Front end UI Engineer

Job Category: Engineering

Time Type: Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: TS/SCI with Polygraph

Employee Type: Regular

Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 10%

Type of Travel: Local

Anticipated Posting End: 7/15/2024

CACI's SAFFIRE team is at the forefront of developing and operating state-of-the-art of Geospatial Intelligence analysis software. The SAFFIRE team builds and maintains an exceptionally powerful platform enabling our users to address challenging real-world problems by converting disparate data into actionable information. The team is deeply passionate about its mission and takes tremendous pride in our work.  We work directly with operational users to design, develop, and maintain capabilities that empower analysts to create actionable intelligence from the massive volumes of Geospatial Intelligence data to give our intel and combat organizations the decision advantage over our near-peer adversaries.

What You’ll Get to Do:  

• As a passionate and self-motivated Front-end Software Engineer, you’ll work with multiple scrum teams to develop immersive user interfaces using Svelte, HTML, CSS, and Typescript
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure a seamless user experience
• Proactively engage as a thought leader within the team, driving innovative approaches and strategies that elevate our front-end development practices.
• Contribute to the optimization of code for maximum performance and efficiency
• Optimize code for seamless performance and rapidly address any potential issues
• Uphold and champion industry best practices for the creation of top-tier web applications
• Mentor junior developers and contribute to the formation of highly effective, collaborative teams

How you’ll do it:  

• Work closely with the Product and Product design teams in order to understand the technical challenges of features, as well as determine the feasibility and viability of features sets and requests
• Enforce strong coding best practices, guidelines, and standards throughout the team
• Ensure that all code is clearly tested from end-to-end
• Flexibility and comfort across all stacks should allow you to help solve issues at all levels, including code modularity and re-use
• Foster a collaborative environment and be a good role model within the team.
• Work closely with internal and external APIs and backend engineers to establish best practices for models and contracts
• Be an evangelist for front end development - detail oriented with a passion for leading by example
• Use your understanding of task runners and build frameworks to develop and evolve CI/CD
• Enjoy a flexible work schedule within an accommodating team environment

Basic Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience as a software engineer with user interface development in Angular, React, Svelte, or similar framework
• Experience creating and maintaining Enterprise web applications and integrating with back end services
• Strong experience in CSS and creating page layouts using component libraries and toolkits

These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:

• Knowledge of architecture styles and APIs including REST
• Understanding of GIS concepts (ESRI tools, OGC Standards)
• Experience working with CI pipelines
• Experience with ElasticSearch and Kibana
• Experience with AWS environments
• Experience working in a SAFe Agile environment
• Security+ Certification

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Clearance:

• Top Secret or Top Secret SCI required, polygraph preferred

Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in software development (analysis, design, development, testing, deployment, maintenance) required

At the interview, we’d like to tell you about: 

• The SAFFIRE team and our mission 
• The SAFFIRE platform, the technologies we currently leverage, and our approach to software development 
• The contract, program structure, and our customers 

What We Can Offer You:

• We’ve been named a Best Place to Work by the Washington Post
• Our employees value the flexibility at CACI that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives
• We offer competitive benefits and learning and development opportunities
• We are mission-oriented and ever vigilant in aligning our solutions with the nation’s highest priorities
• For over 60 years, the principles of CACI’s unique, character-based culture have been the driving force behind our success

Company Overview:

CACI is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected characteristic.

Pay Range: There are a host of factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications. Our employees value the flexibility at CACI that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives. We offer competitive compensation, benefits and learning and development opportunities. Our broad and competitive mix of benefits options is designed to support and protect employees and their families. At CACI, you will receive comprehensive benefits such as; healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off benefits. Learn more here

The proposed salary range for this position is:

$82,100 - 172,400 USD