{"id":1031041,"url":"https://alion.io/job/veilant-software-engineer-front-end","title":"Software Engineer (Front End)","company":{"id":689298,"name":"Veilant","domain":"veilant.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/veilant","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"is_intermediary":false,"ats_vendor":"SmartRecruiters","truth_index":null},"role":"Frontend","role_family":"Frontend","seniority":"middle","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"remote","remote_scope":"stated_countries","hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Chantilly, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":["US"],"hiring_countries_total":1,"salary":{"min":100000,"max":125000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":125000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":3,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Agile","optional":false},{"name":"AWS","optional":false},{"name":"CI/CD","optional":false},{"name":"Git","optional":false},{"name":"GitHub","optional":false},{"name":"JavaScript","optional":false},{"name":"React.js","optional":false},{"name":"Scrum","optional":false},{"name":"TypeScript","optional":false},{"name":"LLM","optional":true},{"name":"Next.js","optional":true},{"name":"Node JS","optional":true},{"name":"Python","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-17T16:49:44Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-17","last_verified_at":"2026-09-23T12:47:22Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":6,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":6},"description":"System High is a wholly owned subsidiary of Veilant, delivering advanced protection and secrecy solutions that secure and strengthen critical missions, programs, and intelligence activities. We support some of the nation’s most sensitive efforts, and our team plays a direct role in protecting what matters most.\nAs part of Veilant, System High combines deep mission expertise with the resources and capabilities of a broader organization focused on protecting and advancing critical national security missions.\n Want to build instead of inherit? System High is looking for a Software Engineer specializing in frontend development to take ownership of the user-facing application layer of a new software product being built from the ground up.\nThis is a true greenfield opportunity. You won’t be inheriting years of legacy frontend code or simply working through an established backlog. You’ll have the opportunity to help establish the frontend architecture, component patterns, development workflows, and technical standards that shape the application as it grows.\nWe’re looking for an engineer who combines strong frontend development skills with broader software engineering fundamentals. You should be comfortable building modern web applications, integrating with APIs, working within GitHub and CI/CD workflows, and collaborating closely with backend engineers and other technical specialists. React is our preferred direction, but because the application is still being built, we value strong engineering fundamentals and experience with modern frontend frameworks over expertise in one narrowly defined stack.\nWe also want someone who knows how to use modern AI-assisted development tools effectively. AI should make you faster at tasks like documentation, testing, scaffolding, debugging, and repetitive development but it shouldn't replace your ability to understand the code, challenge the output, and make sound engineering decisions.\nIf you're energized by a blank canvas, enjoy solving problems without having every step prescribed, and want to see your technical decisions directly influence a new product, this is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact.\nWhat You’ll Do\nOwn the Frontend Application Layer: Help design and build the frontend from the ground up, establishing scalable patterns for components, routing, state management, performance, accessibility, and maintainability.\nBuild Production-Ready Experiences: Translate product requirements and UI/UX concepts into responsive, intuitive, high-quality application features.\nIntegrate with APIs: Build reliable integrations between the frontend and backend services, confidently working with API contracts, data structures, payloads, application state, error handling, and asynchronous workflows.\nShape Frontend Architecture: Participate in technical decisions around frameworks, libraries, application structure, reusable components, testing strategies, and development standards.\nWork Across Engineering Boundaries: Collaborate with backend development, AI/technical specialists, QA, and product leadership to solve problems that span multiple parts of the application.\nBuild Efficient Development Workflows: Work within GitHub, AWS/GIT-based workflows, and CI/CD pipelines to support reliable development, testing, integration, and deployment.\nUse AI to Increase Engineering Velocity: Apply AI-assisted development tools to accelerate documentation, testing, debugging, code scaffolding, and repetitive engineering tasks while independently reviewing, validating, and improving generated output.\nAutomate Where It Makes Sense: Write lightweight scripts or utilities to eliminate repetitive tasks, manipulate data, support development environments, or improve engineering workflows.\nDeliver Iteratively: Break complex requirements into manageable technical tasks and deliver working software through an Agile/Scrum development process.\nContribute Beyond Your Code: Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, sprint planning, estimation, and continuous improvement of the team's engineering practices.\nWhat Success Looks Like\nWithin your first six months, you will have:\nHelped establish the technical foundation and architecture of a new frontend application.\nBuilt and delivered production-ready features that turn product requirements into an intuitive user experience.\nEstablished reliable integrations between the frontend and backend APIs.\nContributed reusable components, patterns, and development standards that make the application easier to extend and maintain.