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Front-End Focused Full Stack Software Engineer – Now Hiring ! We’re looking for a curious, tech-savvy engineer with a passion for front-end development and user experience. You'll join a tight-knit team where your UI skills will shape the tools our users rely on every day. From designing clean, responsive interfaces to collaborating across disciplines, you’ll help turn complex needs into simple, intuitive solutions. If you thrive on building polished, user-focused apps and love seeing your work in action, let’s talk.  

Note: US citizenship and an active TS/SCI clearance is mandatory for this position and required for consideration. Consideration to acquire CI Poly possible.  

Location: Herndon, VA or Westminster, CO; this is a full time onsite position - hybrid/remote work not supported.  

Principal Responsibilities:  

• Design and build intuitive, responsive front-end tools that support geospatial and intelligence analysis across diverse data types and sources.  

• Develop user-centric interfaces using modern JavaScript frameworks, translating complex user requirements into clean, maintainable code.  

• Collaborate with back-end and data teams to integrate services and visualize high-level geospatial workflows.  

• Communicate effectively with multidisciplinary teams, clearly conveying technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.  

Skills Required  

• 8+ years of experience delivering custom software solutions for web, cloud, and on-prem environments  

• Strong UI/UX skills with a focus on building responsive, user-friendly interfaces  

• Proficient in front-end and scripting languages such as JavaScript, Python, Java, and R; experienced in data extraction, manipulation, and visualization  

• Comfortable working with distributed development and operations teams  

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences  

• Able to work onsite 50% or as project needs require  

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Software Engineering, User Interface Design, Graphics, or like technical fields  

• Degree or equivalent demonstrated experience in a technical field such as Computer Science, Engineering, Graphics , GIS.  

• Active TS/SCI clearance and US citizenship  

Additional Skills Desired  

Some familiarity in these areas would be fabulous.  

• Familiarity with concepts such as Data visualization; Data management, Data integration, User Interface, Databases  

• An adaptable and solution centric mindset that embraces technology enablers.  

• Familiarity with common industry software tools and concepts  

• Experience working with open-source resources in a government computing environment   

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The base pay for this position within California, Colorado, Hawaii, New Jersey, the Washington, DC metropolitan area, and for all other states is:

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health and welfare insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees. You can find more information on our benefits at:  

The application window is three days from the date the job is posted and will remain posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. If the job is reposted regardless of reason, it will remain posted three days from the date the job is reposted and will remain reposted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. 

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