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We are a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization and the leading provider of educational reporting, data exchange, verification, and research services. Serving the education, workforce and learner communities has been at the heart of our mission for over 30 years. Our work performed in a trusted, secure, and private environment provides numerous time- and cost-saving benefits to students, schools, administrators, and requestors. Education leaders rely on the Clearinghouse's unique national student data resources to better understand student pathways and outcomes in order to help students succeed, and our research better informs practitioners and policymakers about student educational pathways and enables informed decision making.

About the Role:

The Clearinghouse is embarking on a reimagining of its technology landscape that intends to centralize the management of its core data assets in a manner that allows for quicker delivery of data-driven solutions to its market. We are seeking a Senior Front-End Software Engineer who is experienced in user interface development technologies, frameworks and responsive design techniques; and in using RESTful API to connect to the backend data services. This position will be part of a solution team that focuses on NSC's Client Data Acquisition and Client Data Enrichment and Processing solutions.

Currently, this is a remote-first position, and this position may be required to periodically work on-site at our office and the frequency would depend on the department/division's requirements. Therefore, candidates must either reside within a reasonable distance to commute to our office or be willing to travel to our office in Herndon, when required.

How You Contribute:

• Demonstrate NSC's competencies, which align with our corporate values. Manager will provide more detail to candidates as needed.
  • Core Competencies include: Customer Focus, Optimizes Work Processes, Collaborates, Communicates Effectively, and Be Open and Authentic.

Customer Focus:

• Design, develop, test, and build User Interface and other front-end components, connected to the backend services and related infrastructure to support business requirements and other desired outcomes.
• Support The Clearinghouse's defensive posture toward protecting its client data by following current and recommending new software development best practices that promote data integrity and security.
• Support troubleshooting and diagnosis of bugs and other client-facing issues as they arise.

Work Process Optimization:

• Develop code that conforms to defensive coding practices and supports the OWASP Top 10.
• Contribute to automation of front-end development, testing and deployment activities such as SAST/DAST security scanning, build and deployment pipelines.
• Contribute to the maintenance and automation of technical documentation relating to the developed front-end applications.

Collaboration:

• Collaborate with team members to deliver solutions that meet expectations on time and within budget.
• Review and understand desired system architectures and work to ensure conformity and fitness throughout the development lifecycle.
• Perform and participate in code and design reviews by giving effective and actionable feedback.
• Participate in cross-functional collaborative and problem-solving activities.

Effective Communication:

• Obtain a firm understanding of desired system architectures and become conversant in explaining how designs promote the architecture.
• Communicate clearly and effectively across various stakeholder groups and levels with the appropriate level of detail and tone.
• Proactively and regularly communicate progress, especially around risks and challenges to others.

Openness and Authenticity:

• Demonstrate openness to new?perspectives, different ways of working, and new technologies.
• Be curious about why others hold their perspectives - especially when they differ from your own.
• Build trust with stakeholders by aligning words and actions.

Other duties may be added or removed as The Clearinghouse's needs evolve.

These essential functions are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the job. Reasonable accommodation will be made for individuals with disabilities so that they may perform these essential functions.

What You Bring to the Table:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field. A combination of education and experience, including through military service, will also be considered.

Advanced proficiency with a combination of the following (typically acquired by 8+ years of experience):

• UI and Front-end development technologies (HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript frameworks).
• Advanced front-end development with Angular (TypeScript), Angular Material.
• Experience with building component-based Single-Page Application (SPA) using Angular with TypeScript or similar JavaScript frameworks.
• Understanding Responsive Design Principles and experience with Responsive Design techniques and frameworks (Angular with TypeScript, Bootstrap, etc.).
• Experience with using RESTful Web Services and data Integration.
• Experience with AWS services (S3, CloudFront, API Gateway and other application integration services).
• Experience with front-end unit testing frameworks (for example Jasmine, KARMA, Mocha, Puppeteer).
• Experience with CI/CD processes (GitLab preferred), Git repositories etc.
• Understanding of UI accessibility guidelines such as Section 508 or WCAG 2.0 AA guidelines and testing tools in multiple operating systems (JAWS, Voiceover software)
• Experience with UI accessibility testing tools in multiple operating systems (JAWS, Voiceover software)
• Maintaining code quality and security standards using CI/CD tools such as or similar to GitLab.
• Agile/Scrum procedures and processes.
• Analyzing, troubleshooting, fixing software and configuration defects.

Experience with node.js and python is nice to have.

Strong organizational and analytical skills and attention to detail.

Excellent written, verbal, and Interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate technical and nontechnical information to different audiences and stakeholder groups.

Demonstrated ability to:

• Act as a thought leader and mentor.
• Manage conflicting priorities to successfully deliver projects on time.
• Work both independently and as a member of a larger team to resolve challenges.

Must live within a commutable distance to Herndon, VAor in one of the Clearinghouse's approved States for hiring purposes. Refer to our HR Policies