Lead Angular Frontend Software Engineer

Role Description

Designs and implements frontend software solutions as a member of an agile squad. Participates fully in agile ceremonies, contributing to activities from design through delivery. Follows established engineering best practices and standards, and participates in communities of practice to continuously refine, document, and improve these standards.

Responsible and accountable for risk by openly exchanging ideas and opinions, identifying and escalating concerns, and following all policies and procedures as defined. Accountable for always doing the right thing for customers and colleagues, ensuring that actions and behaviors support a positive customer experience. While operating within the Bank’s risk appetite, achieves results by consistently identifying, assessing, managing, monitoring, and reporting risks of all types.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Design and implement new features using modern Angular, including current LTS versions such as Angular 19 and Angular 20 (with familiarity in newer versions like Angular 21).
• Build high‑quality, maintainable, and reusable UI components and libraries using Angular standalone components, signals, RxJS, and TypeScript.
• Work collaboratively with Product Owners, UX partners, Architects, and other software engineers to define system architectures and design frontend solutions.
• Develop software that meets code quality standards, security guidelines, and engineering metrics.
• Practice test-driven development and write automated unit, integration, and end‑to‑end tests using Jest, Testing Library, and Playwright.
• Participate in communities of practice by contributing to shared standards, reviewing code, and sharing knowledge with peers.
• Achieve operational excellence by writing maintainable, supportable, and testable code; contribute to automation of build, test, and deployment processes.
• Collaborate with backend engineers to integrate with GraphQL and REST/OpenAPI services and improve API performance and reliability.
• Implement responsive, accessible interfaces that comply with WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility requirements and are optimized for Core Web Vitals.
• Maintain effective partnerships with operations, SRE, and platform engineering teams to improve service performance, monitoring, and observability.
• Use Splunk and Dynatrace to implement diagnostic logging, metrics, and dashboards that support ongoing stability and troubleshooting.
• Stay current on frontend engineering trends, Angular’s regular release cadence (including LTS cycles), and emerging technologies relevant to the role.
• Assist with problem resolution for users by troubleshooting issues, identifying root causes, and recommending improvements.
• Maintain appropriate documentation and controls to ensure compliance with audit, risk, and regulatory requirements.
• Complete required training and documentation on schedule.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Six+ years of engineering or related IT experience relevant to the position.
• Advanced expertise in modern Angular, including LTS versions (Angular 19 and Angular 20), with familiarity in newer releases such as Angular 21.
• Strong knowledge of object‑oriented and functional software design principles.
• Proficiency with HTML5, CSS/SCSS, responsive design, and component-driven UI development.
• Experience working with GraphQL (Apollo) and REST/OpenAPI services.
• Experience using modern frontend testing frameworks (Jest, Testing Library, Playwright).
• Experience with Nx or Turborepo in a monorepo environment.
• Familiarity with AWS services (Lambda, API Gateway, S3/CloudFront, ECS) and cloud-native development practices.
• Prior experience with Git and GitHub, including pull requests and code review.
• Understanding of secure coding practices, OWASP standards, and application security fundamentals.
• Understanding of software development methodologies and agile processes.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to resolve complex technical challenges.
• Strong collaboration skills, especially when working with Product Owners, UX, and Architects.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Requirements

• Position not available for immigration sponsorship.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and differentiated compensation offerings to support the individual needs of employees and their families.
• Base salary reflective of the range of salary levels for all roles within this pay grade across the U.S.
• Eligible to participate in an incentive compensation plan based on company, line of business, and/or individual performance.

Company Description

Fifth Third Bank, National Association is proud to have an engaged and inclusive culture and to promote and ensure equal employment opportunity in all employment decisions regardless of race, color, gender, national origin, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, military status, veteran status or any other legally protected status.