Job Location: Springfield, VA

Job Type: Full Time

Security Clearance: Active Secret clearance required (Interim ok)

Travel Requirement: Up to 25%

Citizenship: US Citizenship required

Sherpa 6 is seeking a highly motivated and skilled Web Developer to join our team. We build mission critical systems for the Department of Defense (DoD) and other commercial customers. We’re looking for experienced Angular developers who are familiar developing web applications. Angular is highly preferred, but any single page application framework as past experience will be considered.

Responsibilities:

• Develop high-quality, scalable Angular web applications.
• The preferred candidate will have extensive experience with software development and software engineering principles
• Act as a subject matter expert for Angular 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

• 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
• Must be a US citizen
• Must pass a background check and drug screening

Qualities of Exceptional Candidates:

• Proven capacity to design scalable and maintainable solutions and patterns
• 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/Drug Screening

Successful completion of a pre-employment background & drug screening will 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.