FrontEnd Software Engineer (2+ years to Senior Levels)

Black Cape•Arlington, VA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Black Cape is a unique technology company with a focus on full-stack web applications, advanced data analysis tools, and integrating AI/ML capabilities for federal government customers. We are a COOL and FUN crew that works hard and plays maybe even a little harder. Our core team is an impressive group of engineers with exceptional leadership at the helm. Black Cape is led by proven business and engineering leaders with a track record of building innovative technology companies focused on building mission applications. We support many programs and agencies as both a prime and a subcontractor and created a strong reputation working with top tier partners doing work for all major Intelligence Community agencies, DoW, and Special Operations customers. Our engineer-led software teams develop technical solutions on an aggressive schedule across the DoW and IC to meet customer needs. Our engineers apply proven, repeatable software, technical, and analytical approaches to build solutions and have frequent interaction with end users to produce and deploy solutions. We bring experience in building, integrating and deploying AI/ML solutions using Google TensorFlow, Python scikit-learn, and other tools. Black Cape’s approach to solution development combines lessons learned from developing and deploying applications to customer cloud environments with industry best practices in Agile development and DevOps. We are expanding and need to hire motivated engineers to help build innovative solutions for our customers. The ideal candidate needs limited direction and is passionate about technology. A willingness and desire to learn new technologies or languages quickly is a must. We are considering Junior to Senior Level software engineers (Minimum of 2 Years of Professional experience). We are always looking for the RIGHT, cutting-edge technologies to use for our projects to deliver the greatest value to our customers. Check out some tech stacks that we use that you could learn! Some Tech Overlap is Helpful.

Requirements

Minimum of 2 Years of Professional experience.
Proficient with frontend development basics including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, and Git.
Proficient with at least one JavaScript framework, such as React, VueJS, Angular, or Svelte.
Experience working on fullstack solutions with REST APIs and complex data.
Experience with SDLC tools, such as JIRA, Confluence, GitLab, GitHub, and BitBucket.
Experience with Docker-based development and containerization.
Aptitude for learning new technologies, tools, and processes, with a proven history of picking up new skills as project needs evolve.
Experience working in classified government environments or willingness to work at classified government sites as needed.
Experience developing on MacOSX, Windows, or Linux.
Active Top Secret or TS/SCI clearance.
US Citizenship.

Nice To Haves

Testing libraries such as Jest, Vitest, Playwright, or Cypress.
CI/CD tools such as Jenkins or GitLab CI.
UI component libraries such as Material UI, Chakra, or Vuetify.
State management libraries and techniques, such as React Query, Jotai, Zustand, Pinia, Vuex, NGRx, or Redux.
UI mapping libraries such as deck.gl, leaflet, OpenLayers, or MapboxGL.
Design mockup tools such as Figma, Sketch, or Adobe products.
Experience with Linux based distros, such as Debian, RedHat, or Alpine.

Responsibilities

Build innovative solutions for customers.
Work on cloud-native full-stack web applications, advanced data analysis tools, and machine learning capabilities.
Develop technical solutions on an aggressive schedule.
Apply proven, repeatable software, technical, and analytical approaches to build solutions.
Have frequent interaction with end users to produce and deploy solutions.
Learn new technologies or languages quickly.