Enterprise - Senior Software Engineer - React, GitLab, Kubernetes

Annapolis Junction, MD

Erias Ventures was founded to serve its customers with an entrepreneurial mindset. We value creative problem-solving , open communication , and empowering our employees to make decisions and put forth new ideas.

Our staff includes technical experts working across multiple disciplines, bringing diverse perspectives to every project. We are seeking engineers who wish to grow their careers and want to become part of a technically strong and growth-oriented company focused on bringing innovative solutions to the difficult mission problems facing our customers.

Description

We are seeking a Software Engineer 2 to work as part of small and exciting development team.

As a Software Engineer II, you will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and optimizing user interfaces using Node, ReactJS, JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3. You will collaborate closely with team members in an Agile organization creating and maintaining user-friendly web applications that meet mission needs. This includes translating wireframes, mockups, and prototypes into functional, responsive, and scalable user interfaces.

Your role will also involve collaborating with mission customers and government leadership to capture requirements and recommending product enhancements to improve application functionality to best support mission objectives. You will also be responsible for ensuring that UI design is consistent with established design principles. To streamline the development process and enhance reusability, you will utilize UI libraries, frameworks, and components. An essential part of position will include performing testing with the organization’s approved browsers to ensure a seamless user experience.

In addition, you will debug and troubleshoot UI issues and actively seek opportunities to improve the user interface. Staying current with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices in UI development is vital to this role. Furthermore, you will be expected to participate in code reviews, providing and receiving constructive feedback to ensure high-quality code.

Lastly, you will continuously seek opportunities to optimize performance and improve the overall user experience. Your contributions will be integral to the success of the team, and your commitment to creating top-notch user interfaces will help drive the customer’s organization forward.

• Analyze user requirements to derive software design and performance requirements
• Confer with analysts, system engineers and software engineers to derive software requirements and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces
• Develop software solutions by analyzing system performance standards, confer with users or system engineers analyze systems flow, data usage and work processes; and investigate problem areas
• Develop or implement algorithms to meet or exceed system performance and functional standards including adherence to strict timing, system resource, or interface constraints
• Design, develop and modify software systems, using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcome and consequences of design
• Debug existing software and correct defects
• Design and code new software or modify existing software to add new features
• Integrate existing software into new or modified systems or operating environments
• Write or review software and system documentation
• Provide recommendations for improving documentation and software development process standards
• Oversee one or more software development teams and ensure the work is completed in accordance with the constraints of the software development process being used on any particular project
• Assist with developing and executing test procedures for software components
• Perform quality control on team products
• Coordinate software system installation and monitor equipment functioning to ensure operational specifications are met

This position may allow for partial telework based on program requirements.

Clearance

A current Top-Secret/SCI with FS polygraph security clearance is required. Candidates cannot be sponsored or nominated for a government security clearance under this position.

Experience

Fourteen (14) years’ experience as a SWE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required; or four (4) years of additional SWE experience on projects with similar software processes may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.

Required skills

• Experience designing and implementing high-performance web-based graph visualization interfaces capable of rendering and interacting with large-scale datasets (thousands of nodes and edges) while maintaining responsiveness and usability
• Strong UI development skills using ReactJS and experience with automated javascript test frameworks (eslint and jest)
• Experience gathering user needs, requirements, and feedback; creating wireframes, mockups, prototypes, and user stories; and translating them into clean, reusable, and scalable frontend code
• Node.js & Express.js: Strong experience developing and maintaining scalable server-side applications and microservices using the Node.js runtime and the Express.js framework
• RESTful APIs: Proven ability to design, implement, and consume well-structured, secure, and documented RESTful APIs
• GitLab: Proficiency with the GitLab platform for version control, CI/CD pipelines, and project management
• Knowledge of Section 508/WCAG accessibility standards and implementation
• Javascript frameworks (React), REST, containers (docker) and orchestration such as Kubernetes (CK8S and Helm)
• Proven ability to work independently on a small team, taking ownership of tasks, managing development timelines, and proactively solving problems with minimal supervision.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with proven ability to:
  • Function within a Scale Agile Framework (SAFe) environment
  • Articulate complex technical concepts clearly and confidently to both technical and non-technical audiences
  • Engage effectively with senior leadership, mission stakeholders, and end users to gather requirements and provide tailored updates
  • Deliver compelling, high-impact product demonstrations to application users and leadership
  • Author accurate and concise project updates

Desired skills

• Scrum Lead experience and certification
• Familiarity with the following Node and ReactJS packages: babel, nwsapi, winston, graphology, ag grid, and sigma

Benefits

Erias Ventures provides a complete package of wealth, health, and happiness benefits. The expected salary range for this position, depending on education and years of experience is $215,000 - $245,000.

Wealth Benefits:

• Above Market Hourly Pay
• 11% Roth or Traditional 401k with Immediate Vesting and Deposit
• Spot Bonuses for Assisting with Business Development and Company Growth
• Professional Development Bonuses for Certificates and Degrees

Health Benefits:

• Company subsidized Medical Coverage
• 100% Company Paid Vision and Dental Coverage
• 100% Company Paid Long Term Disability , Short Term Disability , and Group Life Insurance
• Monthly Wellness Reimbursement

Happiness Benefits:

• Paid Time Off with Flexible Work Schedules and Birthday Off
• Amazon Prime Membership and Monthly Internet Reimbursement
• Technology and Productivity Allowance for Equipment and Supplies
• Morale Building and Company Events to Celebrate our Successes and Build our Community
• Onboarding and Annual Swag
• Company Paid Professional Development and Training

At Erias Ventures, we are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. As an equal opportunity employer, we ensure that all qualified applicants are considered for employment based on merit, without discrimination. We welcome individuals regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

To learn more about our company visit our webpage or LinkedIn.