Senior Front End Developer

About the position

Hypergiant, an Accelint company, empowers forward-thinking organizations with AI-driven solutions to stay ahead. Our geographic presence spans the U.S. and allied partners, with facilities in key Defense Technology hubs from Southern California to Washington, D.C. We provide large enterprises – across industries like the Defense Department, energy, healthcare and aviation – with bespoke technology solutions, cutting-edge advice, and deployment expertise needed to harness the value out of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. At our core, we are military experts, researchers and technologists who want to accelerate intelligence to deliver strategic insights that turn future challenges into today’s opportunities. We are looking for a Senior Front End Developer to work alongside our balanced agile delivery teams on highly complex DoD projects, specifically the development of command and control (C2) software. Hypergiant with its partners is building an innovative cloud-based command and control system that seamlessly integrates existing capabilities and provides automation that improves efficiency and effectiveness of mission planning and execution. A perfect candidate is able to write high-quality code, integrate with partner capability providers, and ensure code and product quality. This position will work alongside our development team and specifically with our customers, to gain immediate feedback on software features and rapidly prototype candidate solutions.

Responsibilities

• Sit with system operators to get feedback on software and ideate on potential solutions.
• Push new requirements to development teams and rapidly prototype modifications to React-based web applications.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of reusable component libraries and shared codebase.
• Write high-quality code, applying best practices, coding standards, and design patterns.
• Participate in the entire software development lifecycle, including requirement gathering, design, development, testing, and deployment, using an agile, iterative process.
• Participate in code reviews and ensure code quality through effective testing strategies.
• Collaborate with developers, designers, testers, project managers, product managers, and project sponsors.
• Communicate tasking estimation and progress regularly to a development lead and product owner through appropriate tools.
• Team with other developers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional growth.

Requirements

• At least 8+ years of professional front-end / UI development experience (5+ with a STEM B.S.), including 5+ years of experience with React (other Javascript frameworks are a plus).
• Able to develop organized, accessible, and performant apps using JavaScript, TypeScript, advanced CSS, and HTML.
• Solid understanding of application architecture, and concepts like asynchronous programming, closures, types, and ES6.
• Familiarity with WebGL-based libraries (e.g., ThreeJS, Deck.gl, Mapbox GL JS).
• Experience with CSS in JS solutions such as Styled Components or Emotion.
• Proficient with version control systems (e.g., Git) and effective collaborative development workflows.
• Experience managing robust build & test tools and implementing workflow automations (e.g., Jest, Rollup, Webpack, Babel).
• Design-minded attention to detail in user interface and user experience implementation.
• Must be a US Citizen and possess an active US DOD Security Clearance.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in managing, mentoring & coaching development teams in an Agile environment (e.g., leading scrum and agile project management tools & ceremonies).
• Experience working in a secure facility or directly with mission operators.
• Experience auditing third party dependencies in React ecosystem.
• A portfolio of past projects with code samples or GitHub links.
• Geospatial information system (GIS) experience.
• Penchant for learning new technologies, balanced with strong pragmatic thinking.
• Experience with state management libraries like Redux or React Context API.
• Ability to travel as needed.

Benefits

• Unlimited Paid Time Off
• 14 Paid Company Holidays
• Paid Maternity/Paternity Leave
• Flexible Work Environment with Remote Options
• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Optional HSA and FSA
• Complimentary Life Insurance
• Personal & Professional Development Reimbursement
• Short Term & Long Term Disability Insurance
• 401k with Matching
• Diversity & Inclusion Workplace Initiatives