UI Engineer

Title:

UI Engineer

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KBR’s National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting our national security.

Why Join Us?

• Innovative Projects: At KBR, you'll be working on cutting-edge projects that support the Department of the Air Force’s most mission-critical operations. Our team is pushing the boundaries of open-source development, DevSecOps with state-of-the-art CI/CD pipelines, containerization, Kubernetes, Terraform, Zarf, and innovative API management and database design. You'll be contributing to systems designed for a modeling and simulation SaaS platform that provides dynamic compute power, access to tools, and collaboration capability through a model that will revolutionize the future of military research and development.

• Collaborative Environment: Our team thrives in a dynamic, mission-driven environment where our employees work shoulder-to-shoulder with software engineers, DevSecOps architects, product leads, mission experts, and defense specialists. We embrace Agile methodologies and secure development practices to ensure rapid iteration, compliance alignment, and seamless integration across modular systems. Our culture prioritizes clarity, precision, and innovation—fostering open communication, iterative refinement, and deep collaboration to deliver software and documentation that’s not only compliant, but strategic and impactful across DoD.

• Impactful Work: Your work here will directly support the Department of the Air Force in advancing defense technology. You’ll be at the forefront of innovations, creating new paradigms for providing access to compute power, modeling and simulation tools, and data sharing across organizations to the Department of the Air Force and broader Department of Defense.

Position Summary:

KBR is seeking a motivated and technically capable UI Engineer to support the development, deployment, and sustainment of the GEMSTONE platform. The UI Engineer will help design and develop intuitive, modern, and responsive web applications that enable engineers, analysts, software developers, and mission users to interact with GEMSTONE services and digital assets. The successful candidate will collaborate with product owners, UX designers, software engineers, platform engineers, and government stakeholders to create user experiences that simplify complex technical workflows while maintaining security, scalability, and usability.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain modern web user interfaces supporting GEMSTONE platform capabilities.
• Implement responsive, accessible, and intuitive user experiences for digital engineering, modeling & simulation, analytics, and data management workflows.
• Develop front-end applications that integrate with REST, GraphQL, and API-driven backend services.
• Collaborate with backend engineers to define and implement service integration patterns.
• Translate UX/UI designs into production-ready web applications.
• Participate in Agile development activities, sprint planning, demos, and peer reviews.
• Develop reusable UI components and shared design patterns.
• Support implementation of role-based and attribute-based access control user experiences.
• Assist with front-end testing, performance optimization, and troubleshooting.
• Contribute to CI/CD automation pipelines supporting UI deployment and validation.
• Create and maintain technical documentation and user-facing guidance materials.
• Support deployment and operation of applications within cloud-native Kubernetes environments.

Work Environment:

• Location: Onsite or Hybrid-Dayton, OH
• Travel Requirements: None
• Working Hours: Standard

Qualifications:

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Human Computer Interaction, Information Systems, UXD, or related technical field.
• Ability to obtain a DoD Secret security clearance
• Ability to learn complex software ecosystems and rapidly become proficient in new platforms and technologies.
• Ability to submit a portfolio of previous work prior to an interview.
• 1–5 years of software development experience focused on web application development.
• Experience with modern JavaScript/TypeScript development.
• Experience with at least one modern front-end framework:
  • React
  • Angular
  • Vue.js
• Familiarity with authentication technologies such as Keycloak, OAuth2, OIDC, or SAML.
• Experience developing responsive web applications.
• Understanding of HTML5, CSS3, and modern web standards.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and client-side API integration.
• Experience using Git-based source control systems.

Desired:

• Experience with React and TypeScript.
• Familiarity with component libraries and design systems.
• Experience developing applications in Kubernetes-hosted environments.
• Understanding of microservice architectures and API-first development.
• Experience with:
  • ShadCN (Radix UI and Tailwind CSS)
  • Zustand
  • React Query
  • Material UI
• Experience with Krita or GIMP.
• Familiarity with DevSecOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience supporting government, defense, engineering, modeling & simulation, or digital engineering environments.
• Understanding of accessibility requirements (Section 508/WCAG).
• Experience creating data visualization and dashboard interfaces.

Ready to Make a Difference?

If you’re excited about making a significant impact in the field of space defense and working on projects that matter, we encourage you to apply and join our team at KBR. Let's shape the future together.

KBR Benefits

KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development.

Belong, Connect and Grow at KBR

At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture.  These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company.  That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow. We Deliver – Together. 

KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.