\nDemonstrated the ability to independently troubleshoot issues across the frontend, API, data, and development workflow layers.\nIntegrated AI-assisted development into your workflow in ways that measurably improve speed and efficiency without compromising engineering quality.\nBecome a trusted technical partner to product leadership, backend development, QA, and other members of the engineering team.\n Must Haves\n3-5 years of professional software engineering experience, with meaningful hands-on experience building modern frontend applications.\nStrong proficiency in JavaScript and/or TypeScript and modern component-based frontend development.\nProfessional experience with React or another modern frontend framework. React experience is preferred, but strong engineers coming from comparable frameworks will be considered.\nExperience designing and building reusable frontend components and responsive application interfaces.\nHands-on experience integrating applications with RESTful APIs or comparable backend services.\nExperience using Git and GitHub in a collaborative software engineering environment.\nWorking knowledge of CI/CD concepts and modern software development workflows.\nStrong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, including maintainability, testing, debugging, source control, and code review.\nAbility to work independently through ambiguous technical problems and clearly explain the reasoning behind your implementation decisions.\nExperience using AI-assisted software development tools for activities such as code generation, testing, documentation, debugging, or development acceleration-and the technical judgment to validate their output.\nStrong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively in a remote engineering environment.\nNice to Haves\nExperience helping build a new application, product, or significant feature from the ground up.\nExperience with React, Next.js, and TypeScript.\nFamiliarity with GIT/AWS development workflows, CI/CD pipelines, or cloud-based application delivery.\nExperience working across frontend/backend boundaries or collaborating closely with backend engineering teams.\nFamiliarity with scripting or automation using Node.js, Python, Bash, or similar technologies.\nExperience establishing frontend architecture, component libraries, design systems, or engineering standards.\nExperience with automated frontend or unit testing.\nExposure to applications incorporating AI/LLM capabilities or other intelligent application services.\nExperience working in Agile/Scrum software development environments.\nWho Will Thrive in This Role\nYou’re likely to enjoy this role if you like building more than maintaining.\nYou don’t need someone else to define every implementation detail before you can get started. You’re comfortable taking a requirement, asking the right questions, evaluating different approaches, making a recommendation, and turning that recommendation into working software.\nYou also recognize that modern engineering is changing. You’re interested in using AI and automation to remove repetitive work and increase your output, but you understand that engineering judgment still matters. You can explain your code, defend your technical decisions, identify when generated code is wrong, and improve a solution rather than accepting the first answer a tool provides.\nMost importantly, you want ownership. This is an opportunity to help establish something new rather than simply inherit what someone else already built.\n What is the Compensation Range for this role?\nThe salary range for this position is $100,000 - $125,000 annually for full-time status. Actual compensation within this range at Veilant is determined by numerous factors including but not limited to the candidate's qualifications, including experience, education, certifications, technical skills, as well as contract-specific affordability and labor categories, the scope and responsibilities of the role, market and business considerations, and geographic location.\nHere are some Perks at System High!\nBenefits That Support Your Life and Career\nMedical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage options.\nPaid time off that grows with tenure, plus 11 paid holidays annually.\nA 401(k) retirement savings plan and financial planning guidance.\nUp to $5,250 annually in tuition assistance for approved coursework.\nSupport for professional training and certifications.\nCompany HSA contributions of $600 for individual coverage or $1,200 for family coverage, prorated.\nCompany paid life insurance, plus short term and long term disability coverage.\nPhysical Requirements:\nMust be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time. The person in this position needs to occasionally move about inside the office \nConstantly work with computers and other information technology equipment\nThe ability to communicate information and ideas in a classroom style format, may stand at a podium for long periods of time\nWe are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.\nIf you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a position with Veilant through its online applicant system, please contact Veilant's Talent Management Department at (703) 544-2424 or contact us through e-mail at contact_us@ veilant.com","description_format":"text","description_chars":10131,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":3,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"English","level":"All levels","optional":false}]},"benefits":["Life insurance","Retirement plans"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Military Communication"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-18T14:04:55Z"}],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":5,"expected_fill_days":22,"reasons":["conf:2","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-09-23T05:45:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":125000,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/veilant-software-engineer-front-end","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/veilant-software-engineer-front-end.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-23T19:19:21Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers"}}