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Web Application Developer

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Custom Computer Programming ServicesComputer Systems Design ServicesSoftware Publishers
Job Description: Our client, a software development firm, is looking for a Web Application Developer to help build applications that support mission-critical government and defense operations. This is a frontend-focused role for someone who wants to solve complex problems and build tools that enable data-driven decision-making for public sector clients. On-site 4-5 days/week. You'll work on products that integrate and visualize large datasets, powering workflows like common operating pictures, alert-triaging inboxes, and resource allocation planning tools. These are systems relied on daily for real operations, so the bar for quality, usability, and reliability is high.
What You'll Do:
  • Architect and build interfaces that make sophisticated, data-intensive workflows approachable, including for non-technical users
  • Work directly with users to understand their needs and identify product gaps
  • Collaborate with teammates on UX for intricate, high-stakes workflows
  • Scope technical solutions and find incremental paths to shipping new features
  • Own APIs and schemas powering your frontend work, partnering closely with backend engineers
  • Get hands-on with a range of technical challenges: mapping/visualization, real-time collaboration, performance optimization, and complex state management
Tech Stack: TypeScript and React, with a component library for shared UI patterns, plus a mix of open-source and internal tooling. Standard CI/CD tooling for build, test, and deploy.
Requirements:
  • (Dealbreakers):Has built complex frontend applications: data-intensive UIs, real-time collaborative tools, mapping/visualization, or systems where multiple apps interact
  • Has owned or shipped projects/features independently through the full product lifecycle (design, ship, maintain)BS in Computer Science or Computer EngineeringU.S. Citizen, eligible to obtain a security clearance
  • Baseline Expectations:2-5 years of frontend or full-stack software engineering experience with strong CS fundamentals
  • Experience at a Big Tech company or a high-bar startup
Strong proficiency in React, TypeScript, and JavaScriptBased in or willing to relocate to Washington, D.C.
Nice to Have: Experience or strong interest in defense or government technology Founder experience, significant open-source contributions, or strong extracurricular involvement (campus clubs, hackathons, side projects)
Job Reference: 4R48W5X5Package Details: Salary & RSUsVisa sponsorship: Not open to any visas (U.S. citizens, Green Card holders only). Candidates must be eligible to obtain a US Security Clearance.
Benefits:
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance (employees and eligible dependents), plus voluntary life insurance
  • Basic life, AD&D, and disability insurance
  • Commuter benefits
  • Relocation assistance
  • Take-what-you-need PTO (not accrual-based), plus 2 weeks built into year-end and 10 paid holidays
  • Supportive leave of absence program, including time off for military service and medical events
  • Paid leave for new parents and subsidized back-up care for all parents
  • Fertility and family-building benefits (adoption, surrogacy, preservation)
  • Stipend for expenses that come with a new child 401k plan
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Level

SeniorL5

Location

Andrews Air Force Base, MD

Occupation

Web Developers

Industry

Custom Computer Programming Services

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