Front-End Technical Lead at blackcanyonconsulting

Location: Bethesda, Maryland
Type: Full-time
Level: not_specified
Posted: Jul 21, 2026

Description

Black Canyon Consulting (BCC) is seeking a Front-End Technical Lead to architect, deliver, and adopt a Web Design System for modern, accessible, and scalable public-facing web platforms. The role involves leading front-end development using Django, React, and Next.js, driving the adoption of the NCBI Web Design System, guiding Headless CMS integrations, and collaborating with various internal teams to ensure solutions meet accessibility, performance, SEO, scalability, and maintainability goals.

Required Skills

React
Next.js
Django-integrated front-end development
Headless CMS integration
Web Design System implementation
Django
JavaScript/TypeScript
HTML
CSS
GraphQL
REST APIs
Git
CI/CD

Additional Information

Required Previous Experiences: 5+ years of Full stack Web applications development, using Django, React, and Next.js.
Proven front-end technical leadership experience on web platform projects.
Experience implementing, extending, or supporting adoption of a Web Design System across teams or products.
Experience integrating with Headless CMS platforms and consuming GraphQL or REST APIs.
Preferred Qualifications: Experience with public-facing government, scientific, biomedical, or research websites.
Familiarity with U.S. Web Design System or similar enterprise design systems.
Experience with Wagtail CMS in a headless or hybrid architecture.
Experience with accessibility testing tools, SEO, analytics, Core Web Vitals, Docker, cloud hosting, CDN configuration, and Agile teams.