Frontend Developer - Staff

About this role

Job Title: Frontend Developer - Staff
Location: 100% Remote - anywhere in the Continental U.S.
Salary: $160,000/year
Note: All advertised positions are salaried and full-time.

### About Us

Friends From The City is a design, research, and engineering company focused on public impact. Our mission is to make digital interactions with government simple, intuitive, and accessible. That means removing barriers like confusing user flows, inaccessible content, and language limitations that prevent people from getting what they need.

We build digital products using accessible design, rigorous research, and reliable code.

### About the Role

Millions of people rely on government websites and applications to access critical services like healthcare, housing, and financial support. But when those tools are slow, confusing, or difficult to use, it can make essential tasks feel impossible.

As a Frontend Developer at Friends, you will help change that. You will build fast, accessible, and reliable interfaces that help people complete important tasks with confidence. You will work closely with designers, researchers, and backend engineers to bring user-centered digital experiences to life.

### Requirements

What you'll achieve:You'll build the interfaces that connect people around the world. That means writing clean, accessible, production-ready code on a team that ships to real users every sprint.

• Build and maintain React/Next.js interfaces using the U.S. Web Design System (USWDS)
• Translate design prototypes into standards-compliant, reusable components
• Partner with designers and backend engineers to deliver end-to-end features on a two-week sprint cycle
• Own accessibility — Section 508 and WCAG 2.2 compliance are requirements, not afterthoughts
• Write and maintain unit and integration tests; participate in code review via GitLab
• Support multilingual interfaces, including Spanish, as the platform expands globally
• Ship to pro...