Senior Front End Software Engineer

Altamira Technologies Corp.; Fairborn (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Altamira Technologies seeks a Senior Frontend Software Engineer to support the NSIC customer. You will bridge design and implementation, translating UI/UX concepts into clean, maintainable code within existing applications.

You will refine component hierarchies, champion scalable patterns, and enforce a cohesive design system while partnering with Product Owners and engineers to clarify requirements and deliver exceptional user experiences.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from an accredited college or university.
• UI/UX design experience (4+ years).
• Software engineering experience (8+ years).
• Active TS/SCI Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Bridge design and implementation to translate UI/UX concepts into clean, maintainable frontend code.
• Refine frontend component hierarchies and enforce a cohesive design system.
• Collaborate with Product Owners and engineers to satisfy functional and non-functional requirements.

Skills

UI/UX design

Frontend architectures

APIs & Websockets

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

Cesium

Angular

TypeScript

JavaScript

Docker

Git

Node.js

PrimeNG

ElasticSearch

Job description

Altamira Technologies has a long and successful history providing innovative solutions throughout the U.S. National Security community. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Altamira serves the defense, intelligence and homeland security communities by focusing on creating innovative solutions leveraging common standards in architecture, data and security. Altamira believes that our people and the culture of our company differentiate us from other companies.

Altamira 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. The ideal candidate brings a proven track record of modernizing frontend codebases, a sharp eye for visual polish, and the communication skills to manage tradeoffs between engineering constraints and exceptional user experiences.

Experience:

• Extensive experience with design tools such as Figma, Adobe XD, Penpot
• Extensive experience with frontend architectures (functional organization, rendering strategies, state management) and communication protocols (APIs, Websockets)
• Extensive experience with Cesium, Angular
• Experience with 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

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