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Frontend Software Development Engineer

MQ Prime is a Virginia based small business who are experts in the world of Cyber Engineering and Software Development.  Built on decades of expertise, we support Commercial and Government clients, providing development, design and implementation of cutting-edge solutions.  Our personnel maintain support for cyber solutions throughout all of the Government and continue to develop capabilities to fill operational gaps.

MQ Prime offers a salary and benefits package that surpasses industry standards while also providing a varied and expanding portfolio of programs at multiple classification levels to enable employee growth. We want you to grow as we do. Come join us!

We are seeking a Frontend Software Development Engineer to support the development and integration of various intelligence capabilities into a test and operational environment. You will be a member of a project team responsible for designing and deploying numerous components into a larger system infrastructure. Your work will be to drive the UI to ensure that it meets the requirements of our user groups. You will work alongside a team of other front-end development engineers and UI/UX designers to build the UI components across the program. This role will focus on implementing UI/UX designs and other frontend components specifically for a space domain awareness system, ensuring that the user experience is intuitive and effective for operational users. A background in building intelligence community operational-level frontend solutions is a plus. 

Principal Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with stakeholders to define user requirements and translate them into engineering requirements

  • Develop and implement user interfaces for web applications, ensuring a seamless and engaging user experience

  • Ensure that new components and features adhere to our design systems and guidelines to ensure consistency across products

  • Stay current with industry trends and best practices

  • Develop components & features per UI/UX designs

  • Thoroughly test your code and make sure it meets all stakeholder requirements

Minimum Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field

  • 5+ years of relevant experience developing in Vue2/Vue3

  • Experience with working in an agile development environment using task management software (Jira)

  • Experience writing automated tests

  • Experience with the peer review process as both a reviewer and contributor

  • Willing to work on-site in Herndon, VA

  • TS/SCI clearance and be willing and able to pass a CI polygraph

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience with splitting up a monolithic UI into separate/stand-alone applications and micro-services

  • Experience with user research methodologies and usability testing

  • Experience with Cesium

  • Knowledge of accessibility standards and best practices

  • Familiarity with design systems and component libraries

  • Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams

  • Strong communication skills to articulate design concepts and decisions

  • Familiarity with VUEX/Pinia, Vuetify, Vis, Cypress

  • Some experience with web-sockets, data streaming, and other real-time data methods 

  • Ability to write performant code, as the amount of data being sent, processed, and received in the apps can be very large

  • Proficient in design tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, Figma, or similar is a bonus as UI/UX design work is done in collaboration with frontend developers

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