Software Engineer

About the role

AV PRIME contract is seeking a Software Engineer Level 2 to work as part of a small and exciting development team. The role involves developing, maintaining, and optimizing user interfaces using Node, ReactJS, JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3. Collaboration with team members in an Agile organization is key, focusing on creating and maintaining user-friendly web applications that meet mission needs.

Responsibilities

• Translate wireframes, mockups, and prototypes into functional, responsive, and scalable user interfaces.
• Collaborate with mission customers and government leadership to capture requirements and recommend product enhancements to improve application functionality.
• Ensure UI design consistency with established design principles.
• Utilize UI libraries, frameworks, and components to streamline the development process and enhance reusability.
• Perform testing with the organization's approved browsers to ensure a seamless user experience.
• Debug and troubleshoot UI issues and actively seek opportunities to improve the user interface.
• Stay current with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices in UI development.
• Participate in code reviews, providing and receiving constructive feedback to ensure high-quality code.
• Optimize performance and improve the overall user experience.

Requirements

• Fourteen (14) years' experience as a SWE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university.
• Experience designing and implementing high-performance web-based graph visualization interfaces capable of rendering and interacting with large-scale datasets (thousands of nodes and edges).
• Strong UI development skills using ReactJS and experience with automated javascript test frameworks (eslint and jest).
• Experience gathering user needs, requirements, and feedback; creating wireframes, mockups, prototypes, and user stories; and translating them into clean, reusable, and scalable frontend code.
• Strong experience developing and maintaining scalable server-side applications and microservices using the Node.js runtime and the Express.js framework.
• Proven ability to design, implement, and consume well-structured, secure, and documented RESTful APIs.
• Proficiency with the GitLab platform for version control, CI/CD pipelines, and project management.
• Knowledge of Section 508/WCAG accessibility standards and implementation.
• Javascript frameworks (React), REST, containers (docker) and orchestration such as Kubernetes (CK8S and Helm).
• Prominent ability to work independently on a small team, taking ownership of tasks, managing development timelines, and proactively solving problems with minimal supervision.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with proven ability to: Function within a Scale Agile Framework (SAFe) environment; Articulate complex technical concepts clearly and confidently to both technical and non-technical audiences; Engage effectively with senior leadership, mission stakeholders, and end users to gather requirements and provide tailored updates; Deliver compelling, high-impact product demonstrations to application users and leadership; Author accurate and concise project updates.

Qualifications

• Fourteen (14) years' experience as a SWE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university.
• Four (4) years of additional SWE experience on projects with similar software processes may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.
• Experience designing and implementing high-performance web-based graph visualization interfaces capable of rendering and interacting with large-scale datasets (thousands of nodes and edges) while maintaining responsiveness and usability.
• Strong UI development skills using ReactJS and experience with automated javascript test frameworks (eslint and jest).
• Experience gathering user needs, requirements, and feedback; creating wireframes, mockups, prototypes, and user stories; and translating them into clean, reusable, and scalable frontend code.
• Strong experience developing and maintaining scalable server-side applications and microservices using the Node.js runtime and the Express.js framework.
• Proven ability to design, implement, and consume well-structured, secure, and documented RESTful APIs.
• Proficiency with the GitLab platform for version control, CI/CD pipelines, and project management.
• Knowledge of Section 508/WCAG accessibility standards and implementation.
• Javascript frameworks (React), REST, containers (docker) and orchestration such as Kubernetes (CK8S and Helm).
• Prominent ability to work independently on a small team, taking ownership of tasks, managing development timelines, and proactively solving problems with minimal supervision.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with proven ability to: Function within a Scale Agile Framework (SAFe) environment; Articulate complex technical concepts clearly and confidently to both technical and non-technical audiences; Engage effectively with senior leadership, mission stakeholders, and end users to gather requirements and provide tailored updates; Deliver compelling, high-impact product demonstrations to application users and leadership; Author accurate and concise project updates.

Skills

• Scrum Lead experience and certification.
• Familiarity with the following Node and ReactJS packages: babel, nwsapi, winston, graphology, ag grid, and sigma.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401K with company matching
• 9/80 work schedule
• Paid holiday shutdown

Pay

$125,000.00 - $270,000.00

Schedule

Not specified

Benefits

• 401K with company matching
• 9/80 work schedule
• Paid holiday shutdown

Company

• AeroVironment, Inc.
• Founded in 1971 by celebrated physicist and engineer, Dr. Paul MacCready, we’ve been at the leading edge of technical innovation for more than 45 years.
• We are proud to be an EEO/AA Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans.

Contact

• Principals only need apply.
• No agencies please.