Angular Frontend Software Engineer
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Competencies
Emergent Factors
Surge in in-app AI experiences reshapes frontend priorities
Customers expect chat, summarize, and copilot features. Angular teams must build streaming UIs, apply rate limits, and add telemetry, affecting state, perf, and accessibility.
Core Web Vitals as revenue lever (INP, LCP budgets)
Rankings and conversions hinge on INP/LCP. Angular teams must use SSR, code-splitting, prefetching, and image optimization to meet performance budgets.
Shift to Angular Signals and zoneless change detection
Signals and optional Zone.js removal alter patterns. Teams must adjust state management, side effects, and performance tuning while maintaining NgRx where needed.
Experience Levels
Competencies
4 domains6 competencies in this domain
Progression Framework
This table shows how competencies evolve across experience levels. Each cell shows competency at that level.
Angular Architecture & Core Engineering
6 competencies
| Competency | Junior | Mid | Senior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Component Architecture & Reusability | Implements components with well-typed inputs/outputs and basic content projection under guidance. | Designs reusable component APIs, applies smart/presentational patterns, and enforces encapsulation and change detection modes. | Defines component patterns and shared abstractions across modules; prevents anti-patterns and refactors cross-cutting UI. |
| State Management (RxJS/Signals/NgRx) | Uses RxJS operators or Signals to derive state locally and avoids unnecessary subscriptions. | Implements feature stores/selectors and isolates side effects; documents state ownership and caching. | Designs app-wide state boundaries, normalizes data, and chooses between Signals, services, or NgRx pragmatically. |
| Change Detection & Rendering Patterns | Applies async pipes and trackBy; avoids heavy logic in templates. | Chooses OnPush appropriately and isolates expensive bindings; measures with Angular DevTools. | Designs rendering boundaries and CD strategies for complex views; eliminates redundant recomputation. |
| Routing & Navigation Architecture | Implements child routes and basic guards under guidance. | Owns lazy-loaded feature routing, guards, and resolvers; handles navigation edge cases. | Designs route data contracts, preloading, and error boundaries across large apps. |
| Design System & Theming | Applies component styles and Material tokens consistently. | Implements theme switching and design tokens; builds styled primitives. | Architects cross-app design system components with accessibility and performance in mind. |
| Module Boundaries & Monorepo Architecture | Contributes components to the correct library and follows import rules. | Creates shared libraries and enforces dependency rules; manages public APIs. | Refactors feature boundaries, establishes layering, and automates constraints. |
Engineering Operations, Tooling & Quality
5 competencies
| Competency | Junior | Mid | Senior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workspace & Build Tooling (Angular CLI) | Runs and tweaks CLI builds; adds environments and assets as directed. | Optimizes build options, budgets, and tsconfig; manages env configs per stage. | Designs workspace structure and caching strategies; resolves complex build issues. |
| Testing Strategy (Unit/Integration/E2E) | Writes unit tests for components and services with basic mocks. | Builds integration tests around routes and stores; stabilizes E2E with selectors and data seeds. | Owns test strategy and coverage; parallelizes and de-flakes CI suites. |
| Linting & Code Quality Automation | Fixes lint issues and follows formatting rules. | Configures ESLint rules, import order, and strict TS settings; adds custom rules when needed. | Introduces automated refactors and codemods; prevents regressions with pre-commit hooks. |
| Performance Profiling & Optimization | Uses Lighthouse/DevTools to identify basic issues and applies straightforward fixes. | Sets performance budgets, profiles change detection, and optimizes bundle splits and critical paths. | Leads performance initiatives, adds monitoring, and prevents regressions via CI checks. |
| CI/CD & Release Engineering | Triggers and observes pipelines; fixes simple build/test failures. | Owns pipeline definitions, caching, and test shards; adds checks for coverage and performance. | Implements release strategies (feature flags, canary); manages secrets and rollback playbooks. |
Interfaces, Security & Delivery
7 competencies
| Competency | Junior | Mid | Senior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accessibility (WCAG) Implementation | Applies semantic HTML and basic ARIA; ensures focus management in simple flows. | Audits for WCAG issues, adds keyboard and screen reader support; fixes color contrast and landmarks. | Defines a11y checklists, integrates automated checks and manual audits into CI/CD. |
| SSR & SEO with Angular Universal | Adds meta tags and canonical links; participates in SSR setup. | Implements SSR-safe code, pre-rendering, and HTTP caching headers for key routes. | Designs SSR strategy, handles hydration issues, and integrates edge caching/CDN. |
| AuthN/AuthZ & Frontend Security | Implements secure login flows and guards using existing SDKs. | Manages token refresh/rotation and secure storage; configures route/feature authorization. | Audits frontend security, hardens against common vulnerabilities, and documents mitigations. |
| API Contracts & Data Integration | Consumes endpoints with HttpClient and typed models. | Builds data services with interceptors, error handling, and retries; validates types from schemas. | Defines API client patterns, code generation, and versioning strategies; optimizes over-the-wire payloads. |
| HTTP Clients, Interceptors & Networking | Implements HttpClient calls with proper typing and simple error handling. | Adds interceptors for headers, retries, logging; handles cancellation and timeouts. | Designs reusable networking modules with telemetry and backpressure strategies. |
| Internationalization (i18n) & Localization | Applies i18n markers and uses translation pipes for dates/currency. | Implements extraction/build flows and locale switching; handles pluralization and ICU. | Designs i18n architecture for SSR, lazy-loaded translations, and content workflows. |
| PWA & Offline Delivery | Enables service worker and basic caching using defaults. | Implements custom caching, background sync, and offline-safe flows. | Designs PWA strategy aligned to product goals; measures offline reliability and updates. |
Product Growth, Research & Experimentation
5 competencies
| Competency | Junior | Mid | Senior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Product Analytics & Event Taxonomy | Adds analytics events with correct metadata and verifies they fire as expected. | Designs event schemas, debounces/tracks reliably, and validates pipelines in lower envs. | Owns taxonomy governance, implements QA dashboards, and aligns events to KPIs. |
| Feature Flags & Progressive Delivery | Implements simple boolean flags and cleans up stale checks. | Uses multivariate flags, cohort targeting, and remote config; adds telemetry for exposure. | Designs flag lifecycles, guardrails, and failure modes; orchestrates gradual rollouts. |
| In-App Feedback & Research Integrations | Adds feedback widgets per spec and validates data flows. | Configures triggers, sampling, and redaction; aligns IDs with analytics taxonomy. | Designs feedback instrumentation strategy and ensures privacy-compliant capture. |
| Experimentation Design & Analysis | Implements experiment assignment and logs exposures/outcomes correctly. | Defines hypotheses, success metrics, and powers tests; analyzes results with guardrails. | Designs experimentation platforms/SDK usage, avoids sample ratio mismatch, and educates teams. |
| Growth Stack & Vendor Integrations | Implements vendor snippets/pixels behind consent and tests firing conditions. | Configures tag manager data layers and consent modes; documents mappings. | Designs vendor strategy, performance budgets, and data governance controls. |