Overview

LMI is looking for an experienced mid-level Front-End Developer to help build and extend a portfolio of mission applications for a DoD customer on a DoD-accredited cloud platform in AWS GovCloud. You'll be an early member of a small, cross-functional application team working alongside an HCD researcher and a full-stack developer to deliver mission tools that operate up to and including IL6 environments. This position is hybrid with preference given to a San Diego, CA candidate.

This isn't a pure implementation role. The HCD researcher on this team will produce validated designs grounded in real user research, and you'll be the person who brings those designs to life with fidelity. That means you need to genuinely understand HCD principles, not just hand off mockups to code. You'll be expected to push back when a technical constraint affects the user experience, propose alternatives, and keep the build honest to what research validated.

LMI is a new breed of digital solutions provider dedicated to accelerating government impact with innovation and speed. Investing in technology and prototypes ahead of need, LMI brings commercial-grade platforms and mission-ready AI to federal agencies at commercial speed.

Leveraging our mission-ready technology and solutions, proven expertise in federal deployment, and strategic relationships, we enhance outcomes for the government, efficiently and effectively. With a focus on agility and collaboration, LMI serves the defense, space, healthcare, and energy sectors helping agencies navigate complexity and outpace change. Headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, LMI is committed to delivering impactful results that strengthen missions and drive lasting value.

This position requires an active Secret DoD clearance. This position can be remote with preference given to a San Diego, CA candidate.

Responsibilities

What You'll Do

Implement validated HCD designs, translating wireframes, annotated prototypes, and design specifications into production-quality front-end code with high fidelity to the research-validated user experience
Own the component layer, building a reusable, maintainable UI component library that can carry forward across successive mission application builds
Collaborate directly with the HCD researcher throughout build, flagging when technical constraints affect design intent, proposing alternatives, and keeping implementation honest to what usability testing validated
Integrate front-end components with RESTful APIs provided by the full-stack developer, ensuring data flows surface correctly in the user interface
Apply accessibility standards and responsive design principles appropriate for classified government environments
Ship incrementally and stay close to users, getting things in front of people rather than perfecting in isolation

Qualifications

What We're Looking For

Active DoD Secret clearance
3+ years of front-end development experience with demonstrated proficiency in React, JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3
Genuine fluency in HCD and UX principles, not just familiarity with the terms, but demonstrated experience working within a human-centered design process and building to validated design outcomes
Experience working directly alongside UX researchers or HCD practitioners, translating research-validated wireframes and prototypes into front-end code with high fidelity
Experience building and maintaining reusable component libraries or design systems
Experience integrating front-end applications with RESTful APIs
Strong understanding of responsive design, accessibility standards (WCAG), and performance optimization
Ability to move fast and iterate without heavy specs or detailed tickets

What Will Set You Apart

Experience developing software in DoD or IC environments governed by federal security and compliance requirements, secure coding practices, access control, auditability, and deployment constraints in accredited systems
Hands-on experience with AWS GovCloud and DoD-accredited DevSecOps platforms, understanding of how classified environment constraints affect front-end tooling and deployment
Experience building on platforms up to IL6, or familiarity with DoD Impact Level requirements and how they shape front-end architecture decisions
Experience contributing to or leading a component library or design system that served multiple applications or product lines
A portfolio of work that demonstrates both technical execution and design sensibility; we want to see that you can tell the difference between a good and a bad user experience, and that your code reflects it
SOF operator or SOF-support background with understanding of SOF core activities and mission sets

Target salary range is $101144.97 - $174591.79

Disclaimer: The salary range displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is not a guarantee of compensation. Individual salaries are determined by various factors including, but not limited to location, internal equity, business considerations, client contract requirements, and candidate qualifications, such as education, experience, skills, and security clearances.

#LI-SH1

Applicants must meet eligibility requirements for a U.S. Government security clearance. Only US Citizens are eligible for a security clearance. For this position, LMI will only consider applicants with security clearances or applicants who are eligible for security clearances, due to the nature of the work.

Job Locations

US-CA-San Diego

About the company

Clover Imaging is a leading provider of refurbished and remanufactured printer cartridges. It operates by collecting used cartridges, refurbishing and testing them, and selling remanufactured supplies that are compatible with common printers. This process lets organizations cut printing costs by up to 40% while significantly reducing waste and environmental impact. The company differentiates itself through its large scale, award-winning environmentally friendly approach, and focus on sustainable innovation rather than simply offering new cartridges. Its goal is to reduce the environmental footprint of printing while helping customers save money on consumables.

