Only W2 || Senior Angular Developer

Role: Senior Angular Developer Location: Buffalo NY (initial 4 weeks remote then onsite) Contract Position Overview We are seeking an extremely strong, hands-on Angular Developer with 7+ years of professional experience to take end-to-end ownership of the application’s UI/frontend workstream.

This is a pure Angular/UI-focused position. The ideal candidate must have deep, hands-on experience with modern Angular and the latest stable Angular version, and be capable of taking business requirements and independently converting them into high-quality, production-ready UI code.

The developer will own the frontend/UI implementation, track UI work through JIRA, write and maintain unit test cases, manage source code through GitLab, and work closely with a separate backend team responsible for Python-based microservices and APIs.

Experience with AI-assisted development and GitLab Duo is a plus.

Work Arrangement

• Up to 4 weeks of remote work is permitted at the beginning of the engagement.
• After the initial 4-week period, the position will be fully onsite.
• Candidates must be willing and able to work onsite full-time after the initial remote period.

Key Responsibilities

Angular / UI Development

• Take end-to-end ownership of the Angular/UI workstream.
• Develop enterprise-grade web applications using the latest stable version of Angular.
• Maintain strong awareness of current Angular features, APIs, architecture, and recommended development practices.
• Translate business requirements, functional specifications, and UI/UX designs into production-ready Angular applications.
• Build reusable, scalable, maintainable, and high-quality Angular components.
• Implement Angular routing, forms, validation, services, dependency injection, and UI workflows.
• Develop responsive and accessible enterprise user interfaces.
• Troubleshoot complex Angular/UI issues and drive them through resolution.
• Participate in frontend architecture and technical design decisions.
• Continuously modernize and improve Angular applications as the framework evolves.

Requirements-to-Code Ownership

• Analyze requirements and independently determine the appropriate Angular implementation.
• Convert requirements into UI components, workflows, screens, and technical tasks.
• Identify requirement gaps and clarify functional expectations with product and business teams.
• Estimate UI development effort and track work through completion.
• Take responsibility for delivering complete, production-ready functionality.
• Ensure the implementation accurately reflects business requirements and UX expectations.

JIRA & Work Tracking

• Manage and track UI development activities using JIRA.
• Break requirements into actionable development tasks and subtasks.
• Provide estimates and maintain accurate task status.
• Track UI dependencies, blockers, defects, risks, and integration issues.
• Maintain clear visibility into UI progress and deliverables.
• Proactively identify issues that may impact delivery timelines and drive them toward resolution.
• Coordinate UI activities with product, UX/UI, QA, backend, and DevOps teams.

Unit Testing & Quality

• Develop comprehensive unit test cases for Angular applications.
• Create tests covering functional, negative, edge, and error scenarios.
• Maintain and improve unit-test coverage.
• Ensure new Angular functionality is adequately tested before delivery.
• Troubleshoot failing tests and resolve defects.
• Participate in code reviews and maintain high standards for code quality and maintainability.

GitLab

• Use GitLab for source control and collaborative development.
• Follow appropriate branching, commit, merge request, and code-review practices.
• Create and manage merge requests for Angular changes.
• Participate in peer code reviews.
• Resolve merge conflicts and maintain clean source-control practices.
• Work with established GitLab CI/CD processes where applicable.

AI-Assisted Development

• Experience using AI-assisted development tools to improve developer productivity and code quality is preferred.
• Experience with GitLab Duo is a strong plus.

• Use AI-assisted tools appropriately for activities such as:

• Code generation
• Unit-test generation
• Code explanation
• Refactoring
• Debugging

• Documentation

• Review and validate AI-generated code to ensure it meets application architecture, security, quality, and coding st…