Senior React UI Developer

Job Description

DPR Construction is a forward looking general contractor with a large focus on technology and innovation to redefine the construction industry. Founded in 1990 DPR specializes in technically complex and sustainable projects consistently ranking among the top general contractors in the United States.

Job Overview

We are seeking a Senior React Developer to enhance the user interface layer across our web applications. You will design and deliver modern accessible and performant frontends; shape our component libraries and design system; and collaborate closely with Product UX Design and Backend Platform teams.

The ideal candidate combines hands-on expertise in React and TypeScript with strong engineering practices a builders mindset and a passion for developer experience and UI quality. Reports to the Software Development Leader within the Data & Development department.

Key Responsibilities

• Design develop and maintain high-quality reusable and scalable UI components using TypeScript and modern frontend frameworks.
• Contribute to the architecture and governance of shared component libraries and design systems to ensure consistency and performance across applications.
• Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability using performance profiling and code-splitting techniques.
• Participate in code reviews ensuring adherence to coding standards performance optimization and UI/UX quality.

• Mentor junior developers and help establish best practices around React hooks state management (e.g. Redux Zustand or Recoil) and component architecture.
• Contribute to frontend governance by defining patterns reusable modules and development standards across multiple teams or projects.
• Integrate frontend components with RESTful or GraphQL APIs handling complex data flows and state synchronization.
• Leverage caching pagination and lazy-loading strategies to enhance data-heavy UI performance.
• Evaluate and integrate modern UI tooling and AI-assisted development (e.g. GitHub Copilot) to accelerate delivery and quality.

Required Qualifications

• 8 years of professional frontend/UI development experience building production React TypeScript applications.
• Expertise with React TypeScript modern CSS approaches (e.g. CSS Modules Tailwind CSS-in-JS) and responsive design.
• Proficiency in testing (Vitest React Testing Library) and E2E (Cypress or Playwright).
• Experience with API consumption (REST/GraphQL) caching and client-side data management.
• Practical knowledge of build tools and monorepos (Vite/Webpack Nx ) package managers (npm/pnpm) and code quality tooling (ESLint/Prettier).
• Familiarity with frontend security and auth patterns (OAuth2/OIDC flows CSRF CORS CSP).

Why Join DPR Construction

• Shape the future of construction through technology innovation.
• Work in a collaborative empowered and purpose-driven environment.
• Competitive compensation and benefits with opportunities for career growth.
• Build not only great productsbut great teams and great impact.

Location: Reston Washington DC area Hybrid - 2 Days/week onsite

This is a hybrid role with most time being spent working from home. Attendance at important meetings and events at the local DPR office is required.

DPR Construction is a forward-thinking self-performing general contractor specializing in technically complex and sustainable projects for the advanced technology life sciences healthcare higher education and commercial markets. Founded in 1990 DPR is a great story of entrepreneurial success as a private employee-owned company that has grown into a multi-billion-dollar family of companies with offices around the world.

Working at DPR youll have the chance to try new things explore unique paths and shape your future. Here we build opportunity togetherby harnessing our talents enabling curiosity and pursuing our collective ambition to make the best ideas happen. We are proud to be recognized as a great place to work by our talented teammates and leading news organizations like U.S. News and World Report Forbes Fast Company and Newsweek.

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