Software Engineer – Data Visualization & UI/UX with Security Clearance

NASK; Fairfax (VA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits package

Salary commensurate with experience

Retirement plan (401k/k equivalent)

Job summary

NASK in Fairfax, VA is seeking a Software Engineer – Data Visualization & UI/UX to design and implement user-facing software for national security missions. You will build responsive dashboards and rich interfaces using modern web tech, collaborate with analysts and operators, and translate complex requirements into intuitive tools.

The role emphasizes performance, accessibility, and DevSecOps practices, with opportunities to grow in a hands-on, collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or related field.
• Professional experience developing user-facing software applications or GUIs.
• Experience with modern front-end technologies such as JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Angular, or Vue.
• Experience building responsive and interactive UIs.
• Experience integrating UIs with RESTful APIs and backend services.
• Experience developing applications using Python.
• Familiarity with Git and collaborative workflows.
• Experience working in Linux development environments.
• Strong debugging and software design fundamentals.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain user-facing software applications.
• Build responsive, intuitive UI/UX dashboards and components.
• Translate user needs into effective UI/UX solutions.
• Integrate front-end apps with RESTful APIs and backend services.
• Collaborate with engineers, analysts, and mission users to improve usability.
• Develop supporting backend services as needed for front-end functionality.
• Optimize performance, accessibility, and reliability.
• Participate in code reviews, Agile processes, and CI/CD practices.
• Support deployment and operation in Linux environments.

Skills

Front-end development

RESTful API integration

Python development

Linux development

Git version control

Problem-solving

Written and verbal communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or related field

Tools

React

TypeScript

JavaScript

HTML

CSS

Qt/PyQt

Figma

Job description

Position: Software Engineer – Data Visualization & UI/UX

Location: Fairfax, VA Job Id: 605

# of Openings: 1

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: Active TS to apply, ability to obtain an SCI. Join NASK and help shape the next generation of digital signal processing solutions for the nation’s most critical missions.

About NASK

NASK has over twenty-five years of experience delivering innovative, mission-critical solutions to the Intelligence and Defense communities.

Our teams combine deep technical expertise with a passion for solving the toughest challenges.

Collaboration, innovation, and integrity define our culture — empowering engineers to create impactful solutions that advance national security objectives.

Our Culture

NASK builds resilient, scalable teams by pairing strong mentorship with meaningful leadership opportunities.

The diversity of our missions creates constant opportunities to grow skills and take on new challenges.

We value clear communication and collaboration, and we believe the best solutions can come from anyone on the team.

Engineers at NASK are hands-on.

We prioritize rapid delivery of working mission solutions and favor measurable, incremental progress over perfection.

Engineers move the mission forward by writing code, collaborating with senior engineers, and working across teams to incorporate input from users, operators, and stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain user-facing software applications supporting national security missions.
• Build responsive, intuitive, and mission-focused user interfaces using modern web technologies and GUI frameworks.
• Translate operational and user requirements into clean, intuitive, and effective UI/UX solutions.
• Develop reusable UI components, application workflows, dashboards, and interactive data visualizations.
• Integrate front-end applications with RESTful APIs, backend services, databases, analytics platforms, and mission systems.
• Work closely with engineers, analysts, and mission users to understand workflows and improve the usability and effectiveness of software tools.
• Develop and maintain supporting backend services and APIs as needed to enable front-end functionality.
• Optimize applications for performance, responsiveness, reliability, accessibility, and maintainability.
• Troubleshoot and resolve UI, integration, and application-level defects across the software stack.
• Participate in code reviews, architecture and design discussions, Agile development activities, and collaborative development.
• Contribute to automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and DevSecOps practices.
• Support deployment and operation of applications in Linux-based environments.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or related technical field.
• Professional experience developing user-facing software applications, web applications, or graphical user interfaces.
• Experience with modern front-end development technologies, such as JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Angular, or Vue.
• Experience developing responsive and interactive user interfaces.
• Experience integrating user interfaces with RESTful APIs and backend services.
• Experience developing software applications using Python.
• Familiarity with Git or similar source control systems and collaborative software development workflows.
• Experience working in Linux development environments.
• Strong understanding of software development principles, debugging, and application design.
• Strong problem-solving skills with an ability to translate user and operational requirements into effective software solutions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with React, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
• Experience designing or implementing UI/UX workflows, dashboards, data visualization, or interactive applications.
• GUI development experience using Qt/PyQt.
• Experience working with design tools such as Figma or collaborating directly with UI/UX designers.
• Experience developing applications that display and interact with large, complex, or real-time datasets.
• Experience with Python data science and analytics libraries including Pandas, NumPy, and SciPy.
• Experience working with relational and non-relational databases.
• Experience developing supporting backend services using Python, C++, or similar languages.
• Familiarity with Git, GitLab, JIRA, and Confluence.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps practices.
• Experience with automated UI testing or frameworks such as Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or similar.
• Experience optimizing UI/application performance and responsiveness.
• Experience with multi-threaded or real-time applications.
• Knowledge of signal processing, analytics, or data-intensive applications.
• XMIDAS experience.

Benefits

At NASK, our employees are the backbone of our company, so we provide unsurpassed benefits and work-life balance.

Employees are provided with individual offices and collaboration spaces to foster individual and team success.

We have a casual yet professional work environment - Employees work hard, and NASK offers a competitive benefits package that equates to 50% on top of your annual base salary.

This is split between a tax-qualified profit-sharing retirement plan that NASK contributes to (up to allowable IRS limits) and a cafeteria plan for benefits.

For a comprehensive overview of our benefits, visit the benefits tab under our careers page: https://nask.world/company/careers/

Compensation

The salary range is $70,000 to $190,000; however, NASK Incorporated considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to the role and responsibilities, work experience, education, training, certifications, geographic location, and market data. These are general guidelines and not a guarantee of compensation or salary.

Please be aware that many of our positions require the ability to obtain or maintain a U.S security clearance which requires U.S citizenship.

EEO Statement

NASK provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, transfers, leaves of absence, as well as compensation and training.