Join Leidos to support the Chinook Program and an Intelligence Community customer by designing and engineering user interfaces for mission-critical applications. This onsite role in Alexandria, VA centers on building responsive, intuitive, and accessible experiences within an Agile environment, with opportunities to mentor peers and continuously strengthen UI/UX capabilities.
Pay: USD 107,900 - 195,050 per year (Pay Range $107,900.00 - $195,050.00).
Location: Alexandria, VA (onsite). Program’s primary work location is Gaithersburg, MD. Other possible locations include Gaithersburg, MD, Chantilly, VA, Englewood, CO, St. Louis, MO, and Tucson, AZ.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and engineering of modern, intuitive, responsive user interfaces for mission-critical applications.
- Translate user needs, mission workflows, and functional requirements into effective UI/IX solutions.
- Collaborate with product owners, UX/UI designers, software engineers, systems engineers, and mission stakeholders across the development lifecycle.
- Develop reusable UI components, patterns, and design standards to improve consistency and maintainability across the program.
- Apply user-centered design principles to simplify complex workflows and strengthen usability.
- Create and refine interactive prototypes and proof-of-concept interfaces to validate concepts with stakeholders.
- Partner with software engineering teams to ensure accurate implementation with appropriate performance considerations.
- Evaluate existing interfaces and identify opportunities to improve usability, accessibility, responsiveness, and overall user experience.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies including PI Planning, backlog refinement, sprint planning, demonstrations, and retrospectives.
- Contribute to technical discussions and help establish UI/IX engineering best practices, standards, and patterns.
- Work with test engineers to ensure UI functionality and user workflows are thoroughly validated.
- Provide technical mentorship and guidance to less-experienced engineers.
- Drive continuous improvement of the program’s UI/IX capabilities and development processes.
Requirements
- US citizenship is required per contract.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field with 8-12 years of prior relevant experience, or Master’s with 6-10 years of prior relevant experience.
- Active Top Secret/SCI with the ability to successfully pass a Polygraph examination.
- Strong professional experience developing modern web-based user interfaces and user experiences.
- Proficiency with HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Python.
- Experience with modern UI frameworks such as React, Angular, Vue.js, or Django.
- Understanding of responsive design, component-based development, and modern front-end engineering practices.
- Ability to translate complex requirements and user workflows into intuitive interface solutions.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum or SAFe environments.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills across technical and non-technical teams.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills for complex technical and UX challenges.
- Experience with CI/CD tools (GitLab CI, Jenkins) and agile collaboration tools (JIRA, Confluence).
- Familiarity with AWS (C2S or GovCloud) and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Understanding of secure coding practices and government system accreditation processes (e.g., RMF, STIGs).
Technologies
HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, React, Angular, Vue.js, Django, GitLab CI, Jenkins, JIRA, Confluence, AWS, C2S, GovCloud, Docker, Kubernetes, RMF, STIGs, Section 508/WCAG, Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, Figma, Adobe XD, Sketch.
Benefits
- Health and Wellness programs
- Income Protection
- Paid Leave
- Retirement
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting Intelligence Community, DoD, or other mission-focused government programs.
- Experience working on applications involving complex data visualization, geospatial information, intelligence workflows, or mission systems.
- Experience with React and TypeScript and modern front-end development tooling.
- Experience developing or consuming RESTful APIs and integrating UI applications with backend services.
- Experience with design systems, reusable component libraries, and UI standards.
- Familiarity with Figma, Adobe XD, Sketch, or similar UX/UI design tools.
- Experience with accessibility standards such as Section 508/WCAG.
- Experience developing dashboards, data visualization, maps, or highly interactive mission interfaces.
- Experience working within a cloud-based environment, particularly AWS.
- Experience with automated UI testing tools such as Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or equivalent.
- Experience mentoring engineers and providing technical leadership within a multidisciplinary Agile team.
Additional Information
- Clearance level required: Active Top Secret/SCI with the ability to successfully pass a Polygraph examination.
- Original posting date: August 21, 2026.
- Open for review: For U.S. positions, the job requisition is reasonably anticipated to remain open for at least 3 days, with an anticipated close date no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date.
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