Hiring: Senior User Experience (UX) Software Engineer - TS/SCI w/Poly Company: Peraton Location: Annapolis Junction, MD Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 14:18:39 Employment Type: Contract Target Skills & Keywords : AI, AWS, Agile, Apache, CSS, Docker, EC2, EMR, Go, HTML, Hadoop, Java, JavaScript, Jira, Kubernetes, Linux, MVC, Python, REST, React, UI/UX, User Experience About the job Experience: •GoLang, Python, Java, Hadoop, Accumulo core AWS services •Good background in Linux/Unix administration •Building or maintaining cloud-native applications •Docker and Kubernetes. Having used EMR, EC2 and various Databases is a plus Required Skills: •Conduct multidisciplinary research and collaborate with systems engineers and developers across projects to support the planning, design, development, and utilization of a final product recommendation. •Work directly with the customer and team to evolve requirements and support the creation and presentation of design documents and product demonstrations. •Product evaluation, integration, testing and design process for data tracking and metrics solutions. •Participate in Agile development activities, to include Sprint planning, scheduling, and Jira ticket management. •Ensure software standards and best practices are utilized. •The selected candidate will join an experienced team working on efforts to modernize an existing data tracking and metrics system. The User Experience (UX) developer should be able to focus on developing highly usable end user interfaces, applying UI best practices and UX principles. Qualifications: •TS/SCI with Polygraph level clearance is required •BA/BS and 20 years of experience; an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree. •Need a strong background in Linux, CSS, JavaScript and HTML to be able to develop, debug maintain, and deploy the UI application. The candidate needs to know how to work independently within small team and able to engage with a larger team. •Years of experience and have familiarity with task analysis, user interface design, and usability testing •Work closely with users (analysts) to research for and document user profiles, analysis tasks, workflows, and user scenarios •Create user interface design specifications, as required •Work closely with product designers and process engineers to develop applications •Design and develop user surveys to obtain user feedback Compensation: •$146,000 - $234,000 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!