Full Stack Front-End Engineer

STR • Woburn, MA

7d • $134,000 - $184,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

STR is seeking an experienced Full Stack Engineer to work with our system engineering teams in designing and building intuitive and usable web-based applications. The successful candidate will design and implement highly interactive applications for our clients and projects that seamlessly integrate diverse data modalities (e.g., spatial, temporal, textual, spectral), as opposed to building traditional company websites. STR is seeking candidates ranging from experienced developers to technical leads; entry-level developers will not be considered for this role. STR’s Analytics and Command & Control (AC2) Division designs, develops and deploys novel technologies to solve challenging national security problems. Our team consists of passionate and motivated engineers and scientists with degrees in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, and data science. The Decisions Systems Group in the AC2 Division develops algorithms and tools that enable human planners to collaborate with AI to make the best decisions possible. The VizIX team within Decision Systems serves as a center of excellence for User Experience (UX) design, development, testing, and deployment for a wide range of defense and intelligence programs throughout STR. The Role: You will join a tight-knit team highly skilled in interactive UX and data visualization design, implementation, testing, and deployment. You will oversee a novel UI/UX application effort through stages of design, implementation, and demonstration. This role will be hybrid with around 25% of time required in either our Woburn, MA or Arlington, VA office.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience
• 5+ years’ experience with JavaScript, CSS, CSS extension languages (LESS, Sass), CSS preprocessor tools, HTML5 and its best practices.
• Demonstrated expertise with at least two of: React, Redux, Flask, Django, Node, Vue.
• Demonstrated expertise with at least one other back-end programming language (Python, Java, .Net, JavaScript) and willingness to learn more.
• Demonstrated expertise with Geolocation & Mapping such as Google Maps API, OpenStreetMap, or other mapping solutions.
• Proficiency with Git version control and Able to work independently and as part of a team.
• U.S. Citizen with ability to obtain a security clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with User Interactions and User Experience, or UI/UX research.
• Comfortable engaging with engineers and end-users to gather requirements
• Familiarity with emerging AI ecosystems for UI/UX design, development, and test

Responsibilities

• Develop efficient and high-performance components for data visualization and user interaction, ensuring a seamless experience even with large datasets.
• Optimize applications for speed and responsiveness across a variety of devices and browsers.
• Deliver intuitive user-centric and data-centric user interfaces for mission-focused first-of-its-kind engineering solutions
• Communicate with the project team, users, and clients to develop and document requirements
• Implement containerized solutions using Docker and Kubernetes to enhance application portability, scalability, and deployment efficiency.
• Assist in the authorship of software documentation such as user training guides
• Collaborate across numerous programs and divisions within the company
• Be adaptable and passionate about continuous learning.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees