Senior Software Engineer

As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll join a small, high-impact Agile development team responsible for building and optimizing user interfaces and server-side applications in support of mission-critical systems. This role focuses on designing and developing modern web applications and visualization tools that render large-scale datasets and enhance the user experience for national security operations.

You'll work across the full stack-collaborating with mission customers and government stakeholders to define requirements, translate user needs into scalable solutions, and contribute to high-performance web-based tools. You'll also have the opportunity to take ownership of features, lead technical discussions, and continuously evolve the frontend/backend architecture using modern JavaScript frameworks, REST APIs, and DevSecOps tools.

You like to do this:

• Build high-performance, scalable web-based visualization interfaces using React and JavaScript
• Design and maintain microservices and APIs using Node.js and Express.js
• Translate wireframes, mockups, and user stories into clean, reusable, and accessible frontend code
• Implement accessibility best practices (Section 508/WCAG)
• Debug UI/UX issues and optimize frontend performance
• Work closely with end users to gather feedback and improve product functionality
• Use GitLab for version control, CI/CD, and project workflows
• Support containerization and deployment via Docker and Kubernetes

You are required to have this:

• 14 years of software development experience, or 10 years experience with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
• Demonstrated experience developing frontend applications using ReactJS
• Experience with graph visualization tools handling thousands of nodes and edges
• Experience with automated JS test frameworks (e.g., eslint, jest)
• Proven ability to gather user requirements and translate into UI components
• Strong backend development skills with Node.js and RESTful APIs
• Proficiency in GitLab CI/CD workflows and Agile/Scrum development
• Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Bonus if you bring:

• Experience as a Scrum Lead or SAFe environment contributor
• Familiarity with JavaScript packages such as babel, nwsapi, winston, graphology, ag grid, and sigma
• Experience authoring technical documentation and system overviews
• Past success mentoring junior developers or leading smaller dev teams

Salary Range: $180,000 - $200,000

The BlueHalo, an AV Company pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Determination of official compensation or salary relies on several factors including, but not limited to, level of position, job responsibilities, geographic location, scope of relevant work experience, educational background, certifications, contract-specific affordability, organizational requirements, alignment with local internal equity as well as alignment with market data.

Our compensation package also includes components designed to support employees' total well-being, which should be considered when evaluating our competitive benefits package. These benefits include health insurance, life insurance, disability, company holiday and paid time off, parental leave, 401(k) company match and contributions, professional development/training reimbursements, and other work/life programs.