Front-End Software Engineer

• Leadership Responsibilities
  • Derive technical requirements from project requirements to deliver project milestones.
  • Lead agile meetings to maintain project direction and organization.
  • Identify create prioritize and assign tasks to junior staff using agile tools and practices.
  • Support the development of technical and non-technical deliverables.
  • Work with the UX/UI team to communicate technical limitations and offer ideas to accomplish effective design.
  • Generate progress reports and documentation for customers.
• Technical Responsibilities
  • Regularly contribute code to production codebases.
  • Review code written by peers providing guidance and upholding standards.
  • Develop front-end and back-end software to support the user facing elements of Caliola's products.
  • Define and implement unit tests or system tests.
  • Develop and maintain continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
  • Develop and maintain UI components adhering to Caliola's design system.
• General Responsibilities
  • Ability to work in person in Colorado Springs.
  • Adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
  • Other duties as assigned .

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science Computer Engineering or a related technical discipline; or equivalent practical experience.
• 7-12 years of directly relevant professional experience in front-end software engineering including demonstrated expertise designing building and maintaining production front-end application .
• Strong proficiency in TypeScript and JavaScript.
• Production experience with frameworks such as Vue React Solid or Angular.
• Strong understanding of asynchronous programming models (promises callbacks etc.)
• Experience with server-side technologies (e.g. Rust Go Node.js or Python).
• Experience with containerization and virtualization.
• Experience maintaining CI/CD pipelines in GitLab or similar.
• Experience with Git version control software.
• Strong technical communication skills and attention to detail are a must .
• Current or recent U.S. Government Security clearance at the Secret level or higher. This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance which is issued by the U.S. Government. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

• Experience working with databases: SQL or NoSQL.
• Experience as a full-stack software engineer .
• Strong understanding of software architecture best practices such as modularization generalization and separation of concerns .
• Understanding of application development issues at an enterprise level.
• Ability to analyze high level customer requirements to build low level functional requirements.
• Develop and sustain new and existing applications including software refactoring.
• Self-learner with an interest in innovation and learning new technologies and design skills.
• Familiarity with emerging trends in web desktop and/or mobile app development.

• Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Ability and dexterity to grasp handle and manipulate small items such as but not limited to cellphones laptops USB drives business cards documents.
• Ability to maintain focus and attention to detail for extended periods while reviewing technical documents proposals and digital information.

What We Do

Caliola Engineering LLC’s staff of systems security and software engineers team with PhD researchers to identify and solve mission-critical problems for customers across the US Government. We have subject matter expertise in wireless communications cryptography protected MILSATCOM software defined radio and unmanned airborne systems. Our team has experience developing and transitioning innovative technologies to Programs of Record. We are a 100% woman owned small business (WOSB) headquartered in Colorado Springs CO. We focus on NAICS codes 541715 (Research and Development in the Physical Engineering and Life Sciences) and 541330 (Engineering Services).

Why Work With Us

This is an opportunity to join a rapidly-growing and inclusive team that is solving tough problems. Caliola offers a flexible collaborative and open culture that is unique in the defense industry. We offer generous benefits including subsidized health insurance Open PTO 401(k) matching and a scalable competitive pay structure.

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