UI Developer

We are seeking a UI Developer for a 12+ month contract position based in Charlotte, North Carolina. You will develop scalable front-end applications, collaborate with backend engineers, and deliver production-quality code in a modern cloud environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop highly scalable front-end applications using React JS, AG Grid, HTML5, and CSS3.
• Deliver to production on Azure using CI/CD (GitHub Actions) and integrated Azure services.
• Collaborate with backend engineers to enhance Python/Django APIs and deliver end-to-end features.
• Identify and resolve performance issues and bottlenecks.
• Implement authentication and authorization across systems and environments.
• Write maintainable, well-tested code with unit tests, and help define and raise the team's engineering standards.
• Produce clear documentation and communicate technical decisions effectively.
• Collaborate effectively, take ownership, and work independently when needed.

Qualifications

Required

• Strong professional experience building production UI applications with TypeScript and a modern JavaScript framework (React, Vue, Angular, or equivalent).
• Hands-on experience with advanced data grids, particularly AG Grid, including server-side data loading, filtering, and performance tuning.
• Strong front-end fundamentals including HTML, CSS, browser APIs, accessibility, and performance optimization.
• Comfort working across the stack and consuming or evolving APIs, with willingness to learn new backend technologies.
• Experience with data modeling and SQL.
• Experience building and maintaining shared UI component libraries and design systems (Storybook).
• Experience implementing authentication and authorization patterns such as SSO, OIDC/OAuth2, and RBAC.
• Experience with modern front-end build and tooling including Node.js, Vite, and npm workspaces or monorepos.
• Proven track record improving code quality through testing, review practices, refactoring, and setting team conventions.
• Experience delivering software in a CI/CD environment (GitHub Actions or similar).
• Cloud experience deploying and operating web applications on AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to document decisions and align stakeholders.

Preferred

• Broader backend experience beyond Python/Django, such as Node.js, Java, or .NET.
• Experience with non-REST integration patterns including events, queues, or gRPC.
• Practical familiarity with Azure services and operational concerns such as app hosting, identity, networking, and observability.
• Experience using LLM-assisted development tools effectively on large codebases such as Claude Code or GitHub Copilot.