Software Engineer- Front End

Description

The Defense Sector is seeking a self-motivated Front End Software Engineer to join a team of engineers, scientists, and developers in a fast-paced environment to develop novel UI/UX solutions for RF collection systems. The candidate should apply a combination of effective communication and collaboration skills with strong technical capabilities to solve challenging problems and deliver high quality results. This is an exciting opportunity to use your front-end development skills to enable our analysts and customers to gain further insights into mission critical data.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop UI/UX solutions to provide deeper understanding to users via visualizations and reporting of the underlying data

• Enhance and maintain web-based applications using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Vue.js

• Continuously modernize applications to utilize the latest third-party dependencies

• Collaborate with algorithm and backend developers to understand to problem domain and visualize customized solutions

Basic Qualifications:

• BS in Computer Science or engineering degree with 8+ year relevant experience

• Must hold an active Top-Secret clearance with the ability to obtain TS/SCI

• 5+ years of frontend web development

• Experience developing, building, testing, and deploying UI web applications

• Strong proficiency with the following technologies

  • Frontend Web Development: HTML, CSS, JavaScript or TypeScript, and Vue.js or a similar web framework

  • Operating System: Linux

  • Version Control: Git

  • CI/CD and Issue Tracking: GitLab or similar tooling

• Strong, self-motivated desire to learn new programming languages, tools, frameworks, and techniques

• Strong, self-motivated desire to develop software that is efficient, robust, and comprehendible

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience developing applications displaying Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data

• This role could contribute to the full stack, so any experience or desire to learn the following technologies is beneficial:

  • Java

  • PostgreSQL/PostGIS

  • Spring Boot

While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.