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Principal Software Engineer, Visualization & Frontend

Principal Software Engineer, Visualization & Frontend

MediabistroWorkFromHome, MA, United States
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Overview

Principal Software Engineer, Visualization & Frontend — lead responsible for turning real-time physics, AI insights, and massive data streams into accessible, high-impact visual experiences. The role involves shaping a modular UI stack, handling dense geospatial and temporal data, and mentoring a small team to ship polished products quickly.

Responsibilities

  • Architect a next-gen UI framework—design a component library and plugin system that lets internal teams (and future third-parties) extend visualizations without touching core code
  • Render data at scale—build responsive views that fuse live sim outputs, AI overlays, and historical datasets into one coherent, zoom-through timeline
  • Integrate cleanly—consume FastAPI / ZeroMQ endpoints from the backend and publish well-versioned client APIs for mission-planning tools and dashboards
  • Iterate with stakeholders and UX design leads—relentlessly optimize experience driven by performance and feedback from Airforce wargamers and UX leads
  • Lead by example—drive UI / UX best practices, code reviews, design critique, and automated testing; help teammates grow into force multipliers
  • Ship continuously—own the CI / CD pipeline for web and desktop targets, with an eye toward DoD accreditation and cross-domain distribution

Why Code Metal?

  • Mission with impact : your visuals steer the conversations that shape tomorrow's force
  • Velocity : tight loops, small teams—design in the morning, deploy by evening
  • Ownership : no spectators—every engineer ships code that matters

    • Requirements

    Must-have credentials

  • 6+ years building and deploying data-rich, production-grade web applications
  • Mastery of modern TypeScript / JavaScript frameworks and state-management patterns
  • Proven record designing modular, extensible frontends that multiple teams can evolve in parallel
  • Deep experience visualizing large datasets (time-series, geospatial, graph) in real time
  • Strong grasp of secure, maintainable build and packaging workflows
  • Active Secret clearance (or the ability to obtain quickly)

    • Bonus points

  • WebGL / WebGPU, deck.gl, Cesium, or other high-performance rendering libraries
  • Cross-platform desktop packaging (Electron, Tauri, Progressive Web Apps)
  • Familiarity with human-factors design for mission-critical environments
  • TS / SCI clearance

    • Benefits

  • Health care plan with 100% premium coverage, including medical, dental, and vision
  • 401k with 5% matching
  • Paid Time Off (Uncapped Vacation, plus Sick & Public Holidays)
  • Flexible hybrid work arrangement
  • Relocation assistance for qualifying employees

    • Seniorility and Employment details

  • Seniority level : Mid-Senior level
  • Employment type : Full-time
  • Job function : Other
  • Industries : IT Services and IT Consulting

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