Software Engineer (Front-End / React)
Location: Laurel, MDClearance: Active TS/SCI with Polygraph Required
Shape Mission-Critical User Experiences
Join a high-impact, mission-driven team supporting a mature and evolving software development program within the Intelligence Community. As a Front-End Software Engineer, you will play a key role in enhancing CAMKey, a mission-critical enterprise service relied upon across multiple systems and users.
This is an opportunity to work on highly visible applications where performance, usability, and scalability directly support national security objectives.
What You’ll Do
- Design and develop modern, responsive user interfaces for mission-critical applications
- Build and maintain front-end components using React and modern JavaScript frameworks
- Collaborate with back-end engineers, system architects, and mission stakeholders to deliver seamless user experiences
- Contribute to UI/UX improvements that enhance usability across enterprise systems
- Participate in code reviews, testing, and continuous improvement of development practices
- Support the evolution of a mature codebase while introducing modern front-end best practices
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QualificationsRequired Qualifications
- Fourteen (14) years of experience as a Software Engineer (SWE)
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Statistics, Engineering Management, or a related field
- Four (4) additional years of SWE experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree
- Hands-on experience developing front-end applications using React
- Strong proficiency in JavaScript
- Active TS/SCI clearance with a current polygraph
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Redux or similar state management libraries
- Familiarity with advanced React concepts (e.g., hooks, context, performance optimization)
- Experience developing with TypeScript
- Exposure to modern UI/UX best practices and component-based architecture
Why Join Peraton
This critical National Security role is eligible for Peraton’s premier benefits package, designed to recognize and support the professionals safeguarding our nation:
- Heavily subsidized health and wellness coverage for you and your dependents
- 25 days of PTO accrued annually
- 5% Annual Critical Skills Payment
Join an elite team where your work directly impacts national security while enjoying top-tier benefits and recognition.
Peraton OverviewPeraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.
Target Salary Range$146,000 - $234,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. EEOEEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.Skills Required
- Fourteen years of experience as a Software Engineer
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Statistics, Engineering Management, or a related field; four additional years of software engineering experience may substitute
- Hands-on experience developing front-end applications using React
- Strong proficiency in JavaScript
- Active TS/SCI clearance with a current polygraph
- Experience with Redux or similar state management libraries
- Familiarity with advanced React concepts, including hooks, context, and performance optimization
- Experience developing with TypeScript
- Exposure to modern UI/UX best practices and component-based architecture
Peraton Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Peraton and has not been reviewed or approved by Peraton.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare offerings are described as broad, including medical, dental, vision, mental health support, and specialty programs like virtual physical therapy and surgical/cancer care navigation. Medical coverage is also characterized as a standout part of the overall package in terms of perceived quality.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support includes a 401(k) with employer matching and is repeatedly positioned as a strong component of total rewards. The 401(k) benefit is frequently singled out as one of the most valued parts of the package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off benefits are positioned as robust, including PTO, holidays, paid sick days, and floating holidays, with some roles offering notably generous accrual. Leave breadth is reinforced by related programs such as short/long-term disability and bereavement leave.
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What We Do
Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.
Why Work With Us
We are fearlessly solving the world’s most complex challenges to keep people safe and secure. You can be a part of protecting and promoting that freedom around the world.
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