Sr Front-End Software Engineer

Empower AI is AI for government. Empower AI gives federal agency leaders the tools to elevate the potential of their workforce with a direct path for meaningful transformation. Headquartered in Reston, Va., Empower AI leverages three decades of experience solving complex challenges in Health, Defense, and Civilian missions. Our proven Empower AI Platform® provides a practical, sustainable path for clients to achieve transformation that is true to who they are, what they do, how they work, with the resources they have. The result is a government workforce that is exponentially more creative and productive. For more information, visit www.Empower.ai.

Empower AI is proud to be recognized as a 2024 Military Friendly Employer by Viqtory, the publisher of G.I. Jobs. This designation reflects the company’s commitment to hiring and supporting active-duty and veteran employees.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced front-end engineer who is passionate about building products that will fundamentally change how people work. A successful candidate will possess strong analytical as well as technical skills, and have the ability to communicate the logic behind technical decisions to non-technical stakeholders. We are also looking for a candidate with experience and interest in user interface design. In this role, you will report directly to the Director of Product Development.

Responsibilities (to include but not limited to):

• Collaborate with Engineers and Product Managers to design and implement features
• Ability to meet deadlines and satisfy requirements from other Engineers and Product Management
• Peer review and code review participation to provide valuable feedback during every step of the development process
• Quickly produce well-organized, optimized, and documented code
• Communicate effectively and efficiently across all divisions including with the business, technical teams, and leaders
• Take technical ownership of tasks and successfully work independently
• Demonstrate the ability to become a domain expert in projects
• Mentor and lead junior engineers on multiple tasks or projects
• Familiarity with design thinking exercises and interaction models for user interface design
• Brainstorm design ideas, generate wireframes and prototypes around customer needs

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s in Computer Science or relevant equivalent experience
• 10-15 years of hands-on frontend programming experience
• Deep understanding of Angular, js, JavaScript, HTML, CSS and other frontend technologies
• Deep understanding of API invocation and other frontend data transfer mechanisms
• Knowledge of .Net, WPF, and C# are nice to have
• History of designing and delivering software solutions for real world problems
• Experience in the development of highly maintainable and reliable code using practices such as unit testing, integration testing, proper code documentation, and appropriate logging
• Strong communication, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of software and application design and architecture
• Experience writing and reviewing detailed Technical Design Documents (TDDs) is a plus
• Familiarity with interaction design and information architecture
• Strong portfolio of design products

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

This position requires the ability to perform the below essential functions:

• Sitting for long periods
• Travel by land or air transportation 10%

It is the policy of NCI to provide equal opportunity in recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting individuals in all job categories without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected class or category as may be defined by federal, state, or local laws or regulations. In addition, we affirm that all compensation, benefits, company-sponsored training, educational assistance, social, and recreational programs are administered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, or gender identity. It is our firm intent to support equal employment opportunity and affirmative action in keeping with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.  NCI is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.