Sr. Software Engineer - Angular

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Grade: Technical 410

Pay Range: $140,200.00 - $217,200.00

Job Description

The Software Engineer II is an early- to mid-career contributor that has a combination of formal education and experience in the software engineering field. They are responsible for the research, design, development, analysis, testing, and implementation of software operating or application systems. They communicate project information to client, project manager, or other design personnel working on projects. They maintain good working relationships with clients and staff. They write and maintain complete documentation. They support team members and ensure established goals and deadlines are met. They keep management informed of status and significant problems.

 

Primary Responsibilities

• Solid experience with Angular (v12+) and strong working knowledge of RxJS, component-driven architecture, and common state management patterns (NgRx or similar).

• Experience contributing to and maintaining codebases that use modular application design and shared UI libraries.

• Familiarity with monorepo tools (Nx, Bazel, etc.) — able to work effectively within an existing monorepo structure and contribute improvements under guidance.

• Good understanding of front-end build systems and CI pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar.

• Proficient in TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3/SCSS, and comfortable writing and maintaining tests using frameworks such as Jest and Cypress.

• Demonstrated ability to mentor junior developers, provide constructive code reviews, and collaborate effectively across teams.

• Strong problem‑solving abilities and an understanding of how to evaluate technical trade-offs.

• Interprets functional, non-functional, and implied requirements into designs and code that meet those specifications.  Identifies gaps, risks, and deficiencies in such requirements and proposes solutions.

• Writes technical requirements that can be interpreted by others into system realizations.

• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
•    Understanding of the processes associated with software development, including Planning, Measurement, Coding, Testing, Reuse, Tools, Abstraction, Algorithms and Complexity, Security, and basic system understanding
•    Ability to employ the tools and techniques related to an engineering discipline, such as database management, user interface development, inter-process communications, etc.
•    Ability to create designs that can be realized in code that achieve functional and non-functional requirements for an application or assigned part of the system.  Appropriately uses design patterns, system decomposition, security, and fault tolerance.  A demonstrated capability in one or more design methodologies, such as Object-oriented design, Function-oriented design, data centered design and the notations appropriate for each.
•    Ability to understand differences, strengths and weaknesses of various Software Development Life Cycle models, and practical considerations of options
•    Understands implications of Software as a Service in the creation of software systems.  Thinks of and designs for scale, reliability, and cost in a pu