Front End Software Engineer - TS/SCI with Polygraph

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.

$162K — $219K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
  • 8+ years of experience in software development
  • Proficiency in Java, Typescript/JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
  • Experience with Spring Boot and Hibernate/JPA
  • Familiarity with frontend frameworks like Vue, React, or Angular
  • Strong database design skills with SQL and Oracle
  • Hands-on experience with version control systems like Git.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement high-performance UI applications
  • Manage application frontend framework and technologies
  • Build modular, loosely coupled UI components
  • Optimize UI performance and ensure accessibility
  • Collaborate with development team to create reusable UI components
  • Integrate frontend components with backend microservices
  • Participate in Agile development processes.

Benefits

  • 401K with company match
  • Comprehensive health and wellness packages
  • Internal mobility team for career development
  • Opportunities for paid education and certifications
  • Generous vacation and holiday leave policies.
Full Job Description
Type of Requisition:
Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
None

Public Trust/Other Required:
None

Job Family:
Software Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:
Agile Software Development, Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML), JavaScript syntax
Certifications:
None
Experience:
8 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
Yes

Job Description:

GDIT is seeking an experienced Frontend Developer to join our team of building scalable, maintainable and high-performance UI applications using a microservices architecture. As a Frontend Developer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and managing application frontend framework and technologies, with a focus on building modular, loosely coupled components that integrate with our backend microservices. You will work closely with our development team to build reusable UI components, optimize UI performance and ensure accessibility.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED:
  • Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, or work experience.
  • Experience: 8+ years of related
  • Technical skills required:
  • Demonstrated hands-on experience programming web and client/server applications using Java, Typescript/JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
  • Demonstrated hands-on experience with Spring Boot, Hiberate/JPA
  • Demonstrated hands-on experience with upgrading Spring boot, Hibernate/JPA especially from much older versions to newer versions
  • Demonstrated hands-on experience with frontend frameworks such a Vue, React, or Angular
  • Demonstrated hands-on experience with database design and querying (SQL, Oracle)
  • Demonstrated hands-on experience with version control such as Git (GitHub, Gitlab, etc.).
  • Demonstrated hands-on experience building APIs and services using REST
  • Experience working in Agile development environment
  • Security Clearance Level: TS/SCI with Polygraph
  • Desired experience with:
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • Browser Debugging (Firefox DevTools / Chrome DevTools)
  • Modern UI Framework (AngularJS, VueJS, React)
  • Web Services (REST, SOAP)
  • Relational Database Experience (Oracle, MySQL, Postgres...)
  • Preferred / Optional Skills:
  • ServiceNow custom scoped application development
  • ServiceNow scripted web services
  • Bootstrap
  • Experience with data migrations
  • SCRUM
  • VS Code (w/ ServiceNow plug-ins)
  • Location: Chantilly, VA - On Customer Site


  • 401K with company match
  • Comprehensive health and wellness packages
  • Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you build your skills and own your career
  • Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
  • Cutting-edge technology you can learn from (remove if non-technical role)
  • Rest and recharge with paid vacation and 10 company-paid holidays


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The likely salary range for this position is $162,037 - $219,227. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40

Travel Required:
Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:
Onsite

Work Location:
USA VA Chantilly

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

Our Identity Verification Process:
As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

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