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Kudu Dynamics

Senior UI Software Engineer Job at Kudu Dynamics in Chantilly

Kudu Dynamics, Chantilly, VA, United States


Senior UI Software Engineer - Job Description

Who We Are:
Kudu Dynamics was forged out of a decade of experience in computer network operations and staffed with talent who have built, overseen, and enhanced capabilities through out the entire USG arsenal. Our team of hackers and engineers has experience spanning centuries of research, development, and operations missions across desktop, mobile, IoT, and embedded platforms. Hackers of more than just engineering domains, we have exploited IRS regulations to become an ESOP which is effectively a not-for-profit where we legally exist for the benefit of the Kudites instead of selling our souls to Private Equity. Kudu Dynamics is uniquely qualified to anticipate tomorrow's threats, to build the next generations of capabilities and be in it for the long game.

Full Job Description:

Kudu Dynamics is seeking an experienced User Interface Developer with a specialization in Angular to join our cross-functional team. We are building an innovative analytics system to ingest, merge, and distill big data. Visualizations, maps, complex filters, and other features help users gain valuable insights and deliver actionable outputs. The ideal candidate will help lead the ongoing development of web applications with an eye toward maintainability, consistency, and future proofness.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Be a technical leader in the design, implementation and maintenance of features for web applications using Angular and related technologies
  • Develop generic Angular components to increase code reuse and improve long-term maintainability
  • Collaborate with back-end team members to define API and data modeling requirements
  • Develop tests, troubleshoot issues and collaborate with QA team members

Minimum Qualifications:
  • Proven experience as a front-end developer with expertise using Angular for large performant web applications
  • Deep proficiency with TypeScript, SCSS, and HTML
  • Familiarity with Angular Material
  • Familiarity with REST and WebSocket APIs and asynchronous request handling
  • Experience with model-view-controller, reactive programming (RxJS), publisher-subscriber, and other common design patterns
  • Meticulous attention to detail and strong organization skills
  • A bachelor's degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent hands-on experience
  • Able to assess, debug, and resolve web application performance issues
  • Experience with Cypress or Jasmine testing frameworks.
  • Familiarity with Maplibre or Mapbox
  • A U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance

Nice-to-have Qualifications:
  • Experience with managing internal npm libraries
  • Experience designing and developing long-lifespan software, with a focus on maintainability, consistency, flexibility, performance, and best practices
  • Experience developing Angular components to seamlessly integrate third-party libraries programmatically and visually
  • Experience creating components and interactions that enable users to interact with very large data sets and find what they are looking for
  • Experience with various front-end testing strategies and frameworks
  • Experience translating often-contradictory user feedback into requirements and tasking
  • Experience with JSON Web Tokens and authentication processes
  • Experience with Python 3+, FastAPI, Pydantic, and SQLAlchemy
  • Experience with MessageChannel, Centrifugo, or WebSockets
  • Experience with Micro-UI architectures

Benefits:
  • Equity at a company that is doing dynamic, fun, meaningful, and interesting work.
  • A flexible work schedule, with the option to work remotely most days, if that's your style.
  • Your own yearly discretionary budget to buy the things that make you happy.
  • In addition to highly competitive salaries, we offer premium healthcare options, 401k matching, and an annual pass to a swim in the bonus pool.
  • We also offer four weeks of paid time off and 11 federal holidays to utilize whenever you want throughout the year.
  • Awesome, enthusiastic co-workers and a company culture that promotes a jerk- free environment.
  • Rattle the windows with the company band, participate in board game or movie nights, and help balance out the scotch vs. bourbon ratio in the office.

Kudu provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Pay Range: $165,000 - $185,000 per year