Junior to Mid Level Front End Developer

About Futrend

Futrend Technology, Inc. (” Futrend”) is an innovative business and technology solutions provider. Our primary focus and core competencies are in Healthcare IT, Federal Financial Management, and Grants Management. We excel at providing customers with high-value solutions that support their missions and meet their most critical objectives and business needs.

We provide full lifecycle IT services to Federal agencies with recognized excellence in complex real-time system integration and enterprise-wide system implementation. Utilizing proven technologies, industry best practices, and a customer-centric approach, our highly qualified, motivated staff has distinguished Futrend as an upcoming leader.

At Futrend, our staff shares our core values of honesty, integrity, hard work, excellence, and self-improvement. We value our staff for their skills, knowledge, experience, and contributions.

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package

Futrend is seeking a React Front-End Developer to support the modernization of a legacy Java-based enterprise application. The existing application was built using JSP/TagLib, Spring MVC, Hibernate, and SQL Server on Java 7, and is being migrated to a modern architecture using JDK 21.

In this role, you will focus on replacing JSP/TagLib-based user interfaces with modern, responsive React applications. You will work as part of a cross-functional engineering team that includes a Lead Software Engineer/Tech Lead, other Java Developers, Business Analyst, and QA Tester.

This is an excellent opportunity for a junior to mid-level front-end developer to contribute to a large-scale modernization effort in a collaborative team environment.

Core Responsibilities

• Participate in the design and the translation existing UI functionality and business requirements into modern, responsive React components that maintain function parity with the legacy system.
• Develop, and maintain React-based user interfaces to replace legacy JSP/TagLib pages
• Work closely with backend engineers to integrate React applications with RESTful APIs
• Participate in code reviews, sprint planning, and technical discussions
• Ensure UI implementations meet usability, performance, and accessibility standards
• Collaborate with QA and business stakeholders to support testing and defect resolution

Minimum Qualifications

• US Citizenship or Green Card
• 2+ years of hands-on experience developing applications using React
• Strong proficiency in TypeScript, including experience with type definitions and interfaces for complex data structures.
• Deep understanding of modern React hooks and state management (e.g., Redux, Context API, or TanStack Query).
• Solid understanding of modern JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, and CSS3
• Experience building responsive and accessible web user interfaces
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and front-end-backend integration
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum development environments
• Ability to work effectively as part of a collaborative engineering team

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience migrating or modernizing legacy web applications
• Familiarity with JSP/TagLib, or experience working with legacy Java-based UIs
• Working knowledge of Java, Spring MVC, or enterprise Java applications
• Knowledge of US federal accessibility standards (e.g., Section 508, WCAG 2.x)
• Experience with automated UI testing frameworks (e.g., Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress)
• Prior experience working on federal government contract is a plus