Senior Front End Software Engineer

About the role

Altamira Technologies is seeking a Senior Frontend Software Engineer to support our National Space Intelligence Center (NSIC) customer. You will bridge the gap between design and implementation, translating UI/UX concepts into clean, maintainable code within existing applications. In this role, you will proactively refine component hierarchies, champion scalable architectural patterns, and enforce a cohesive design system. You will partner directly with Product Owners, stakeholders, and cross-functional engineers to clarify functional and non-functional requirements.

Responsibilities

• Translate UI/UX concepts into clean, maintainable code within existing applications
• Refine component hierarchies and champion scalable architectural patterns
• Enforce a cohesive design system
• Clarify functional and non-functional requirements with Product Owners, stakeholders, and cross-functional engineers

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (or similar) from an accredited college or university
• At least 4 years of experience doing UI/UX design work
• At least 8 years of experience in Software Engineering
• Active TS/SCI Clearance

Skills

• Design tools such as Figma, Adobe XD, Penpot
• Frontend architectures (functional organization, rendering strategies, state management) and communication protocols (APIs, Websockets)
• Cesium, Angular
• Typescript, JavaScript, Docker, git, PrimeNG
• Familiarity with ElasticSearch, Node.js, Docker Swarm, GitLab CI/CD, Python, Kibana, Prometheus, Grafana, Traefik, other TS/JS based frontend frameworks, design thinking