Lead Software Engineer, Front-End

Job Title: Lead, Software Engineer/Front-End

Job Code: 46216

Job Location: Melbourne, FL (Patrick Space Force Base)

Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

We are seeking highly skilled and motivated Lead Software/Integration Engineer with experience in modern front-end development, Javascript, AWS, Docker, Linux, CI/CD, and AI-assisted development to support front-end modernization, software integration, and mission-system reliability improvements. The ideal candidate will provide technical leadership across software and infrastructure teams and work onsite at Patrick Space Force Base.

Essential Functions:

• • Build modern, responsive, intuitive front-end solutions using current web frameworks and best practices.
  • Apply software engineering best practices across the full development lifecycle, including code reviews, automated testing, version control, and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Deploy and maintain applications in AWS, ensuring scalability, security, resilience, and cost-effectiveness.
  • Support containerized deployments using Docker and, where applicable, Kubernetes.
  • Engage with customers daily to refine requirements and improve application functionality.
  • Prepare and brief technical designs, implementation plans, roadmaps, and documentation.
  • Produce and maintain technical documentation for system design, application architecture, deployment procedures, and sustainment activities.
  • Familiarity with databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, DynamoDB, or other relational/non-relational data stores.
  • Knowledge of infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar.
  • Security+ Certification or any DoD IAT Level II Certification, or ability to obtain certification within 6 months of accepting position.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or computer engineering and a minimum of 9 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
• Active TS clearance with the ability to obtain SCI. 

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience developing AI/ML-enabled mission applications, analytical tools, or decision-support capabilities involving advanced data processing, automation, visualization, and user interaction.
• Experience developing and deploying applications in Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Proficiency with front-end technologies such as React, Angular, Vue, JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, and CSS.
• Experience with Docker, CI/CD, Git, REST APIs, microservices, and secure software development.
• Experience with scientific, sensor-derived, geophysical, acoustic, seismic, infrasonic, or other mission-relevant technical data is highly desired.
• Experience building back-end services and APIs using Python, Java, Node.js, .NET, or similar.
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools
• Experience transitioning research or prototype capabilities into operational software tools, supporting classified DoD mission environments strongly preferred.
• Experience supporting Agile software development teams and participating in Scrum ceremonies.
• Experience building and deploying mission applications in classified or high-security environments.
• Familiarity with the C2S Access Portal (CAP) and high-side AWS environments is highly desired.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.

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