Front End Software Engineer - Mountain View, United States - Qualified Technical Services

Description

Work Location: NASA Ames Research Center - Mountain View, CA

Minimum Citizenship: U.S. Citizen (This position requires access to ITAR and/or EAR protected data)

Clearance: US Government

JOB DESCRIPTION - Front End Software Engineer - UAS Traffic Management

Over the past five years NASA has developed a prototype air traffic management system for unpiloted aircraft systems (UTM) that is on track for adoption by the FAA for small drones throughout the US. UTM will allow large-scale operation of these vehicles safely and efficiently for a wide variety of applications such as small package delivery, inspection of otherwise difficult-to-access structures, and agricultural monitoring. NASA worked closely with the FAA, academic, and commercial organizations and as a result UTM includes numerous technological advances in automated air traffic management.

Now other Government agencies are looking to integrate UTM into their operations. This Task supports development of a Federal UTM system to serve multiple agencies with a wide variety of requirements, based on a single architecture. You will be designing the front end that will support multiple user roles and views of the UTM system.

REQUIREMENTS - Front End Software Engineer - UAS Traffic Management

Education: MS in Computer Science

Year(s) of Experience: 6+ years of related experience and 4-5 years of experience delivering enterprise class applications, with at least 3 most recent years working in Java/JavaScript and REST APIs.

Qualifications, Skills and Traits:

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• Experience with modern Javascript frameworks (e.g., React, Vue)
• Experience with modern testing frameworks (e.g., Jest, Puppeteer, Cypress)
• Experience building scalable server-side applications using JS framework like express js, node js etc
• Deep understanding of front-end architecture and data-driven development
• Ability to work with designers to develop dynamic user experiences
• Experience with large scale single-page web applications
• Solid understanding of object-oriented design and programming concepts, core Java concepts, multi-threading, MVC, and common design patterns, SQL/NoSQL Databases
• Have a passion for quality and writing clean, solid, readable code that scales and performs well. Strong desire to learn, push the envelope, and share knowledge with others.
• Proven interpersonal communication skills​​​​​​​

Desired Skills:

• Experience with GraphQL
• Familiarity with TypeScript
• Experience with drone technology
• Experience engineering software systems of medium-to-large scope and complexity
• Practical knowledge of agile software development methodologies (e.g., XP, scrum)
• Experience with continuous delivery and infrastructure as code
• Extra credit: Provide your GitHub account or StackOverflow profile with your resume​​​​​​​

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