Senior / Principal UX Engineer

Vets Hired
Huntsville, AL
Job Description
We are seeking a Senior UX Engineer to provide technical and design leadership for a modern, cloud-native modeling, simulation, and analytics platform supporting next-generation wargaming and real-time decision-making.

Requirements

  • Active Secret security clearance with eligibility for Top Secret
  • 15+ years of UX-focused software engineering experience with increasing technical responsibility
  • Bachelors degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related STEM field
  • Strong hands-on experience with React
  • Proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript
  • Working experience with C# in a UI or full-stack environment
  • Familiarity with Java to collaborate effectively with backend teams
  • Solid understanding of UI architecture, component-based design, and front-end design patterns
  • Experience building and maintaining reusable UI components and design systems
  • Experience integrating UIs with publish–subscribe or event-driven architectures (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ, DDS)
  • Experience optimizing UI performance through caching strategies and data write policies
  • Familiarity with using databases as caching mechanisms (e.g., Redis, SQLite, PostgreSQL)
  • Ability to work within an established system architecture and apply program-level technical direction

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • Retirement plan
  • Paid time off
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