Software Engineer (Front-End / React)

About Peraton

This critical National Security role is eligible for Peraton’s premier benefits package, designed to recognize and support the professionals safeguarding our nation:

• Heavily subsidized health and wellness coverage for you and your dependents
• 25 days of PTO accrued annually
• 5% Annual Critical Skills Payment

Join an elite team where your work directly impacts national security while enjoying top-tier benefits and recognition.

About the Role

Shape Mission-Critical User Experiences

Join a high-impact, mission-driven team supporting a mature and evolving software development program within the Intelligence Community. As a Front-End Software Engineer, you will play a key role in enhancing CAMKey, a mission-critical enterprise service relied upon across multiple systems and users.

This is an opportunity to work on highly visible applications where performance, usability, and scalability directly support national security objectives.

What You’ll Do

• Design and develop modern, responsive user interfaces for mission-critical applications
• Build and maintain front-end components using React and modern JavaScript frameworks
• Collaborate with back-end engineers, system architects, and mission stakeholders to deliver seamless user experiences
• Contribute to UI/UX improvements that enhance usability across enterprise systems
• Participate in code reviews, testing, and continuous improvement of development practices
• Support the evolution of a mature codebase while introducing modern front-end best practices

Required Qualifications

• Fourteen (14) years of experience as a Software Engineer (SWE)
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Statistics, Engineering Management, or a related field
• Four (4) additional years of SWE experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree
• Hands-on experience developing front-end applications using React
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript
• Active TS/SCI clearance with a current polygraph

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Redux or similar state management libraries
• Familiarity with advanced React concepts (e.g., hooks, context, performance optimization)
• Experience developing with TypeScript
• Exposure to modern UI/UX best practices and component-based architecture