Senior Front End Software Engineer

About the role

Altamira Technologies has a long and successful history providing innovative solutions throughout the U.S. National Security community. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Altamira serves the defense, intelligence and homeland security communities by focusing on creating innovative solutions leveraging common standards in architecture, data and security. Altamira believes that our people and the culture of our company differentiate us from other companies. Altamira is seeking a Senior Frontend Software Engineer to support our National Space Intelligence Center (NSIC) customer. You will bridge the gap between design and implementation, translating UI/UX concepts into clean, maintainable code within existing applications. In this role, you will proactively refine component hierarchies, champion scalable architectural patterns, and enforce a cohesive design system. You will partner directly with Product Owners, stakeholders, and cross-functional engineers to clarify functional and non-functional requirements. The ideal candidate brings a proven track record of modernizing frontend codebases, a sharp eye for visual polish, and the communication skills to manage tradeoffs between engineering constraints and exceptional user experiences. Experience: Extensive experience with design tools such as Figma, Adobe XD, Penpot Extensive experience with frontend architectures (functional organization, rendering strategies, state management) and communication protocols (APIs, Websockets) Extensive experience with Cesium, Angular Experience with Typescript, JavaScript, Docker, git, PrimeNG Familiarity with ElasticSearch, Node.js, Docker Swarm, GitLab CI/CD, Python, Kibana,  Prometheus, Grafana, Traefik, other TS/JS based frontend frameworks, design thinking Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (or similar) from an accredited college or university At least 4 years of experience doing UI/UX design work At least 8 years of experience in Software Engineering Active TS/SCI Clearance