UI Front-End Engineer

Eiden Systems Consulting

$90K — $120K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Active Top Secret (TS) clearance, TS/SCI preferred
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
  • 3+ years of professional front-end development experience
  • Strong skills in JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML5, and CSS3
  • Experience with modern frameworks like React, Angular, or Vue.js
  • Proficient in developing responsive, component-based web applications
  • Familiarity with integrating front-end applications with RESTful APIs

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain responsive front-end applications using modern UI frameworks
  • Build intuitive user interfaces to simplify complex mission data
  • Collaborate with UX designers and engineers to turn user needs into applications
  • Develop interactive dashboards and geospatial mapping interfaces
  • Integrate front-end applications with real-time backend services
  • Display streaming data from middleware solutions
  • Participate in UI architecture and reusable design patterns

Benefits

  • Premium medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Life insurance
  • Short- and long-term disability coverage
  • Paid time off and holidays
  • Professional development opportunities
  • A culture that values collaboration, innovation, and work-life balance
Full Job Description
Eiden Systems Corporation (ESC) is seeking a Top Secret cleared Front-End UI Engineer to join our mission-driven team onsite. In this role, you will design and develop intuitive, responsive, and high-performance user interfaces that enable mission-critical capabilities for the warfighter. You'll work closely with UX designers, back-end engineers, middleware developers, and mission stakeholders to rapidly deliver modern web applications that visualize complex data and support evolving operational requirements.

This position is ideal for a developer who enjoys building engaging user experiences, interactive geospatial applications, and data-driven interfaces while collaborating across multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities
  • Design, develop, and maintain modern, responsive front-end applications using JavaScript and contemporary UI frameworks.
  • Build intuitive user interfaces that simplify complex mission data and workflows.
  • Collaborate with UX designers and software engineers to translate user requirements into highly usable applications.
  • Develop interactive dashboards, visualization tools, and geospatial mapping interfaces.
  • Integrate front-end applications with RESTful APIs and real-time backend data services.
  • Consume and display streaming data from middleware and messaging platforms.
  • Optimize applications for performance, scalability, accessibility, and cross-browser compatibility.
  • Participate in UI architecture, component library development, and reusable design patterns.
  • Troubleshoot front-end issues and continuously improve application usability and performance.
  • Support Agile software development, code reviews, testing, and continuous integration processes.

Required Qualifications
  • Active Top Secret (TS) clearance (TS/SCI preferred).
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • 3+ years of professional front-end software development experience
  • Strong expertise with JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML5, and CSS3.
  • Experience with modern front-end frameworks such as React, Angular, or Vue.js.
  • Experience developing responsive, component-based web applications.
  • Experience integrating front-end applications with RESTful APIs.
  • Experience developing geospatial user interfaces, interactive mapping applications, or working with GIS data formats.
  • Familiarity with real-time data integration and messaging technologies such as Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, or ZeroMQ.
  • Experience consuming serialized data formats such as Protobuf.
  • Proficiency using GitLab or similar version control platforms.
  • Strong understanding of UI performance optimization, debugging, and modern web development best practices.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience supporting U.S. Army, NGA, DoD, or other mission-focused programs.
  • Experience building geospatial applications using CesiumJS, OpenLayers, Leaflet, Mapbox GL JS, or WebGL.
  • Experience with state management libraries such as Redux, Zustand, or Pinia.
  • Familiarity with real-time communication technologies including WebSockets, gRPC, MQTT, DDS, or AMQP.
  • Experience with API documentation tools such as Swagger/OpenAPI.
  • Knowledge of secure software development practices for classified environments.
  • Experience working within Agile/Scrum software development teams.

ESC offers a competitive compensation package that includes:
  • Premium medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Life insurance
  • Short- and long-term disability coverage
  • Paid time off and holidays
  • Professional development opportunities
  • A culture that values collaboration, innovation, and work-life balance

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