Senior Software Engineer; Frontend​/UI Focus

Position Title: Senior Software Engineer (Frontend / UI Focus)

CTI, a Parsons Company is a high-tech software, systems engineering, and operational support corporation dedicated to providing cutting-edge engineering, and system development and support. We provide operationally-focused technology solutions for military and security applications. A veteran-owned company, CTI is committed to developing the next generation of advanced technologies in a friendly, product, and customer-focused environment. CTI specializes in developing software solutions that enable the collection, aggregation, transport, and visualization of highly complex data sets in a meaningful context to the warfighter.

CTI is seeking a senior software engineer(Frontend / UI Focus)to join our team as we continue to design and implement interfaces used by operators and analysts to visualize, monitor, and act on mission-critical data in real-world operational environments. You will be closely involved during every aspect of the project lifecycle including requirements gathering, design/architecture, development, testing, and delivery.

• Design, implement, and maintain USSOCOMs MCS/COP government-owned software solution
• Own and evolve the frontend architecture for a large-scale React-based mission control application
• Design and maintain reusable UI components, patterns, and design systems to ensure consistency and scalability
• Lead a team of junior and senior software engineers
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship for frontend and full-stack engineers, with emphasis on UI quality and maintainability
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features
• Partner closely with UX/design, backend, and systems engineers to translate complex mission workflows into intuitive user interfaces
• Work with outside data sources and APIs
• Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability
• Implement frontend-focused testing strategies, including component, integration, and UI behavior testing
• Work on bug fixing and improving application performance
• Optimize frontend performance for data-dense, real-time, or operationally constrained environments
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency
• Participate in program increment (PI) cycle, including planning of sprint tasks and participation in all Agile development ceremonies while ensuring all developmental blockers are documented and reported

* This position is required to be onsite up to 70% of the time at USSOCOM facilities located on and near Mac Dill AFB in Tampa FL*

• Bachelor's degree in software development, computer science, or a related field
• Minimum 7 years of professional software development experience, including significant ownership of frontend or UI-heavy applications
• Advanced experience building large-scale React applications using modern patterns (functional components, hooks, context, Redux Toolkit, and Type Script)
• Strong understanding of frontend architecture, state management strategies, and component-based design
• Excellent development and leadership abilities
• Experience leading technical decisions, including the ability to break down problems, identify solutions, and communicate the process and conclusions to an engineering team
• Must have an active U.S. government Top Secret security clearance and SCI eligible. (TS/SCI)

• Master's degree in software development, computer science, or a related field
• Ability to communicate effectively via multiple mediums and with management, co-workers, and customers, both technical and non-technical
• Ability to write clean code and leverage best practices for implementation, documentation, and testing
• Strong foundation in algorithms and data structures and their real-world use cases
• Passion for developing customer-focused solutions
• Experience designing or contributing to shared UI component libraries or design systems
• Proficient with container-based software solutions such as Docker/Kubernetes, gateway managers such as…