and designs
• Analyze and study complex system requirements
• Design software tools and subsystems to support software reuse and domain software development
• Use sound software engineering principles to ensure that developed code is modifiable, efficient, reliable, understandable, and fault tolerant
• Provide software process management and control throughout the coding portion of the software development process

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience with single page application development, with demonstrated proficiency in component architecture and scalability
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
• Experience with RESTful APIs and JSON
• Experience with asynchronous programming, observables, frontend data structuring
• Experience with application state management strategies
• Solid understanding of HTML and CSS, including responsive design principles, CSS preprocessors and knowledge of UI frameworks
• Experience integrating with REST interfaces and SQL databases
• Capable of developing front-end user interfaces and architecture following design team specifications
• Familiarity with frontend build tools and package managers
• Strong team player who thrives in a highly collaborative and cross-function environment with a growth mindset
• Development processes: source control, defect tracking, collaborative tools, code review a plus
• Capable of conducting peer reviews
• Ability to mentor other software engineers
• Capable of decomposing software requirements into actionable development capabilities
• Excellent Communicator, both written and verbal

Qualities of Exceptional Candidates:

• Proven capacity to design scalable and maintainable solutions and patterns
• Experience with both React and Angular
• Experience utilizing RxJS, NgRx, Signals, or similar state and reactive solutions
• Experience in analyzing and employing strategies that optimize user experience, data retrieval and storage, and performance
• Experience with Scrum or another agile methodology
• Proficient in Typescript

About Sherpa 6:

At Sherpa 6 we love to solve problems and provide the best solutions for our customers. Our approach to a problem is to find a user-focused and design-driven solution that is simple yet functional and effective. We are a group of enthusiastic forward-thinkers who are excited to build amazing solutions with bleeding-edge technology. We hire people who are forward thinkers, passionate about what they do, love to collaborate and want to constantly learn. We enjoy what we do and we're not afraid to put the extra effort in to accomplish the mission; call us Sherpas. As a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, we know what it means to serve. We have made it our mission to be the leaders in solutions that protect and give our Warfighters the edge they need when put into harm's way.

Background Screening/Check/Investigation:

Successful completion of a background screening/check/investigation will/may be required as a condition of hire.

ADA:

Sherpa 6 will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act 1990.

EEO/AA:

Sherpa 6 does not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, sex, religion age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, height, weight, or marital status in employment or the provision of services and is an equal access/opportunity/affirmative action employer.

Benefits:

We offer a competitive benefits package, covering the cost of medical for you and your family; we also offer dental, vision, health and wellness benefits and a generous retirement savings plan. We believe that our employees can manage their workload and their personal life, therefore we extend a generous PTO policy. This allows our employees to balance their lives as they see fit.

Salary Range:

The proposed salary range is reflective across all Sherpa 6 locations, years of experience, and skill levels. Salary negotiations will be based on a host of factors including but not limited to your geographic location, prior experience, relevant skills, education, and certifications.