Leidos

Front-End Software Engineer

Leidos
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7 days ago
Gaithersburg, MD, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$87k - $157k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, test, and maintain responsive web applications using modern JavaScript frameworks such as React or Angular.
  • Integrate front-end applications with REST APIs, backend services, and data sources.
  • Develop reusable, maintainable, and scalable front-end components.
  • Translate mission requirements and user workflows into intuitive production-ready interfaces.
  • Troubleshoot and improve application performance, responsiveness, reliability, and scalability.
  • Perform front-end testing, debugging, code reviews, and defect resolution.
  • Participate in source control, automated builds, CI/CD pipelines, and application deployment processes.
  • Collaborate with backend engineers, product owners, testers, and mission users to deliver integrated software capabilities.
  • Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, demonstrations, and retrospectives.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field with 4–8 years of relevant experience, or a master’s degree with 2–6 years of relevant experience.
  • Active TS/SCI clearance and ability to successfully pass a polygraph examination.
  • U.S. citizenship as required by the contract.
  • Hands-on experience with JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and a modern front-end framework such as React or Angular.
  • Experience integrating front-end applications with REST APIs and backend services.
  • Experience developing, debugging, and maintaining production web applications.
  • Experience with source control tools such as Git and Linux-based environments.
  • Ability to translate technical and user requirements into functional software solutions.
  • Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
  • Preferred experience includes TypeScript, Docker or containerized environments, GitLab and GitLab CI/CD, AWS or other cloud environments, Grafana or similar data visualization tools, accessibility and usability practices, Agile software development, data-intensive or GEOINT workflows, and Figma.

Benefits

  • Pay range is $87,100.00–$157,450.00 per year.
  • The role supports a premier Intelligence Community customer and national-security mission applications.
  • Work involves Agile, DevSecOps, and cloud-native development practices.

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About Leidos

10,000+ employees

Leidos builds and operates technology and engineering solutions for defense, intelligence, civil, and health agencies, including systems integration, cyber, enterprise IT, sensors, and healthcare IT. It primarily sells through government contracts and long-term programs, plus managed services and mission software. Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos is a Fortune 500 public company on the NYSE; customers include U.S. defense and intelligence agencies and civil bodies such as the FAA.

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