Key skills
TypeScriptPythonAIMLReactFastAPIFlaskKubernetesOpenShiftGitGitLabCI/CDCollaboration
About this role
Rackner is a company focused on building secure technology that supports critical defense and public-sector missions. As a Frontend Software Engineer, you will develop modern application features for a secure mission-planning platform, translating complex data into clear user experiences and collaborating with various engineering teams.
Responsibilities:
- Build interactive frontend features using React and TypeScript
- Turn complex mission and technical information into clear, usable workflows
- Connect frontend components to APIs and backend services
- Support data-rich, map-based, and decision-support application features
- Present application data and AI-enabled outputs in ways users can understand and act on
- Write maintainable, testable code that meets functional and security requirements
- Develop unit and integration tests for application features
- Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, and security remediation
- Document application workflows, design decisions, and technical changes
- Collaborate remotely with backend, AI/ML, security, DevSecOps, and customer engineering teams
- Participate in periodic onsite sprint planning and technical collaboration in Laurel
Requirements:
- At least four years of software-development experience
- Hands-on experience building modern frontend applications
- Experience working with React and TypeScript
- Experience integrating user interfaces with APIs or backend services
- Understanding of component-based development, application state, and data flow
- Familiarity with Git-based development and secure software-development practices
- Ability to write and test clear, maintainable code
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field
- Cesium, CesiumJS, or another geospatial or mapping framework
- Map-based, spatial, or data-visualization applications
- OpenShift, Kubernetes, or another containerized environment
- GitLab and secure CI/CD workflows
- FastAPI, Flask, Python, or API development
- Automated testing and vulnerability remediation
- Defense, aerospace, command-and-control, or mission-planning software
- Frontend integration of AI-assisted recommendations or decision-support capabilities