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Phoenix, Arizona

Founded

1996

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

Graham Evans joined in August 2026, strengthening national security growth against Booz Allen.
SHEPRD showed battlefield use at Ivy Sting 5 in 2026, accelerating credibility.
The $110.4 million OUSD(A&S) award extends LMI into acquisition and sustainment work.

What critics are saying

Defense revenue concentration leaves LMI exposed if Army NGC2 or Space Force recompetes slip.
Sole-source and IDIQ wins face protest risk from larger primes through 2026-2027.
SPECTR and SHEPRD need sustained adoption; failed fielding would undercut LMI's product narrative.

What makes LMI unique

Josh Wilson and Graham Evans now pair mission delivery with AI product execution.
SHEPRD reached Army NGC2 and Tradewinds in March 2026, proving deployable software.
LMI won a $100 million Space Force SBIR Phase III through March 2031.

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GovCon Wire

Sep 15th, 2026

Former Booz Allen executive Graham Evans joins LMI as president of national security.

Former Booz Allen executive Graham Evans joins LMI as president of national security. * Graham Evans will oversee LMI's defense and intelligence business * He brings more than 16 years of experience at Booz Allen Hamilton * Evans most recently led AI and platform work at Booz Allen's defense technology group LMI named long-time Booz Allen Hamilton executive Graham Evans president of national security, the executive announced on LinkedIn Friday. Evans will oversee the company's defense and intelligence business. Who is Graham Evans? Evans is a data platform and enterprise analytics executive with extensive experience helping defense customers put cloud-based analytics to work and adopt technologies such as open architectures, machine learning and DevSecOps. In the new role, he will focus on helping defense, space and national security clients field new capabilities faster by leveraging mission, technology, program delivery and growth functions. What experience does Evans bring? Evans spent more than 16 years at Booz Allen Hamilton before joining LMI. He most recently served as senior vice president in the company's defense technology group, overseeing artificial intelligence and platform work for senior defense customers throughout the enterprise. He also served as vice president, principal and director. He joined Booz Allen in 2010 as a senior associate, a role he held for more than nine years. During his tenure at Booz Allen, his work covered AI, enterprise analytics, rapid software development and reusable products for national security missions, as well as enterprise architecture, agile development, DevOps and data science. Evans pointed to LMI's SHEPRD threat management tool as an example of the company's approach to developing defense technology when announcing his appointment. He said SHEPRD brought threat data, asset locations, terrain and protection coverage together in a real-time common operating picture during Ivy Sting. The tool, which was recently launched at the Department of War Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office's Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace, was built alongside soldiers and refined under real-world conditions. SHEPRD was also part of LMI's rapid development work for the Army's Next Generation Command and Control environment, providing a direct example of the type of defense technology Evans will oversee as president of national security. Evans started his career as a systems engineer at Gibbs & Cox.

ExecutiveBiz

Sep 2nd, 2026

RIVA names David Acton as chief financial officer.

RIVA names David Acton as chief financial officer. by Jamie Bennet September 2, 2026, 11:38 am * RIVA Solutions has chosen David Acton as chief financial officer amid plans to expand its federal market presence * Acton most recently served as CFO of defense information technology company ISI * Acton was appointed CFO at companies including Suntiva, Navstar, Edge Technologies and Avant-Garde Technology Solutions RIVA Solutions announced on LinkedIn the appointment of David Acton as chief financial officer. The company said its financial fundamentals will be strengthened by the professional experience Acton brings, which covers close to three decades in financial leadership, including 25 years in government contracting. Who is David Acton? Before joining RIVA, Acton was CFO at defense information technology firm ISI. He served the same role for seven years at Suntiva, which has since been acquired by LMI, as well as at companies including Navstar, Johnston McLamb and Edge Technologies. He briefly served as CFO and COO at Avant-Garde Technology Solutions from 2008 to 2009. Acton worked as vice president of finance at SiloSmashers and A-TEK. Earlier in his career, he was also VP controller at Consolidated Safety Services, controller at GeoTrans and assistant controller at Electronic Warfare Associates. What are the other recent executive changes at RIVA Solutions? Acton's appointment comes more than a month after RIVA selected Sean Fitzpatrick as chief digital officer. Fitzpatrick joined the firm in 2022 as senior vice president of human-centered design. He has since led the development of the company's proprietary iDX methodology, which folds strategy, design, accessibility, content and engineering into a single delivery model that has supported modernization efforts for agencies including the Department of Agriculture and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The promotion gives Fitzpatrick oversight of the company's approach to digital service delivery, user experience and human-centered design work for federal clients.

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