Principal Angular Developer

RegScale is a continuous controls monitoring (CCM) platform purpose-built to deliver fast and efficient GRC outcomes. We help organizations break out of the slow and expensive realities that plague legacy GRC tools by bridging security, risk, and compliance through controls lifecycle management. By leveraging CCM, organizations experience massive process improvements like 90% faster certification times, and 60% less audit prep time. Today’s expansive security and compliance requirements can only be met with a modern, CCM based approach, and RegScale is the leader in that space. 

Position: 

Are you ready to take your career to the next level with a critical position in an innovative startup that is disrupting the compliance industry?  We are actively seeking a highly skilled Angular Subject Matter Expert (SME) to help accelerate our product roadmap and deliver innovative features for our customers. If you have a passion for software development, love solving complex problems, and are excited about the idea of working in a fast-paced startup, then we would love to meet you.  This position will play a key role in designing and architecting the front-end of our core Angular application.  We recognize that skilled developers are critical to our company’s success, and we have offered a generous compensation package that includes a competitive base salary with significant stock options to help us recruit the most exceptional talent. 

Candidate must be a US Citizen and is subject to a background check and unannounced drug testing requirements.  Position allows for remote work from anywhere in the United States.  We know how valuable your creativity and leadership skills are to our company’s success, and we offer an exceptional salary and benefits package commensurate with the responsibilities of the position.  If you’re ready to work on the most cutting-edge design challenges, we are excited to have you on our team. 

Required Skills: 

• Extensive experience in leading development and optimizing large scale Angular applications including:
• Performance optimization at scale
• Designing front end architectures based on Angular best practices
• Reducing page load times, download bundle sizes, and improving Lighthouse scores
• Security hardening and patching of NPM packages
• Architecting and implementing automated testing
• Working with UX designers to deliver visually beautiful front-end applications
• Working with APIs including REST and GraphQL
• Performing Angular version upgrades and maintaining NPM packages over time
• Developing intricate front-end designs using modern HTML/CSS techniques in coordination with graphic designers in Figma
• Experience serving as a lead developer on a large software project with the ability to document, communicate, and train others on best practices
• Familiarity with modern DevOps practices including integration into CI/CD pipelines and containerization
• Experience with Agile Project Management, Scrum processes, and operating in a geographically distributed project environment
• Knowledge of secure software development processes to eliminate vulnerabilities in applications
• Deep experience with Git, NPM, and other command line tools 

Activities: 

• Hands on development establishing new Angular architectural patterns for use by the development team
• Working with designers to optimize the UX of the application
• Performance, page load, and memory optimization for Angular code
• Working with QA to provide end to end testing of the application
• Working with security to harden the application and managing upgrades of both Angular and other NPM packages
• Troubleshooting Angular issues, training developers on best practices, and serving as an Angular SME within RegScale
• Integrating with the C# middle tier of RegScale using REST APIs and GraphQL
• Collaborating with the DevOps engineers to optimize builds and deployments
• Working in a fast-paced startup environment that includes context switching and periods of heavy workload and variable schedules 

Education/Training, Qualifications, and Certification: 

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or similar technical/engineering degree and 15 years experience, or
• Minimum of Master’s Degree in Computer Science or similar technical/engineering degree and 12 years experience
• Direct hands-on experience with Angular for at least the last 5 years and deep expertise on the latest Angular features and best practices
• Strong written and verbal communication skills while delivering exceptional customer service
• Past experience with Software as a Service (SaaS) companies, startups, and scale out architectures is preferred
• Must be a US Citizen and capable of passing a background check and random periodic drug testing
• If remote, must be willing to travel to the R&D office in Knoxville, TN up to 6 times per year