Senior Front-End Architect | TS/SCI Lead & UI Engineer

J&T; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 199,000 - 238,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Life and Disability Insurance

Paid Time Off

401(k) with Company Match

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

J&T in Annapolis Junction, MD is seeking a senior UI Front-End / Front-End Software Engineer (Level 3) to lead front-end architecture, establish technical standards, and drive UI team delivery for mission-critical operations.

You will mentor a team of front-end developers, translate UX/UI designs into responsive, accessible interfaces, architect component-based systems, collaborate with back-end engineers on RESTful/GraphQL APIs, and ensure quality and accessibility across all deliverables in an

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field plus 12+ years of software engineering on similar programs, or 16 years of relevant software engineering experience without a degree.
• Minimum of 7 years dedicated to software database and repository interface development.
• Practical full-stack experience with back-end technologies (e.g., Node.js, Python, Java) and RESTful/GraphQL API design.
• Experience with Git version control, CI/CD automated build pipelines, and Agile development methodologies.
• Proven track record leading engineering teams, managing code reviews, and enforcing software quality standards.
• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor front-end engineering teams, providing technical direction, code reviews, coding standards, and task delegation.
• Translate design specifications and prototypes into fully accessible, standards-compliant user interfaces (e.g., Section 508, WCAG).
• Collaborate with back-end engineers to design and integrate RESTful/GraphQL APIs, optimizing data flow between client interfaces and server-side components.
• Contribute to full-stack engineering efforts, including back-end microservices, database interfaces, and CI/CD deployment pipelines.
• Design, optimize, and execute complex database/repository interfaces and queries.
• Confer with systems engineers, hardware teams, and mission stakeholders to derive software requirements, evaluate system resource constraints, and resolve technical challenges.
• Author and review comprehensive system documentation, test plans, and software engineering standards.

Skills

Front-End Architecture

Technical Leadership

UI/UX Translation

RESTful APIs

GraphQL

CI/CD

Agile Development

WCAG/Section 508

Node.js

Python

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

16 years of software engineering experience without a degree

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Node.js

Python

Java

Job description

J&T in Annapolis Junction, MD is seeking a senior UI Front-End / Front-End Software Engineer (Level 3) to lead front-end architecture, establish technical standards, and drive UI team delivery for mission-critical operations.

You will mentor a team of front-end developers, translate UX/UI designs into responsive, accessible interfaces, architect component-based systems, collaborate with back-end engineers on RESTful/GraphQL APIs, and ensure quality and accessibility across all deliverables in an