Frontend Engineer - Top Secret

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Parsons is seeking a talented Frontend Engineer to help develop next-generation applications supporting critical defense and national security missions. In this role, you will design and build highly responsive, intuitive user interfaces that help operators and decision-makers understand complex operational environments. You will work with large data streams, interactive 2D and 3D maps, real-time situational awareness tools, and other data-intensive visualizations.

This is an opportunity to solve challenging frontend engineering problems while contributing to software that supports important missions.

This is a hybrid role based in Tampa, FL. The selected candidate must be local and able to report to the customer site as needed.

• Shape frontend architecture:
  Help define and evolve the architecture of complex applications using React, Type Script, and modern state management patterns.
• Build data-rich interfaces:
  Develop intuitive, reusable user interface components for real-time data analysis, visualization, and mission-focused workflows.
• Develop mapping and visualization tools:
  Implement high-performance 2D and 3D mapping components using technologies such as Open Layers, CesiumJS, WebGL, or comparable frameworks.
• Work with large datasets:
  Create interfaces capable of rendering and interacting with substantial geospatial datasets, real-time feeds, and multiple map layers.
• Optimize application performance:
  Identify and resolve rendering bottlenecks, memory issues, network inefficiencies, and interaction latency, including on hardware-constrained systems.
• Support data-intensive workflows:
  Use asynchronous programming, web workers, and efficient data-processing techniques to manage demanding visualization and analysis requirements.
• Integrate secure services:
  Collaborate with backend and Dev Ops engineers to integrate APIs, cloud-native services, authentication mechanisms, and secure data pipelines.
• Collaborate across disciplines:
  Work closely with UX and UI designers, product owners, systems engineers, and mission users to create effective and intuitive experiences.
• Maintain engineering quality:
  Write maintainable, well-tested code; participate in technical design discussions and code reviews; and promote frontend standards and best practices.
• Mentor and support teammates:
  Help mentor junior and mid-level engineers and contribute to a collaborative, high-performing engineering culture.
• Contribute to technical direction:
  Evaluate tools and technologies, identify opportunities for improvement, and help guide the evolution of the application platform.

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Must have an active Top Secret Clearance.

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Bachelor's Degree Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field and 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with a heavy emphasis on React and modern frontend ecosystem tools. Additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Significant professional experience developing frontend applications with React and Type Script.
• Strong knowledge of modern JavaScript, including ES6 and later, asynchronous programming, and contemporary frontend development practices.
• Experience designing and implementing reusable, maintainable user interface…