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Avav

Jessup, MD | Annapolis Junction, US$125k – $270konsite

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  AV PRIME contract is seeking a Software Engineer Level 2 to work as part of small and exciting development team.    As a Software Engineer 2, you will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and optimizing user interfaces using Node, ReactJS, JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3. You will collaborate closely with team members in an Agile organization creating and maintaining user-friendly web applications that meet mission needs. This includes translating wireframes, mockups, and prototypes into functional, responsive, and scalable user interfaces.   Your role will also involve collaborating with mission customers and government leadership to capture requirements and recommending product enhancements to improve application functionality to best support mission objectives. You will also be responsible for ensuring that UI design is consistent with established design principles. To streamline the development process and enhance reusability, you will utilize UI libraries, frameworks, and components. An essential part of position will include performing testing with the organization's approved browsers to ensure a seamless user experience.   In addition, you will debug and troubleshoot UI issues and actively seek opportunities to improve the user interface. Staying current with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices in UI development is vital to this role. Furthermore, you will be expected to participate in code reviews, providing and receiving constructive feedback to ensure high-quality code.   Lastly, you will continuously seek opportunities to optimize performance and improve the overall user experience. Your contributions will be integral to the success of the team, and your commitment to creating top-notch user interfaces will help drive the customer's organization forward.   Additional Information: • Work performed in a contractor facility in Annapolis Junction.

• Both low and high side access.

• Potential for Partial Telework (upon program approval)

Job Qualifications: • Fourteen (14) years' experience as a SWE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required. 

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Four (4) years of additional SWE experience on projects with similar software processes may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.

• Experience designing and implementing high-performance web-based graph visualization interfaces capable of rendering and interacting with large-scale datasets (thousands of nodes and edges) while maintaining responsiveness and usability.

• Strong UI development skills using ReactJS and experience with automated javascript test frameworks (eslint and jest)

• Experience gathering user needs, requirements, and feedback; creating wireframes, mockups, prototypes, and user stories; and translating them into clean, reusable, and scalable frontend code.

• Strong experience developing and maintaining scalable server-side applications and microservices using the Node.js runtime and the Express.js framework.

• Proven ability to design, implement, and consume well-structured, secure, and documented RESTful APIs.

• Proficiency with the GitLab platform for version control, CI/CD pipelines, and project management.

• Knowledge of Section 508/WCAG accessibility standards and implementation

• Javascript frameworks (React), REST, containers (docker) and orchestration such as Kubernetes (CK8S and Helm)

• Proven ability to work independently on a small team, taking ownership of tasks, managing development timelines, and proactively solving problems with minimal supervision.

• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with proven ability to: Function within a Scale Agile Framework (SAFe) environment; Articulate complex technical concepts clearly and confidently to both technical and non-technical audiences; Engage effectively with senior leadership, mission stakeholders, and end users to gather requirements and provide tailored updates; Deliver compelling, high-impact product demonstrations to application users and leadership; Author accurate and concise project updates

  Desired Skills • Scrum Lead experience and certification

• Familiarity with the following Node and ReactJS packages: babel, nwsapi, winston, graphology, ag grid, and sigma

    Individual Capabilities Required: • Analyze user requirements to derive software design and performance requirements

• Confer with analysts, system engineers and software engineers to derive software requirements and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces

• Develop software solutions by analyzing system performance standards, confer with users or system engineers; analyze systems flow, data usage and work processes; and investigate problem areas

• Develop or implement algorithms to meet or exceed system performance and functional standards including adherence to strict timing, system resource, or interface constraints. 

• Design, develop and modify software systems, using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcome and consequences of design

• Debug existing software and correct defects 

• Design and code new software or modify existing software to add new features 

• Integrate existing software into new or modified systems or operating environments

• Write or review software and system documentation

• Provide recommendations for improving documentation and software development process standards

• Oversee one or more software development teams and ensure the work is completed in accordance with the constraints of the software development process being used on any particular project 

• Assist with developing and executing test procedures for software components

• Perform quality control on team products

• Coordinate software system installation and

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