Senior Software Engineer – Front End UI/UX Developer

Senior Software Engineer – Front End UI/UX Developer

Job Category: Information Technology

Time Type: Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: None

Employee Type: Regular

Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 10%

Type of Travel: Local

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The Opportunity:

CACI is seeking a Senior Software Engineer – Front End UI/UX Developer to join our team of technical experts supporting the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Headquarters, Chief Technology Officer Directorate (CTOD), Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology (AI/ET) initiative. This team works with a federal workforce staff of technical experts for high-visibility, department-wide AI initiatives.

 

The ideal candidate will have current experience and excel at developing exceptional user interfaces for modern web and AI applications as part of a technically diverse and geographically disbursed team. Significant professional Front-End development experience with deep expertise in React along with strong CSS skills is a must. Competitive candidates will have substantial experience in working in agile, collaborative engineering teams using modern engineering tools.  

 

This is a remote work eligible position.

Responsibilities:

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Develop and maintain user interfaces for web applications.
• Developing, testing, and maintaining custom Front-End applications using React.
• Implementing UI components with a strong focus on usability and accessibility utilizing design systems such as USWDS and Fluent AI. 
• Collaborating and working effectively with a cross-functional team of designers, engineers, and functional resources.
• Following team development practices and workflows in a modern CI/CD engineering environment.
• Collaborating with data scientists and AI researchers to create new user interfaces and functionality for AI applications.
• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs.
• Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability.
• Conduct code reviews and maintain code quality standards.
• Participating as part of an agile team and following agile delivery processes from sprint planning to standups to retrospectives.
• Staying current with the latest advancements in AI technologies, tools, and best practices.

Qualifications:

Required: 

• Ability to obtain DoD Security Clearance.
• Ability to obtain Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Entry On Duty (EOD) - Active EOD preferred.
• BA/BS in Computer Science or related field and 10 years’ relevant experience. Experience may be substituted for education.
• Minimum of 5 years of active and current experience in web application development
• Strong individual contributor with continuous, hands-on coding experience, spending approximately 80% of their time writing code
• Deep expertise as a Front-End developer using React.js to build compelling user interfaces for web applications.
• Proficient in React and TypeScript.

Desired:

• Experience with a dynamic language/platform (e.g., Python, Node.js, Ruby, PHP) is a plus, especially if it involves backend or full-stack development.
• Familiarity with multiple additional software developer languages including, but not limited to: JavaScript, etc.
• Experience in applying design systems such as USWDS and Fluent UI.
• Experience in developing user interfaces for accessibility (including 508 requirements) and usability.
• Strong experience developing within VSCode for development and workflows and using GitLab to manage source control with GitLab pipelines.
• Ability to work with cloud services and platforms (Azure or AWS) with a preference for working knowledge of Azure development and AI hosting infrastructure.
• Ability to work with Data Scientist teams to develop user interfaces for AI/ML, Big Data, or BI web applications.
• Ability to work independently on a complex task with little direction and management oversight.
• Experience working with Python desirable for working with Full-Stack engineers on development and scripting.
• Experience developing web applications that use Azure services to support AI solutions such as Azure OpenAI.
• Experience with Docker and building and deploying applications in Kubernetes containers.
• Experience and knowledge of AI/ML deployments on Azure.
• Familiarity with other front-end tools or Python frameworks.

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